The Minor Counties Championship 1902

75 MATCH NUMBER 52 : DEVON V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 8 August 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 62 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: W Hearne and C Marshall Debutants: Devon 1 (L Heathcoat-Amory); Wiltshire none First day score: As match – game completed in one day Devon A Hingston b Smart 0 (1) b Smith 12 * T C G Sandford b Overton 4 (2) lbw b Smart 14 Light, W F c Fawcett b Miller 32 (3) c and b Smith 1 J F Orchard b Overton 0 (5) c Ford b Miller 24 L G Cruwys c Ford b Smith 10 (4) c Stevens b Smart 3 H A Francis b Overton 5 (6) lbw b Smart 0 L Heathcoat-Amory c and b Smith 0 (7) b Miller 15 G C Vicary b Smith 2 (8) b Miller 4 + Davies, T not out 1 (9) c Fawcett b Miller 0 H F Brunskill c Ford b Smith 2 (10) not out 9 W Ashford b Overton 1 (11) lbw b Smart 1 Extras b 1 1 b 6 6 Total 58 89 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 4 4 47 49 50 54 54 57 58 Second innings 24 28 28 33 49 66 76 76 82 89 Overton 11.1 2 26 4 - - (2) 3 1 15 0 - - Smart 7 1 25 1 - - (1) 17.5 5 37 4 - - Smith 6 2 6 4 - - (3) 13 4 19 2 - - Miller 2 2 0 1 - - (4) 3 0 12 4 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 26.1 7 58 10 0 0 36.5 10 89 10 0 0 Wiltshire * A M Miller c and b Ashford 43 Overton, W b Light 32 E S Whitaker c and b Ashford 12 J E Stevens c Sandford b Heathcoat-Amory 25 H P Taunton b Ashford 19 Smith, W R R c Heathcoat-Amory b Light 14 H S Snell c Davies b Ashford 4 R W Awdry not out 35 E Fawcett st Davies b Heathcoat-Amory 15 Smart, T c Light b Francis 5 + Ford, E S c Light b Francis 0 Extras b 2, nb 3 5 Total 209 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 68 89 90 119 139 154 160 193 209 209 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Light 19 1 76 2 - - Heathcoat-Amory 19 2 53 2 - 3 Ashford 15 2 72 4 - - Francis 0.5 0 3 2 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 53.5 5 209 10 0 3 Notes: Wiltshire completed their victory shortly after 6.00 pm on the first day, after a few minutes of extra time had been played to enable the match to be finished that day. It was the first championship match played at hte new County Ground. Wiltshire had also won the game between the two teams at Swindon the week before. Miller top-scored in the match with his innings of 43, which included 5 fours. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 9 August; Western Morning News 9 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 14 August; North Wilts Herald 15 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 16 August; Wiltshire Times 16 August; Pulman’s Weekly News 12 August; The Sportsman 9 August.