The Minor Counties Championship 1902

57 MATCH NUMBER 34 : WILTSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 July 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by nine wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Buckinghamshire 2 (Dr C J Deynes, H Gurney) First day score: Buckinghamshire 183; Wiltshire 196-6 wickets (A M Miller 12*, H S Snell 4*) Buckinghamshire E C Hobbs b Overton 0 (1) c Medlicott b Overton 18 * P J de Paravicini b Miller 48 ( ) c Ford b Overton 8 Wright, M W not out 73 ( ) lbw b Smart 0 Langley, F lbw b Smart 5 ( ) c Snell b Overton 34 H G Coghlan c Ford b Smart 2 ( ) b Smart 4 Dr C J Deynes b Smart 0 ( ) b Overton 3 Kentish, G c and b Overton 32 ( ) c Stevens b Overton 0 H Gurney c Miller b Overton 6 ( ) c Snell b Overton 6 + P C F de Paravicini lbw b Smart 8 ( ) b Miller 20 Page, H c Miller b Smart 4 ( ) not out 17 A W Johnson b Smart 1 ( ) b Overton 4 Extras 4 1 Total 183 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 72 130 183 Second innings 44 75 110 115 Overton 18 4 50 3 - - (1) 11.4 3 21 7 - - Smith 16 3 37 0 - - (2) 6 1 21 0 - - Miller 12 0 46 1 - - (3) 1 0 8 1 - - Smart 20.1 8 46 6 - - (4) 17 3 64 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 66.1 15 183 10 - - 35.4 7 115 10 - - Wiltshire W S Medlicott c Langley b Wright 2 (3) not out 1 J E Stevens c and b Wright 102 (1) not out 29 H P Taunton c P C F de Paravicini b Kentish 30 R W Awdry c Hobbs b Kentish 30 C S Awdry b Kentish 10 Smith, W R R b Wright 6 * A M Miller c and b Wright 16 H S Snell c Hobbs b Kentish 7 Overton, W not out 5 (2) b Page 51 Smart, T c Coghlan b Kentish 1 + Ford, E S c P C F de Paravicini b Kentish 9 Extras 0 0 Total 218 (1 wicket) 81 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 86 144 218 Second innings 80 - - - - - - - - - Wright 38 13 73 4 - - (1) 6 1 28 0 - - Page 14 4 32 0 - - (2) 4 0 26 1 - - Kentish 25 5 85 6 - - (3) 4 0 14 0 - - Johnson 4 1 28 0 - - Coghlan (4) 2 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 81 23 218 10 0 0 16 1 81 1 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by 9 wickets at 3.15 pm on the second day. Wiltshire had also won the game between the two sides a week before at Bletchley. For the winners, there were 13 fours, 7 threes and 6 twos in Stevens’s 102. Overton took 10 wickets in the match for 71 runs, as well as scoring 51 in the Wiltshire second innings. In the Buckinghamshire first innings, Wright scored 73 not out. When dismissing P C F de Paravicini in the Buckinghamshire second innings, Miller reached the career milestone of 200 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 1 st inns boundaries in Wright’s 73 not out; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Wiltshire 1 st inns duration of Stevens’s 102; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Overton’s 51.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 26 July; Bucks Herald 26 July; South Bucks Free Press 25 July; North Wilts Guardian 26 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 26 July; Wiltshire Times 26 July; The Sportsman 24,25 July.