The Minor Counties Championship 1901

50 MATCH NUMBER 27 : WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Friday 19, Saturday 20 July 1901 Result: Surrey 2 nd XI won by five wickets Points: Surrey 2 nd XI +1, Wiltshire -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Wiltshire 190; Surrey 2 nd XI 160-6 wickets (H V Gillett 44*) Wiltshire J E Stevens c Strudwick b Nice 20 ( ) b W C Smith 2 W S Medlicott c Kersley b W C Smith 9 ( ) b W C Smith 13 H P Taunton b Nice 2 ( ) b Lees 17 O G Radcliffe c and b W C Smith 2 ( ) lbw b W C Smith 8 R W Awdry c Kersley b Lees 90 ( ) b Lees 1 * A M Miller c Nice b W C Smith 31 ( ) c Kersley b Lees 8 R F B Bowes b Nice 4 ( ) b Lees 7 Smith, W R R b Moulder 10 ( ) b Nice 41 + Newman, F not out 8 ( ) c W C Smith b Lees 11 Martin, - b Kersley 3 ( ) st Strudwick b Lees 11 Overton, W b Kersley 0 (11) not out 27 Extras nb 1 11 1 Total 190 147 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 36 39 43 119 190 Second innings 99 147 Nice 19 2 58 3 - 1 (3) 3.4 1 16 1 - - Smith, W C 15 5 45 3 - - (1) 20 2 54 3 - - Gooder 5 1 14 0 - - Lees 5 0 14 1 - - (2) 22 6 66 6 - - Kersley 6 0 29 2 - - Moulder 3 0 19 1 - - (4) 1 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 53 8 190 10 0 1 46.4 9 147 10 - - Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A b Miller 21 ( ) not out 41 Moulder, J H c Medlicott b Miller 19 ( ) c Bowes b Overton 2 H V Gillett b W R R Smith 59 ( ) c Taunton b Newman 23 Lees, W S c Newman b Miller 4 ( ) c W R R Smith b Newman 7 Thompson, H run out 0 * K E M Barker b Overton 20 ( ) b Newman 0 Gooder, L M H c Bowes b Newman 31 ( ) c Bowes b Newman 10 Nice, E H L b Overton 41 ( ) not out 10 Kersley, T not out 17 Smith, W C c Miller b Overton 1 + Strudwick, H b Newman 3 Extras w 3 29 0 Total 245 (5 wickets) 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 55 62 62 117 160 245 Second innings - - - - - Martin 10 2 27 0 1 - Overton 20 1 65 3 - - (2) 10 3 22 1 - - Smith, W R R 25 5 65 1 1 - (3) 6 1 23 0 - - Newman 7 2 14 2 - - (1) 17 7 48 4 - - Miller 9 0 33 3 - - Bowes 3 1 12 0 1 - Extras - - 29 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 74 11 245 10 3 - 33 11 93 5 0 0 Notes: Surrey 2 nd XI won by five wickets shortly after 6.00 pm on the second day, with 25 minutes to spare. They required 93 runs to win in 110 minutes. For the winners, Gillett scored 59. For Wiltshire, Awdry’s 90 contained 10 fours. In the Wiltshire second innings, W R R Smith and Overton had a last wicket stand of 48 runs. It is believed that Miller kept wicket for Wiltshire when Newman bowled. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Surrey 1 st inns boundaries in Gillett’s 59; in Surrey 2 nd inns batting order; initials of Martin.] Sources: North Wilts Gazette 26 July; North Wilts Herald 26 July; Swindon Advertiser 26 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 27 July; Wiltshire County Mirror 26 July; Wiltshire Standard 27 July; Wiltshire Telegraph 27 July; Wiltshire Times 27 July; Surrey Year Book 1901, p 124; The Sportsman 20,22 July.