The Minor Counties Championship 1903

60 MATCH NUMBER 37 : DEVON V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 31 July, Saturday 1 August 1903 Result: Wiltshire won by nine wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 1 (D C Boles); Wiltshire 1 (T S Usher) First day score: Devon 212; Wiltshire 132-4 wickets (J E Stevens 53*, T S Usher 7*) Devon * T C G Sandford b Smith 96 (2) c Ford b Smith 2 H F Brunskill b Overton 0 (1) b Overton 0 Rev E B Brutton st Ford b Smart 10 (3) b Smith 6 Light, W F b Smith 23 (4) c Miller b Overton 9 J F Orchard c Ford b Smart 15 (5) c Ellison b Smith 4 Rev J H H Copleston b Smart 12 (6) b Smith 6 L G Cruwys b Smart 2 (9) b Overton 4 Aston, W H b Smart 23 (8) run out 7 D C Boles not out 14 (7) not out 5 W Ashford b Smith 0 (10) c Bond b Overton 0 + Davies, T c Ford b Smith 8 (11) b Smith 0 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 1 9 b 11, lb 1 12 Total 212 55 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 20 126 147 161 163 182 191 198 212 Second innings 0 2 9 17 35 35 44 55 55 55 Overton 13 2 42 1 - - (1) 14 7 25 4 - - Smart 17 1 62 5 - - Smith 25.2 4 68 4 - - (2) 13.3 8 18 5 - - Stevens 6 2 13 0 - 1 Miller 4 0 10 0 - - Cobb 3 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 12 1 - - Total 68.2 9 212 10 0 1 27.3 15 55 10 0 0 Wiltshire T T N Perkins b Brutton 29 (1) not out 26 Rev H R N Ellison c Brutton b Light 26 (3) not out 16 J E Stevens lbw b Aston 65 (2) lbw b Sandford 28 C G Bond b Aston 9 Smith, W R R st Davies b Ashford 4 T S Usher b Aston 7 * A M Miller b Sandford 1 Smart, T c and b Brutton 29 Overton, W b Aston 15 H W Cobb c Boles b Ashford 1 + Ford, E S not out 3 Extras b 5, lb 5 10 lb 2 2 Total 199 (1 wicket) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 48 68 97 110 133 136 156 180 187 199 Second innings 37 - - - - - - - - - Aston 33 12 61 4 - - (1) 5 0 16 0 - - Ashford 15 3 40 2 - - (2) 3 0 16 0 - - Light 11 3 33 1 - - (5) 2 0 14 0 - - Brutton 8.5 3 16 2 - - (4) 4 2 4 0 - - Boles 3 1 12 0 - - Sandford 9 2 27 1 - - (3) 4 0 20 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 79.5 24 199 10 0 0 18 2 72 1 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by 9 wickets on the second day. For the winners, there were 6 fours in Stevens’s 65. Sandford’s 96 for Devon contained 1 six and 9 fours. In the home team’s first innings, Sandford and Light put on 106 runs for the third wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Because of heavy rain at the start of the week, the prepared wicket was damp. Another was cut and Miller, the Wiltshire captain, was given choice of pitch. [Missing: Umpires; time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Gazette 1,3 August; Western Daily Mercury 1,3 August; Western Morning News 1,3 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Advertiser 6 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 6 August; North Wilts Herald 7 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 8 August; Wiltshire Times 8 August; The Sportsman 1,3 August.