The Minor Counties Championship 1901

98 MATCH NUMBER 75 : WILTSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 August 1901 Result: Wiltshire won by six wickets Points: Wiltshire +1, Monmouthshire -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire 1 (A E Tewson); Monmouthshire none First day score: Wiltshire 204; Monmouthshire 86 and 6-1 wicket (G Ll Lloyd 5*, A J Silverlock 0*) Wiltshire E S Warrilow b Stedman 20 (1) c and b Silverlock 9 A E Tewson c Hudden b Steeples 3 (2) b Silverlock 35 H S Snell c N C Phillips b Stedman 38 (3) c Stedman b Silverlock 4 W S Medlicott c Holmes b Silverlock 60 (4) c Silverlock b Stedman 2 * A M Miller b Silverlock 15 (5) not out 18 H P Taunton c Steeples b Stedman 30 (6) not out 2 C S Awdry c N C Phillips b Silverlock 0 + E S Ford c Silverlock b Steeples 15 Smith, W R R b Silverlock 4 Overton, W c Hudden b Steeples 2 Smart, T not out 0 Extras 17 4 Total 204 (4 wickets) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 58 71 100 188 198 202 204 Second innings 23 31 - - - - - - Steeples 21 8 32 3 - - (1) 6 1 22 0 - - Silverlock 42 7 95 4 - - (2) 10 4 29 3 - - Stedman 21 6 49 3 - - (3) 4 0 19 1 - - Hudden 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 86 21 204 10 - - 20 5 74 4 - - Monmouthshire (Followed on) Silverlock, A J c Taunton b Smart 41 (3) c Ford b Smart 20 E S Phillips b Smart 4 (4) b Smart 69 + G Ll Lloyd b Smart 0 (2) c Awdry b Tewson 58 Dr A L Tatham not out 22 (1) b Overton 1 B O Bircham b Overton 0 (5) lbw b Smart 1 N C Phillips c Smith b Smart 7 (6) not out 16 P C Phillips c Overton b Smart 2 (7) b Tewson 4 * L F Stedman b Overton 2 (8) b Smart 6 W E C Hudden c Smith b Smart 3 (9) c Overton b Smart 0 F Holmes lbw b Overton 0 (10) st Ford b Smart 0 Steeples, R b Overton 4 (11) c Smith b Tewson 0 Extras 1 w 1, nb 1 15 Total 86 190 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 44 49 49 49 60 86 Second innings 6 30 160 161 165 190 Overton 15.3 3 27 4 - - (2) 19 8 31 1 - - Smith 6 0 24 0 - - (3) 10 3 18 0 - - Tewson 1 0 12 0 - - (4) 7.3 2 19 3 - - Smart 9 2 22 6 - - (1) 28 8 72 6 - - Miller (5) 11 3 23 0 1 1 Warrilow (6) 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 31.3 5 86 10 - - 78.3 24 190 10 1 1 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by six wickets at 5.00 pm on the second day. They thus completed the ‘double’ over Monmouthshire, having also won when the two sides met at Newport earlier in the month. For the winners, Smart took 12 wickets for 94 runs. There were 7 fours in Medlicott’s 60. E S Phillips’s 69 for Monmouthshire contained 5 fours, and Lloyd’s 58 included 4 fours . [An alternative version of the score for the Monmouthshire first innings based on some Wiltshire sources gives Lloyd scoring 21, Holmes 5 and Steeples 0.] [Missing: Umpires;extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 5 September; Swindon Advertiser 30 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 31 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 31 August; South Wales Argus 28,29 August; South Wales Daily News 29,30 August; South Wales Telegraph 28,29 August; South Wales Times 30 August; Western Mail 29,30 August; The Sportsman 28,29,30 August.