The Minor Counties Championship 1902

50 MATCH NUMBER 27 : DORSET V WILTSHIRE At Bridport Cricket Club Ground, St Mary’s Field, Bridport on Monday 21, Tuesday 22 July 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 75 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Dorset Umpires: H Briscoe and H Richardson Debutants: Dorset 7 (P Crimmins, Rev H R W Farrer, Maj L Parke, Rev F S Sangster, C P Turle, A Zealley, T Woolley); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 251; Dorset 83 Wiltshire J E Stevens c Sewell b Sangster 27 E S Warrilow c Crimmins b Woolley 10 R W Awdry b Woolley 17 C S Awdry c Turle b Crimmins 17 H S Snell b Crimmins 14 Smith, W R R c Lush b Zealley 22 * A M Miller b Sewell 76 R F B Bowes b Sangster 36 Smart, T c Crimmins b Sangster 6 + Ford, E S b Sewell 6 Overton, W not out 10 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1 10 Total 251 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 38 61 76 93 143 223 234 236 251 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Sangster 19 2 65 3 - - Sewell 9.4 0 45 2 - - Woolley 24 7 55 2 - - Crimmins 15 1 50 2 - - Zealley 8 4 12 1 - - Farrer 3 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 78.4 14 251 10 1 0 Dorset (Followed on) F A S Sewell b Smith 17 (2) lbw b Smart 2 C P Turle c and b Smart 13 (4) b Miller 10 P Crimmins b Smith 6 (3) c Stevens b Smart 37 J A Lush b Smith 11 (1) c Bowes b Overton 17 Maj L Parke b Smith 0 (6) b Miller 0 + Rev P T P Knott b Smart 0 (7) b Smith 15 A Zealley run out 4 (5) c R W Awdry b Miller 4 Rev H R W Farrer b Smith 11 (9) b Smart 1 * W H Manfield c Snell b Smith 12 (8) b Smith 3 Rev F S Sangster c Stevens b Miller 5 (10) b Smart 0 Woolley, T not out 0 (11) not out 2 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 b 1, lb 1 2 Total 83 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 33 38 38 41 55 56 70 83 83 Second innings 6 35 56 60 60 86 89 90 93 Overton 6 0 18 0 - - (3) 14 4 30 1 - - Smith 20 5 21 6 - - (2) 13 3 20 2 - - Smart 11 0 30 2 - - (1) 9.1 1 21 4 - - Miller 3.2 0 10 1 - - (4) 10 2 20 3 - - Extras - - 4 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 40.2 5 83 10 0 0 46.1 10 93 10 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by an innings and 75 runs on the second day. There were several interruptions for rain on the second day, but they were not sufficient to prevent an outright result. For the winners, Miller scored 76. In the Wiltshire innings, Miller and Bowes added 80 runs for the seventh wicket. For Dorset, Crimmins top-scored with 37. [Missing: In Wiltshire inns boundaries in Miller’s 76, and who bowled wide; in Dorset 2 nd inns fall of ninth wicket; time completed.] Sources: Bridport News 25 July; Dorchester Telegram 29 July; Pulman’s Weekly News 29 July; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 24 July; North Wilts Guardian 26 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 26 July; Wiltshire Times 26 July; The Sportsman 26 July.