The Minor Counties Championship 1903

99 MATCH NUMBER 76 : WILTSHIRE V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Friday 28, Saturday 29 August 1903 Result: Wiltshire won by seven wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 88; Wiltshire 121-6 wickets (J K Mathews 13*, T Smart 17*) Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Overton b Grant 11 (1) c Grant b Overton 9 E S Phillips b Overton 7 (2) b Overton 2 Dr A L Tatham b Overton 0 (6) b Overton 11 + G Ll Lloyd b Smith 17 (4) c Ransome b Smart 6 N C Phillips b Smith 38 (5) c and b Overton 20 A J Gould b Smart 0 (7) st Ransome b Smart 0 S H Williams b Smart 0 (3) b Overton 6 F G Phillips c Smart b Overton 4 (8) c Ransome b Newman 14 W E C Hudden hit wicket b Smart 2 (9) not out 3 * L F Stedman not out 3 (10) b Smith 1 Steeples, R c Ellison b Overton 0 (11) c Grant b Smith 0 Extras 6 nb 1 9 Total 88 81 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 16 22 67 70 79 79 85 88 88 Second innings 10 15 22 25 81 Grant 8 4 14 1 - - (2) 7 2 7 0 - - Overton 16 5 31 4 - - (1) 18 7 28 5 - 1 Newman 7 3 10 0 - - (4) 1 0 1 1 - - Smart 7 2 14 3 - - (3) 10 0 35 2 - - Smith 5 1 13 2 - - (5) 2.2 1 1 2 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 43 15 88 10 - - 38.2 10 81 10 0 1 Wiltshire J E Stevens c Hudden b Silverlock 2 T T N Perkins c Silverlock b Steeples 21 (2) c N C Phillips b Steeples 8 + C H Ransome b Steeples 47 Rev H R N Ellison b Steeples 2 (4) not out 4 Newman, A W c Lloyd b Stedman 10 (3) c N C Phillips b Silverlock 3 J K Mathews not out 32 (5) not out 3 Smith, W R R c N C Phillips b Steeples 4 Smart, T b Steeples 17 * A M Miller c Gould b Stedman 3 (1) b Silverlock 1 E Grant b Steeples 4 Overton, W lbw b Steeples 1 Extras 7 w 1 1 Total 150 (3 wickets) 20 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 43 57 86 88 98 122 128 145 150 Second innings - - - - - - - Steeples 32 14 48 7 - - (2) 5.5 2 11 1 1 - Silverlock 22 3 63 1 - - (1) 6 2 8 2 - - Stedman 10 2 31 2 - - F G Phillips 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 65 19 150 10 - - 11.5 4 20 3 1 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return game by 7 wickets at 3.55 pm on the second day. Wiltshire had also won the match between the two sides at Newport at the beginning of the month and thus completed ‘the double’ over the Welsh County. For the home side, Ransome top-scored with 47. For Monmouthshire, Steeples took 7 wickets for 48 runs in the Wiltshire first innings. Later in the innings, he was unfortunate to suffer a multiple fracture of the right thumb when fielding a return and was taken to the GWR surgery at Swindon for repairs. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Advertiser 3 September; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 3 September; North Wilts Herald 4 September; Swindon Advertiser 4 September; Wiltshire Chronicle 5 September; Wiltshire Telegraph 5 September; Wiltshire Times 5 September; South Wales Argus 28,29 August; South Wales Daily News 29,31 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 5 September; Western Mail 29,31 August; The Sportsman 29,31 August.