The Minor Counties Championship 1902

45 MATCH NUMBER 22 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 July 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by 57 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: A Stockwin and S Wrigley Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 153 and 12-3 wickets (R W Awdry 0*); Buckinghamshire 89 Wiltshire J E Stevens c P C F de Paravicini b Wright 0 (2) b Wright 1 R Reynolds st P C F de Paravicini b Page 6 (1) b Page 10 R W Awdry c Hobbs b Page 5 (3) b Wright 0 Smith, W R R b Wright 4 (4) c P J de Paravicini b Page 0 E S Whitaker c P C F de Paravicini b Wright 1 (5) b Wright 12 H S Snell c and b Wright 7 (6) b Page 0 * A M Miller c Stacey b Page 70 (7) b Page 7 Smart, T c Hobbs b Wright 0 (8) lbw b Page 7 R F B Bowes b Coghlan 21 (9) not out 9 + Ford, E S c Page b Wright 17 (10) c P J de Paravicini b Wright 4 Overton, W not out 16 (11) c Hobbs b Wright 2 Extras b 5, w 1 6 b 1, w 2 3 Total 153 55 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 Second innings 2 2 12 14 15 31 39 40 49 55 Wright 26 7 64 6 - - (1) 15.1 6 20 5 - - Page 15.3 3 44 3 - - (2) 15 3 32 5 2 - Houchin 3 0 12 0 - - Ward 1 0 1 0 1 - Coghlan 8 2 26 1 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 53.3 12 153 10 1 0 30.1 9 55 10 2 0 Buckinghamshire E C Hobbs c Ford b Miller 11 (2) run out 0 Langley, F c Ford b Miller 15 (1) c Overton b Miller 0 H G Coghlan c Smart b Miller 0 (3) run out 18 Wright, M W lbw b Smith 18 (4) c Smart b Smith 5 * P J de Paravicini c Awdry b Overton 20 (5) b Smith 3 T Stacey b Overton 1 (9) st Ford b Overton 2 Capt S D Maul c Overton b Miller 1 (7) b Miller 15 A S Ward c and b Miller 7 (8) b Overton 0 + P C F de Paravicini c Snell b Miller 7 (10) not out 13 Page, H not out 3 (6) b Overton 0 Houchin, E c Snell b Miller 0 (11) run out 1 Extras lb 4, w 1, nb 1 6 b 4, w 1 5 Total 89 62 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 1 23 78 83 89 Second innings 62 Smith 20 11 36 1 - 1 (2) 15.4 8 21 2 - - Overton 15 7 24 2 - - (3) 7 3 12 3 - - Miller 16.5 7 23 7 1 - (1) 10 2 24 2 1 - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 5 3 - - Total 51.5 25 89 10 1 1 32.4 13 62 10 1 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this match by 57 runs. For the winners, Miller scored 70 in the first innings and took 9 wickets in the match, including 7 for 23 in the Buckinghamshire first innings. For Buckinghamshire, Wright took 11 wickets in the match for 84 runs. Three batsmen were run out in the Buckinghamshire second innings. When he had scored 9 in the Buckinghamshire first innings, Wright reached the career milestone of 2,000 runs in championship matches. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 1 st inns boundaries in Miller’s 70; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 19 July; Bucks Herald 19 July; South Bucks Free Press 18 July; Wolverton Express 18 July; North Wilts Guardian 26 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 19 July; Wiltshire Times 19 July; The Sportsman 17,18 July.