The Minor Counties Championship 1901

61 MATCH NUMBER 38 : WILTSHIRE V DEVON At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1901 Result: Wiltshire won by 235 runs Points: Wiltshire +1, Devon -1 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Devon 3 (J H H Copleston, S N Mackenzie, L G Vicary) First day score: Wiltshire 89 and 167-5 wickets (E S Warrilow 20*, A M Miller 13*); Devon 70 Wiltshire J E Stevens b Minto 4 (1) c Cruwys b Vicary 51 E S Warrilow b Minto 4 (6) c Clieve b Minto 71 Smith, W R R lbw b Roles 10 (3) st Clieve b Roles 20 H S Snell lbw b Minto 1 (4) b Minto 35 W S Medlicott b Minto 7 (5) c Clieve b Roles 15 H P Taunton c and b Roles 2 (2) c and b Minto 6 * A M Miller b Roles 8 (7) c and b Roles 88 C S Awdry b Minto 14 (8) lbw b Roles 3 Smart, T c and b Minto 27 (9) run out 5 + Newman, F not out 4 (10) c Cruwys b Roles 0 Overton, W b Minto 8 (11) not out 10 Extras 0 b 13, lb 5, nb 2 20 Total 89 324 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 12 14 22 27 35 40 70 79 89 Second innings 15 54 106 119 146 295 303 311 314 324 Roles 19 3 51 3 - - (2) 30.3 3 110 5 - - Minto 18.4 6 38 7 - - (1) 26 8 77 3 - - Vicary (3) 18 4 48 1 - - Ashford (4) 10 1 38 0 - - Nichols (5) 7 0 37 0 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 20 1 - - Total 37.4 9 89 10 0 0 91.3 16 330x 10 0 2 324 Devon J H H Copleston c Awdry b Smart 15 (1) b Overton 8 A Hingston hit wicket b Smart 4 (2) lbw b Smart 20 Nichols, G B b Overton 6 (3) c Newman b Smith 32 S N Mackenzie b Overton 0 (4) c Newman b Smith 20 L G Cruwys b Smart 35 (5) lbw b Smith 1 Roles, - b Overton 6 (6) b Overton 5 * J N Martin c Medlicott b Smart 0 (7) b Overton 4 Minto, W J b Smart 0 (11) c Awdry b Smith 0 W Ashford b Smart 0 (8) c Medlicott b Overton 12 + J H Clieve st Newman b Smart 0 (9) c Taunton b Overton 4 L G Vicary not out 0 (10) not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 2, w 1 4 b 2 2 Total 70 108 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 27 27 31 51 52 63 63 63 70 Second innings 13 51 75 83 84 89 92 92 108 108 Smart 15 3 36 7 1 - (1) 13 2 51 1 - - Overton 14 5 30 3 - - (2) 24 12 36 5 - - Smith (3) 15 7 19 4 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 29 8 70 10 1 0 52 21 108 10 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by 235 runs shortly before 5.00 pm on the second day. The winning margin of 235 runs was the largest of the season. For the winners, Miller scored 88 with 11 fours, Warrilow 71 and Stevens 51. In the Wiltshire second innings, Warrilow and Miller put on 149 runs for the sixth wicket, which was the second highest for that wicket during the season. The 235 runs difference between the two Wiltshire scores was the largest of the season. Smart took 7 wickets for 36 runs in the Devon first innings. For the visitors, Minto took 10 wickets in the match for 115 runs . In the Wiltshire second innings, Snell was dismissed for 35 immediately after reaching the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. In the Devon second innings when dismissing Mackenzie, Smith reached the career milestone of one hundred wickets in championship matches. [An alternative version of the score, found only in the Devon Scorebook and not supported by any other source listed has the Devon second innings adding to 110, with Nichols scoring 33, Mackenzie 21 and Smart conceding 52 runs and Overton 37, and the margin of victory being 233 runs.] [Missing: Toss; umpires; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Warrilow’s 71 and Stevens’s 51, runs conceded by bowlers 6 in excess, and who bowled 2 no balls;initials of Roles.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 8 August; Marlborough Times 10 August; North Wilts Guardian 10 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 10 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 10 August; Wiltshire Times 10 August; Western Daily Mercury 3,5 August; Western Morning News 3,5 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August.