The Minor Counties Championship 1902

67 MATCH NUMBER 44 : WILTSHIRE V DEVON At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Friday 1, Saturday 2 August 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by 201 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: H Coulson and R Rogers Debutants: Wiltshire none; Devon 2 (W Linnell, G C Vicary) First day score: Wiltshire 114 and 164-4 wickets (W R R Smith 79*, W S Medlicott 47*); Devon 101 Wiltshire J E Stevens c Davies b Light 51 (1) b Aston 13 W S Medlicott b Light 2 (6) b Aston 136 H P Taunton b Aston 5 (3) b Aston 9 R W Awdry c and b Aston 0 (8) b Light 15 * A M Miller b Aston 0 (7) c Aston b Vicary 1 Smith, W R R lbw b Linnell 5 (5) c Davies b Vicary 102 H S Snell c Light b Aston 0 (2) b Aston 1 Overton, W b Light 9 (9) not out 8 R F B Bowes b Light 22 (4) c Light b Aston 10 + Ford, E S not out 10 Smart, T c Aston b Light 0 Extras b 10 10 b 7, lb 4, w 1 12 Total 114 (8 wickets declared) 307 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 17 17 21 65 69 79 81 114 114 Second innings 5 23 24 49 215 217 249 307 - - Light 15 6 30 5 - - (1) 23 5 97 1 - - Aston 15 1 67 4 - - (2) 25.5 4 71 5 - - Linnell 3 0 7 1 - - (3) 16 2 44 0 - - Vicary (4) 11 3 27 2 1 - Jennings (5) 4 1 20 0 - - Sandford (6) 5 0 27 0 - - Brunskill (7) 1 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 33 7 114 10 0 0 85.5 15 307 8 1 0 Devon * T C G Sandford c Awdry b Overton 6 (1) c Ford b Miller 7 A Hingston b Miller 0 (2) c Snell b Smart 34 Light, W F b Overton 9 (3) b Miller 6 J F Orchard c Overton b Miller 3 (4) b Miller 12 L G Cruwys c Medlicott b Miller 22 (5) b Smart 12 Aston, H c Miller b Overton 9 (6) b Smart 5 H F Brunskill c Overton b Smith 15 (7) b Smart 7 W Linnell b Smith 10 (9) b Smart 9 + Davies, T b Smith 13 (10) not out 20 Jennings, D J c Snell b Overton 7 (11) st Ford b Smart 4 G C Vicary not out 3 (8) b Smith 0 Extras b 4 4 b 3 3 Total 101 119 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 16 20 23 48 52 77 80 86 101 Second innings 12 28 42 68 74 77 84 88 111 119 Miller 17 7 33 3 - - (1) 16 3 61 3 - - Overton 18 5 39 4 - - (2) 9 3 15 0 - - Smart 4 0 11 0 - - (4) 10.3 3 23 6 - - Smith 5.5 1 14 3 - - (3) 10 3 17 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 44.5 13 101 10 0 0 45.3 12 119 10 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by 201 runs at 4.30 pm on the second day. For the winners, Medlicott scored 136, including 16 fours, 6 threes and 14 twos, Smith 102, containing 12 fours, 7 threes and 8 twos, and Stevens 51 with 7 fours. In the Wiltshire second innings, Smith and Medlicott put on 166 runs for the fifth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season, and a new record for the Championship, exceeding the 158 added by N Miller and W J Baker for Surrey 2 nd XI v Wiltshire at The Oval in 1899. Medlicott and Overton added 58 runs for the eighth wicket. For Devon, Aston took 9 wickets in the match for 138 runs. Hingston top-scored with 34. When dismissing Linnell in the Devon second innings, Smart reached the career milestone of 200 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: In Wiltshire 2 nd inns duration of Medlicott’s 136 and Smith’s 102.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 7 August; North Wilts Guardian 9 August; North Wilts Herald 8 August; Swindon Advertiser 8 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 9 August; Wiltshire Times 9 August; Western Daily Mercury 2,4 August; Western Morning News 2,4 August; The Sportsman 1,2,4 August.