The Minor Counties Championship 1902

93 MATCH NUMBER 70 : WILTSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 August 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by four wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 148 and 2-1 wicket (T Mayes 1*); Wiltshire 183 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J b Overton 7 (3) b Smith 84 A J R Butler c Stevens b Smith 24 (4) b Smith 16 Dr A L Tatham b Overton 30 (5) lbw b Smith 3 G L Robathan c Ransome b Smith 2 (6) b Smith 7 P C Phillips c Miller b Smart 31 (8) b Smith 23 R B Griffiths b Smart 31 (9) not out 9 * L F Stedman b Overton 7 (10) c Smith b Smart 1 Steeples, R not out 8 (11) b Smart 0 + Mayes, T b Overton 1 (2) b Smith 9 F Holmes b Overton 0 (1) lbw b Overton 1 E S Phillips absent - (7) b Smart 1 Extras w 2 7 w 1 14 Total 148 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 132 134 148 148 - Second innings 2 26 84 93 161 162 168 168 Overton 19.3 8 43 5 - - (2) 9 0 32 1 - - Smith 19 5 45 2 - - (4) 25 6 44 6 - - Smart 18 3 44 2 - - (1) 23.3 7 57 3 - - Miller 7 4 9 0 2 - (3) 13 6 21 0 1 - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 63.3 20 148 9 2 0 70.3 19 168 10 1 0 Wiltshire C H Ransome b Silverlock 14 (1) c Mayes b Silverlock 3 Overton, W c Griffiths b Steeples 45 (4) b Steeples 16 Smith, W R R c Mayes b Steeples 11 (6) not out 23 J E Stevens b Silverlock 49 (3) b Holmes 47 H S Snell b Holmes 0 (5) b Silverlock 12 W S Medlicott c substitute (C G Bond) b Holmes 8 (2) c and b Silverlock 1 H P Taunton lbw b Silverlock 0 (7) b Steeples 10 * A M Miller b Stedman 4 (8) not out 7 C G Bond b Stedman 13 + Ford, E S c Steeples b Stedman 5 Smart, T not out 21 Extras w 1 13 w 1 17 Total 183 (6 wickets) 136 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 55 122 122 183 Second innings 5 56 92 92 110 - - - - Silverlock 17 4 58 3 - - (2) 13 2 33 3 - - Steeples 15 2 36 2 1 - (1) 21 4 54 2 1 - Griffiths 4 0 15 0 - - (4) 3 2 6 0 - - Stedman 7.1 0 30 3 - - (3) 8.2 1 20 0 - - Holmes 6 0 31 2 - - (5) 2 0 6 1 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 49.1 6 183 10 1 0 47.2 9 136 6 1 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by four wickets at 5.30 pm on the second day. Wiltshire achieved the single point they needed to win the Championship outright from Surrey 2 nd XI. The home team completed the ‘double’ having won at Newport when the two teams had met at the end of July. For Wiltshire, Stevens top-scored with innings of 49 and 47. For Monmouthshire, Silverlock’s 84 contained 9 fours, and lasted 140 minutes. Monmouthshire’s second innings score at the close of the first day was widely reported as 1 for 1 wicket with Holmes out for 0. However, this was corrected to 2-1 at the start of the second day with Holmes being credited with 1 out and Mayes 1 not out. E S Phillips did not bat in the Monmouthshire first innings because he ‘was slightly indisposed’. C G Bond held the substitute catch in the Wiltshire first innings. When Stevens scored his 47 in the Wiltshire second innings, he reached the career milestone of 2,000 runs in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Devon and Devizes Gazette 4 September; North Wilts Herald 29 August; Swindon Advertiser 29 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 30 August; Wiltshire Times 30 August; South Wales Argus 28 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 30 August; South Wales Daily News 28,29 August; South Wales Daily Telegraph 27,28,29 August; Western Mail 28,29 August; The Sportsman 28,29 August.