The Minor Counties Championship 1903

59 MATCH NUMBER 36 : DORSET V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 July 1903 Result: Wiltshire won by 90 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 2 (K Anderson, W H Charlesworth); Wiltshire 1 (T T N Perkins) First day score: Wiltshire 73-0 wicket (J E Stevens 46*, T T N Perkins 26*) Wiltshire J E Stevens lbw b Battrick 68 ( ) b Charlesworth 2 T T N Perkins b Battrick 42 Overton, W c Turle b Battrick 17 Rev H R N Ellison b Andrew 0 ( ) not out 23 E S Warrilow c Greenhill b Andrew 10 Smith, W R R st Knott b Andrew 24 * A M Miller c Battrick b Greenhill 1 (4) b Battrick 5 R Brooks-King not out 5 (3) b Charlesworth 0 C G Bond not out 0 Smart, T (5) not out 7 + Ford, E S Extras 3 5 Total (7 wickets declared) 170 (3 wickets declared) 42 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 92 123 127 129 159 164 - - - Second innings 9 9 9 - - - - - - - Battrick 17 2 57 3 - - (1) 4 0 14 1 - - Greenhill 15 3 56 1 - - Andrew 19 4 51 3 - - Fellowes 1 0 3 0 - - Charlesworth (2) 4 1 23 2 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 52 9 170 7 - - 8 1 42 3 - - Dorset + Rev P T P Knott c Ford b Smith 24 ( ) b Overton 6 C A S Sewell run out 1 ( ) c Brooks-King b Overton 11 * W Andrew b Smith 7 ( ) c Ellison b Smith 1 A J Daniell run out 3 ( ) c Overton b Smith 0 A F Fellowes run out 2 ( ) not out 0 J F A Barnard b Smith 4 ( ) b Overton 0 Battrick, G c Miller b Overton 6 ( ) lbw b Overton 5 C P Turle c Stevens b Smith 4 ( ) c Stevens b Overton 0 Lt H M Greenhill not out 17 ( ) c Bond b Overton 14 K Anderson b Smart 4 ( ) c Warrilow b Overton 4 W H Charlesworth b Overton 3 ( ) lbw b Overton 0 Extras 2 4 Total 77 45 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 77 Second innings 45 Overton 16 8 18 2 - - (1) 17 8 25 8 - - Smart 20 6 41 1 - - (3) 4 2 4 0 - - Smith 15 7 16 4 - - (2) 12 5 12 2 - - Extras - - 2 3 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 51 21 77 10 - - 33 15 45 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this match by 90 runs at 6.20 pm on the second day, after making two declarations. Overnight rain delayed the start on the first day until noon. After an hour and 20 minutes play, a series of thunderstorms prevented a restart and the game was abandoned for the day at 4.00 pm. A new pitch was cut for play on the second day on which Wiltshire continued their innings. It is reported that when it came to Dorset to bat, play reverted to the old pitch. Set 136 to win in an hour and 45 minutes, Dorset were dismissed for 45. For the winners, Overton took 10 wickets in the match for 43 runs, including 8 for 25 in the Dorset second innings. Stevens made the only score over fifty with 68. Three batsmen were run out in the Dorset first innings. When dismissing Andrew in the Dorset first innings, Smith took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Stevens’s 68; in Wiltshire second innings part batting order; in Dorset second innings batting order.] Sources: Bournemouth Daily Echo 29,30 July; Dorset County Chronicle 6 August; Poole Herald 6 August; North Wilts Herald 7 August; Swindon Advertiser 7 August; Western Daily Press 30 July; The Sportsman 1 August.