The Minor Counties Championship 1901

47 MATCH NUMBER 24 : WILTSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 July 1901 Result: Buckinghamshire won by three wickets Points: Buckinghamshire +1, Wiltshire -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: J Relf and W T Westell Debutants: Wiltshire 1 (E J Taunton); Buckinghamshire 3 (H Bandy, G Kentish, H Packer) First day score: Wiltshire 140 and 27-3 wickets (W S Medlicott 9*, W R R Smith 9*); Buckinghamshire 112 Wiltshire E T Shorland c and b Page 0 ( ) c Page b Keen 8 H P Taunton b Wright 27 ( ) b Keen 0 E J Taunton b Wright 0 ( ) b Wright 2 W S Medlicott c Boddy b Mitchell 8 ( ) c Blanchett b Wright 57 * A M Miller b Wright 11 ( ) c Kentish b Page 0 R W Awdry b Wright 31 ( ) c Page b Keen 0 R F B Bowes c Kentish b Page 0 ( ) c Packer b Wright 20 + Smart, T b Wright 4 ( ) not out 11 Smith, W R R st Packer b Kentish 28 (5) b Kentish 15 Martin, - c Page b Kentish 27 ( ) c Blanchett b Wright 2 Overton, W not out 2 ( ) b Wright 10 Extras 2 4 Total 140 129 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 2 56 86 135 140 Second innings 129 Wright 29 14 67 5 - - (1) 22.3 10 39 5 - - Page 18 7 37 2 - - (4) 16 3 46 1 - - Mitchell 8 1 29 1 - - Kentish 3 0 5 2 - - (2) 20 8 24 1 - - Keen (3) 14 10 16 3 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 58 22 140 10 - - 72.3 31 129 10 - - Buckinghamshire Boddy, E S c Medlicott b Overton 2 ( ) lbw b Shorland 26 H W T Blanchett c Shorland b Smith 15 ( ) b Smith 4 * P J de Paravicini c Martin b Smith 40 ( ) c Overton b Smith 45 H J Bird st Awdry b Smart 16 ( ) b Shorland 1 Wright, M W c Smart b Martin 12 ( ) not out 46 F H Mitchell c Overton b Martin 4 ( ) b Smith 0 Page, H not out 4 ( ) b Overton 5 H Bandy c Bowes b Overton 0 ( ) b Overton 0 Kentish, G c - Taunton b Overton 7 ( ) not out 10 A W Keen c and b Smart 8 + H Packer c Miller b Smart 0 Extras 4 21 Total 112 (7 wickets) 158 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 62 88 112 Second innings 32 45 115 146 148 - - - Overton 15 2 44 3 - - (2) 11.2 2 39 2 - - Smith 9 2 24 2 - - (3) 17 9 25 3 - - Martin 9 2 16 2 - - (4) 10 3 19 0 - - Smart 6 0 14 3 - - (1) 3 0 16 0 - - Miller 2 0 10 0 - - (5) 3 1 8 0 - - Shorland (6) 9 1 30 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 41 6 112 10 - - 53.2 16 158 7 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire won by the margin of three wickets at 5.10 pm on the second day. It was the smallest margin of victory for a team batting fourth during the season. For the winners, Wright took 10 wickets in the match for 106 runs, as well as scoring 46 not out in Buckinghamshire’s second innings. Medlicott’s 57 for Wiltshire was scored in two and three-quarter hours. Smart, who was expected to play an important role as a bowler in the visitors’ second innings, opened the Wiltshire bowling but split his thumb when he had bowled three overs. He played no further part in the match. Awdry kept wicket when Smart bowled in the first innings and after the latter’s injury in the second. In the Wiltshire second innings when he had scored 2, Medlicott reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [There is some uncertainty about Packer’s initial. The newspaper reports give none, Wisden averages give H Packer, whilst the 1901 Census gives details of an ‘A Packer’ residing at High Wycombe who could be the player. In the absence of any evidence to date linking ‘A Packer’ to a Buckinghamshire cricket club, the Wisden version has been adopted.] [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Medlicott’s 57, and batting order; in Buckinghamshire 1 st inns which Taunton ct Kentish; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns batting order; initials of Martin.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 18 July; North Wilts Guardian 20,27 July; Salisbury Journal 20 July; Wiltshire Telegraph 20 July; Wiltshire Times 20 July; Bucks Advertiser 20 July; Bucks Herald 20 July; South Bucks Free Press 19 July; The Sportsman 18,19 July.