The Minor Counties Championship 1902

37 MATCH NUMBER 14 : WILTSHIRE V DORSET At Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on Thursday 26, Friday 27 June 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 32 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire 1 (T S Luce); Dorset 7 (G Battrick, R S Boden, W H Budge, F P Hardy, J A Lush, G S Moore, F A S Sewell) First day score: Dorset 96 and 3-0 wicket (W H Budge 1*, F A S Sewell 2*); Wiltshire 344 Dorset C A S Sewell c Whitaker b Smith 9 (3) b Overton 26 F A S Sewell b Miller 12 (2) c and b Miller 37 W H Budge run out 5 (1) b Smart 21 J A Lush c Overton b Smith 11 (6) not out 69 Hardy, F P c Luce b Overton 8 (5) lbw b Overton 2 G S Moore b Smith 15 (4) b Overton 10 Battrick, G b Smith 0 (8) b Overton 4 R S Boden b Smart 13 (7) b Overton 9 Bowley, T not out 2 (9) b Overton 11 * + W H Manfield c Overton b Smart 10 ( ) b Overton 7 Hughes, C lbw b Smart 0 ( ) b Overton 0 Extras b 7, lb 4 11 b 11, lb 9 20 Total 96 216 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 32 56 96 Second innings 26 65 83 121 186 216 Smart 5 1 21 3 - - (2) 19 4 59 1 - - Miller 7 1 24 1 - - (3) 9 2 43 1 - - Smith 9 4 14 4 - - (1) 15 4 39 0 - - Overton 3 0 26 1 - - (4) 20.4 4 55 8 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 20 0 - - Total 24 6 96 10 0 0 63.4 14 216 10 0 0 Wiltshire E S Warrilow c Manfield b Bowley 67 J E Stevens c Lush b Hughes 4 E S Whitaker lbw b Hughes 9 H S Snell c Moore b Hughes 61 H P Taunton b Bowley 1 * A M Miller b Hardy 12 Smart, T b Hardy 71 E Fawcett b Hughes 76 Smith, W R R c Moore b F A S Sewell 6 + T S Luce b Hardy 17 Overton, W not out 2 Extras b 15, lb 1, nb 2 18 Total 344 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 136 144 154 200 275 344 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hughes 27 2 98 4 - 2 F A S Sewell 10 0 57 1 - - Hardy 32 6 87 3 - - Bowley 13 1 53 2 - - Battrick 2 0 15 0 - - Moore 3 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 87 9 344 10 0 2 Notes: Wiltshire won by an innings shortly after luncheon on the second day. For the winners, Overton took 8 wickets for 55 runs in the Dorset second innings. There were 12 fours in Fawcett’s 76, 1 five and 11 fours in Smart’s 71, 9 fours in Warrilow’s 67 and 8 fours in Snell’s 61. In the Wiltshire innings, Smart and Fawcett put on 75 runs for the seventh wicket. For Dorset, Lush top- scored with 69 not out. For Dorset, this was the initial match of the first season in which they fully qualified for the Championship. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Dorset 2 nd inns boundaries in Lush’s 69 not out, and part batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 3 July; North Wilts Herald 4 July; Pulman’s Weekly News 1 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 28 June; Wiltshire Times 28 June; The Sportsman 1 July.