The Minor Counties Championship 1901

77 MATCH NUMBER 54 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 August 1901 Result: Wiltshire won by ten wickets Points: Wiltshire +1, Buckinghamshire -1 Toss: Not known Umpires: H Coulson and J Rogers Debutants: Buckinghamshire 2 (J M Bagley, T Stacey); Wiltshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 122; Wiltshire 59-1 wicket (C H Ransome 36*, H S Snell 2*) Buckinghamshire * Rev E D Shaw b Overton 12 (1) c Overton b Smith 26 Lord Dalmeny c Snell b Miller 40 (2) c Taunton b Smith 7 Wright, M W run out 2 (3) b Smith 4 F N Bird b Overton 7 (4) run out 4 Boddy, E S c Taunton b Miller 14 (5) lbw b Smith 2 T Stacey st Ransome b Smart 33 (6) c Bond b Overton 0 + J M Bagley b Miller 0 (7) c Miller b Overton 1 J W Stratton st Ransome b Smart 8 (8) not out 7 Kentish, G c Bond b Smith 1 (9) c Medlicott b Overton 0 Page, H not out 3 (10) lbw b Overton 7 A W Keen c Ransome b Smart 0 (11) b Overton 0 Extras lb 2 2 nb 1 1 Total 122 59 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 42 55 68 86 86 115 116 122 122 Second innings 30 38 43 43 47 48 59 59 59 Smart 4.2 0 27 3 - - (1) 2 0 17 0 - - Smith 10 5 20 1 - - (3) 12 5 20 4 - - Overton 18 7 36 2 - - (2) 13.5 4 21 5 - 1 Miller 12 1 37 3 - - Extras - 2 1 - - - - 1 1 - - Total 44.2 13 122 10 0 0 27.5 9 59 10 0 1 Wiltshire + C H Ransome c and b Kentish 57 J E Stevens c Bird b Page 16 H S Snell c Boddy b Page 2 Smith, W R R b Wright 3 W S Medlicott c and b Wright 33 R W Awdry c Dalmeny b Kentish 1 * A M Miller c Boddy b Kentish 4 (1) not out 12 H P Taunton c Shaw b Page 37 Overton, W not out 11 G C Bond c Shaw b Wright 0 Smart, T lbw b Page 0 (2) not out 2 Extras b 6 6 0 Total 170 (no wicket) 14 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 64 75 91 92 95 145 169 170 170 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 33 16 54 3 - - (1) 1.2 0 10 0 - - Kentish 19 5 61 3 - - Page 21 11 39 4 - - Stratton 3 1 8 0 - - Keen 1 0 2 0 - - Shaw (2) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 77 33 170 10 0 0 2.2 0 14 0 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by ten wickets on the second day, thus reversing the result of the match between the two sides at Trowbridge in July. Rain showers prevented the start of play until after lunch on the Wednesday and caused further interruptions later in the day. For the winners, Ransome scored 57. In the Wiltshire first innings, Medlicott and Taunton added 50 runs for the seventh wicket. It is believed that Shaw captained Buckinghamshire. [Missing: Toss; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns fall of second wicket; in Wiltshire 1 st inns boundaries in Ransome’s 57; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 17 August; Bucks Herald 17 August; South Bucks Free Press 16 August; North Wilts Herald 16 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 17 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 17,24 August; Sporting Life 16 August; The Sportsman 15,16 August.