The Minor Counties Championship 1901

73 MATCH NUMBER 50 : DEVON V WILTSHIRE At The Exeter Cricket Club Ground, Graslawn, Barrack Road, Exeter on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1901 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 33 runs Points: Wiltshire +1, Devon -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: R Barber and W Hearne Debutants: Devon 2 (H A Francis, T C G Sandford); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 491; Devon 52-7 wickets (H A Francis 19*) Wiltshire J E Stevens st Sandford b Roles 67 Smith, W R R b Aston 28 H S Snell b Roles 36 R W Awdry c Aston b Francis 50 H P Taunton c Hingston b Roles 39 H W Cobb st Sandford b Roles 15 * A M Miller c Copleston b Aston 22 Smart, T c Minto b Roles 35 G C Bond c Nichols b Mackenzie 24 Overton, W b Aston 109 + Newman, F not out 40 Extras b 22, lb 4 26 Total 491 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 83 105 192 198 226 261 283 327 334 491 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Roles 43 2 161 5 - - Minto 11 0 77 0 - - Aston 24.2 3 101 3 - - Nichols 11 1 59 0 - - Francis 8 0 37 1 - - Mackenzie 3 0 18 1 - - Copleston 1 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 26 0 - - Total 101.2 6 491 10 0 0 Devon (Followed on) A Hingston b Smart 1 (1) c Overton b Smith 53 J H H Copleston c Smart b Smith 8 (5) b Smith 4 Nichols, G B st Newman b Smart 16 (3) c Smart b Smith 4 H A Francis not out 48 (4) run out 4 + T C G Sandford b Smart 5 (2) c Overton b Smith 164 L G Cruwys lbw b Smart 0 (6) lbw b Smart 7 S N Mackenzie c Smith b Smart 3 (8) st Miller b Smart 13 * J N Martin c Newman b Smart 0 (9) b Smith 2 Roles, - st Newman b Smart 4 (11) c Overton b Smart 0 Aston, H c Smith b Smart 32 (7) b Miller 62 Minto, W J b Overton 8 (10) not out 2 Extras lb 2 2 b 12, lb 4 16 Total 127 331 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 13 33 44 44 52 52 56 109 127 Second innings 126 130 137 149 171 306 314 328 330 331 Smart 23 3 75 8 - - (1) 25.5 2 127 3 - - Smith 22 10 50 1 - - (3) 28 15 54 5 - - Overton 0.1 0 0 1 - - (2) 13 4 49 0 - - Miller (4) 15 5 55 1 - - Cobb (5) 3 0 19 0 - - Newman (6) 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 45.1 13 127 10 0 0 86.5 26 331 10 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return game at 5.05 pm on the second day by an innings and 33 runs, after enforcing the follow-on. They thus completed the ‘double’ over Devon, having won when the two teams met the week before at Trowbridge. For the winners, Smart took 11 wickets in the match for 202 runs. The 202 runs conceded equalled the record for the Championship by L Parbury for Bedfordshire against Oxfordshire at Luton earlier in the day. There were 21 fours in Overton’s 109. Stevens’s 67 included 1 five and 10 fours and Awdry’s 50 contained 9 fours. In the Wiltshire innings, Overton and Newman put on 157 runs for the tenth wicket in 80 minutes, which was a new record for the Championship, exceeding the unbroken 118 partnership between H P Taunton and Overton for Wiltshire against Monmouthshire in the previous match at Newport. The Wiltshire total of 491 and the match aggregate of 949 runs were both the third highest of the season. Sandford’s 164 for Devon, an innings of nearly 4 hours, contained 2 sixes, 1 five, 20 fours, 3 threes and 11 twos. There were 11 fours in Aston’s 62 and 7 fours in Hingston’s 53. In the Devon first innings, Francis and Aston added 53 runs for the ninth wicket. In Devon’s second innings Hingston and Sandford put on 126 for the first wicket, and Sandford and Aston 135 for the sixth. The latter was the third highest for that wicket during the season. Miller kept wicket for Wiltshire when Newman bowled. The 543 runs scored on the first day were the second most during the season. When catching Roles in the Devon second innings, Overton reached the career milestone of fifty catches in championship matches. [Missing: In Wiltshire inns duration and breakdown of twos and threes in Overton’s 109; initials of Roles.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 10,12 August; Western Morning News 10,12 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 15 August; Marlborough Times 17 August; North Wilts Herald 16 August; Swindon Advertiser 16 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 17 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 17 August; Wiltshire Times 17 August; The Sportsman 10,12 August.