The Minor Counties Championship 1902

64 MATCH NUMBER 41 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 July 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by ten wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 1 (R B Griffiths); Wiltshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 123 and 40-1 wicket (A J Silverlock 24*); Wiltshire 176 Monmouthshire E S Phillips b Smart 1 (2) b Smart 15 Silverlock, A J c Overton b Miller 31 (1) c Whitaker b Overton 24 Dr A L Tatham b Overton 18 (3) c Smart b Overton 2 P C Phillips b Miller 29 (4) c and b Overton 1 R B Griffiths st Ford b Overton 3 (5) b Overton 3 * L F Stedman c Ford b Overton 3 (7) c and b Overton 23 W E C Hudden b Overton 4 (8) b Smith 3 M Stratton b Overton 0 (9) c Whitaker b Overton 2 Steeples, R c Overton b Smart 14 (10) c Smart b Overton 0 H J Fentiman b Overton 6 (11) not out 2 + Mayes, T not out 13 (6) b Overton 2 Extras 1 1 Total 123 78 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 51 51 54 70 76 90 94 104 123 Second innings 40 40 42 43 45 48 57 66 66 78 Smart 14 2 53 2 - - (3) 1 0 1 1 - - Smith 11 9 5 0 - - (2) 19 10 30 1 - - Miller 9 0 41 2 - - (4) 7 2 19 0 - - Overton 12 2 23 6 - - (1) 16.3 6 27 8 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 46 13 123 10 - - 43.3 18 78 10 - - Wiltshire J E Stevens c P C Phillips b Steeples 2 (1) not out 19 W S Medlicott c Griffiths b Silverlock 13 (2) not out 10 E S Whitaker st Mayes b Silverlock 2 R W Awdry b Steeples 22 A G Dibsdall c E S Phillips b Silverlock 9 Smith, W R R lbw b Fentiman 20 * A M Miller b Silverlock 5 H S Snell c Silverlock b Stedman 26 Overton, W not out 48 + Ford, E S c Hudden b Silverlock 15 Smart, T run out 6 Extras 8 0 Total 176 (no wicket) 29 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 12 17 48 48 53 95 109 155 176 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Steeples 21 2 64 2 - - (3) 2 0 13 0 - - Silverlock 20 2 57 5 - - (1) 1 0 9 0 - - Stedman 11 3 33 1 - - (2) 2.3 0 7 0 - - Fentiman 2 0 14 1 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 54 7 176 10 - - 5.3 0 29 0 0 0 Notes: Requiring 26 runs to win, Wiltshire won by ten wickets at 1.35 pm on the second day. For the winners, Overton took 14 wickets in the match for 50 runs, statistically the second best match bowling performance of the season, including 8 for 27 in the Monmouthshire second innings. Overton also top-scored in the match with 48 not out. There were rain interruptions on the first day and the weather prevented a start before noon on the second day. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdowns.] Sources: South Wales Argus 30,31 July; Star of Gwent 1 August; South Wales Daily News 31 July, 1 August; South Wales Daily Telegraph 30,31 July; Western Mail 31 July, 1 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 7 August; North Wilts Guardian 9 August; North Wilts Herald 1 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 2 August; Wiltshire Times 2 August.