The Minor Counties Championship 1903

33 MATCH NUMBER 10 : WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Friday 19 [no play], Saturday 20 June 1903 Result: Match drawn – Wiltshire won on first innings Points: Wiltshire 1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: T H Holton and C Hughes Debutants: Wiltshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: No play – rain Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A run out 0 ( ) not out 12 Moulder, J H b Grant 4 ( ) b Overton 3 Goatly, E G b Overton 12 ( ) run out 3 + Stedman, F c Whitaker b Overton 3 ( ) b Overton 0 * W T Graburn b Grant 1 ( ) c W R R Smith b Overton 5 Gooder, L M H st Smart b Overton 0 ( ) not out 2 C Kenward b Overton 0 Davis, W E b Overton 0 Montgomery, W b Overton 0 Smith, W C c and b Grant 2 Jackson, M T not out 0 Extras 5 nb 1 6 Total 27 (4 wickets) 31 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 Second innings - - - - - - Overton 13 5 11 6 - - (1) 13 7 14 3 - 1 Grant 12.2 8 11 3 - - (2) 6 5 1 0 - - Smith, W R R (3) 1 1 0 0 - - Smart (4) 6 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - 6 1 - - Total 25.2 13 27 10 - - 26 13 31 4 0 1 Wiltshire J E Stevens not out 51 Overton, W b Montgomery 22 Smith, W R R b W C Smith 2 Newman, A W b W C Smith 1 Rev H R N Ellison b W C Smith 0 Capt J R Wyndham b Montgomery 0 E S Whitaker b W C Smith 2 * A M Miller b W C Smith 0 H W Cobb b W C Smith 0 + Smart, T b W C Smith 0 E Grant b W C Smith 1 Extras 3 Total 82 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 47 82 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smith, W C 13.3 1 43 8 - - Jackson 3 0 9 0 - - Montgomery 8 0 21 2 - - Kenward 2 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - Total 26.3 1 82 10 - - Notes: This match was drawn. Rain prevented any play on the first day and delayed the start on the second until 2.00 pm. Put in to bat by Wiltshire, Surrey 2 nd XI were dismissed in 85 minutes for 27 runs, the second lowest total of the season. Stevens carried his bat for 51 runs in the Wiltshire innings. It was the only instance that this feat was achieved during the season. For Surrey 2 nd XI, W C Smith took 8 wickets for 43 runs. He had conceded 32 runs without taking a wicket, then took 8 wickets for 11 runs, all his victims being bowled. When he bowled Kenward in the Surrey first innings, Overton reached the career milestone of three hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Surrey second innings batting order; in Wiltshire innings boundaries in Stevens’s 51*.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Advertiser 25 June; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 25 June; Evening North Wilts Herald 22 June; North Wilts Herald 26 June; Swindon Advertiser 26 June; Wiltshire Chronicle 27 June; Wiltshire Telegraph 27 June; Wiltshire Times 27 June; Surrey Year Book 1903, p 120; The Sportsman 22 June.