The Minor Counties Championship 1901

146 WILTSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 12, won 6, lost 4, drawn 2. Position: Ninth out of seventeen Won: v Glamorgan at Swindon, GWR, v Devon at Trowbridge, v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Devon at Exeter, v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley, and v Monmouthshire at Trowbridge Lost: v Buckinghamshire at Trowbridge, v Surrey 2 nd XI at Swindon, v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval, and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn: v Oxfordshire at Oxford, and v Oxfordshire at Trowbridge. Captain: A M Miller (12 matches) Wicket-keepers: E S Ford (1match), F Newman (7 matches), C H Ransome (2 matches) and T Smart (2 matches). A M Miller usually kept wicket when F Newman or T Smart bowled. Debutants: 4 (R F B Bowes, E J Taunton, A E Tewson and B L Usher) Final season for team: 4 (- Martin, O G Radcliffe, A E Tewson and B L Usher) Hon Secretary: T Wheeler Professionals 5 (- Martin, F Newman, W Overton, T Smart and W R R Smith) Home grounds 3: The County Ground, County Road, Swindon (1match); The Great Western Railway Park, Shrivenham Road, Swindon – new ground (1 match); and The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge (4 matches) Notes: Wiltshire played 12 matches compared with 10 in 1900. New opponents were Devon and Monmouthshire, and Berkshire were no longer played. Monmouthshire had been previously met between 1897 and 1899. During the season, W S Medlicott and H S Snell both passed the career milestone of one thousand runs, W Overton of two hundred wickets and of fifty catches, and W R R Smith of one hundred wickets. In addition, A M Miller became the first batsman in the history of the Championship to play one hundred innings. Smart injured a thumb during the second match of the season and when he returned to the team he was played largely as a bowler. The two centuries in the season were scored by batsmen batting at numbers nine and ten in the order. Researches to date have still not identified the initials or club of Martin, who was playing his final season for the County. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Wiltshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C S Awdry 4 6 0 14 41 6.83 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - R W Awdry 8 13 0 94 298 22.92 - 3 3 1 1 - - - - - - - - C G Bond 3 4 1 24 43 14.33 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - R F B Bowes + 4 8 0 20 71 8.87 - - 2 4 - 9 1 39 2 19.50 1-13 - - H W Cobb 2 2 0 27 42 21.00 - - - - - 4 0 24 0 - - - - E Fawcett 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E S Ford 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - Martin, - 4 8 1 27 49 7.00 - - 1 1 - 56.5 9 190 7 27.14 5-106 - 1 W S Medlicott 9 16 0 60 330 20.62 - 2 - 10 - - - - - - - - - A M Milller 12 22 3 88 423 22.26 - 2 3 7 1 134.2 37 402 26 15.46 6-51 - 1 Newman, F 7 12 4 40* 113 14.12 - - 2 5 3 35 10 105 7 15.00 4-48 - - Overton, W 12 18 6 109 287 23.91 1 1 3 16 - 284.4 79 692 50 13.84 5-21 - 2 O G Radcliffe 3 6 0 40 61 10.16 - - 1 - - 7 0 37 3 12.33 3-37 - - C H Ransome 2 3 0 57 75 25.00 - 1 - 1 2 - - - - - - - - E T Shorland 3 5 0 12 31 6.20 - - 1 2 - 18 2 65 2 32.50 2-30 - - Smart, T 10 16 5 35 143 13.00 - - 3 12 - 249.3 45 767 61 12.57 8-75 3 8 Smith, W R R 12 19 2 49 293 17.23 - - 3 12 - 322.5 116 742 41 18.09 7-44 - 2 H S Snell 8 13 1 49 254 21.16 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - J E Stevens 9 15 0 67 348 23.20 - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - E J Taunton + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - H P Taunton 12 20 2 110* 369 20.50 1 1 5 6 - - - - - - - - - A E Tewson + 2 4 1 35 73 24.33 - - - - - 15.3 2 62 6 10.33 3-19 - - B L Usher + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E S Warrilow 2 4 0 71 104 26.00 - 1 - - - 3 0 12 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 213 - - - - 2 - - - 187 5 - - - - Total 132 220 26 110* 3684 18.98 2 14 33 91 8 1139.4 301 3324 210 15.82 8-75 3 14 (24 players) (6 ball overs) Note: It is uncertain in Match 24 v Buckinghamshire at Trowbridge which Taunton caught G Kentish in the Buckinghamshire first innings. Similarly, in Match 45 it is uncertain which Awdry caught W E C Hudden in the Monmouthshire second innings These 2 catches are counted as substitute ones in the averages above. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Wiltshire in the Championship in 1901. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Martin, - 1900 8 10 3 27 49 7.00 - - 1 3 - 521 265 13 20.38 5-106 - 1 O G Radcliffe 1895 48 80 2 135 1436 18.41 2 7 12 36 - 778 432 22 19.63 5-11 - 1 A E Tewson 1901 2 4 1 35 73 24.33 - - - - - 93 62 6 10.33 3-19 - - B L Usher 1901 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - (4 players)