The Minor Counties Championship 1903

75 MATCH NUMBER 52 : WILTSHIRE V DEVON At The Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on Friday 7, Saturday 8 August 1903 Result: Wiltshire won by nine wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: D Bookless and J O’Connor Debutants: Devon 3 (L Aggett, C L Morgan, A K N Oxenham); Wiltshire none First day score: Devon 307; Wiltshire 298-4 wickets (C H Ransome 66*, W Overton 2*) Devon H F Brunskill b Smart 38 (1) c Ransome b Overton 0 * T C G Sandford lbw b Miller 59 (2) b Overton 0 H A Francis b Miller 9 (3) b Smith 1 Light, W F b Miller 27 (4) b Overton 0 Rev J H H Copleston b Smith 21 (5) not out 64 C L Morgan c Ransome b Smart 56 (6) b Overton 17 Aggett, L b Smith 33 (7) c Miller b Overton 0 G C Vicary not out 28 (8) run out 0 + Davies, T b Warrilow 12 (9) c Ford b Overton 18 A K N Oxenham c and b Warrilow 0 (10) b Smith 2 Harris, H b Warrilow 7 (11) run out 0 Extras b 13, lb 3, w 1 17 lb 1, nb 1 2 Total 307 104 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 95 101 113 156 162 253 270 290 290 307 Second innings 0 1 1 9 48 48 50 77 98 104 Overton 11 2 46 0 - - (1) 19 5 71 6 - 1 Smith 22 5 71 2 - - (2) 18 11 27 2 - - Smart 22 1 84 2 - - Miller 30 11 70 3 - - Perkins 2 0 13 0 - - Warrilow 3 0 6 3 1 - (3) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 2 2 - - Total 90 19 307 10 1 0 38 16 104 10 0 1 Wiltshire J E Stevens c Copleston b Vicary 99 (2) not out 28 T T N Perkins b Morgan 73 C H Ransome b Harris 78 H P Taunton b Harris 5 (3) not out 5 Smith, W R R b Light 26 Overton, W c Harris b Morgan 17 E S Warrilow b Harris 15 * A M Miller not out 12 (1) c Copleston b Vicary 11 T S Usher b Harris 0 Smart, T c Oxenham b Morgan 3 + Ford, E S b Morgan 0 Extras b 19, lb 6, w 4, nb 6 35 lb 5 5 Total 363 (1 wicket) 49 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 163 218 241 292 318 343 343 350 357 363 Second innings 44 - - - - - - - - - Vicary 20 2 97 1 4 4 (3) 2 0 11 1 - - Harris 19 2 101 4 - 1 (1) 2 0 25 0 - - Light 8 0 44 1 - - Francis 2 0 31 0 - 1 Morgan 17.1 2 55 4 - - (2) 3 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 35 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 66.1 6 363 10 4 6 7 0 49 1 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match mid-afternoon on the second day by 9 wickets. The match between the two sides at Exeter the previous week had also been won by Wiltshire by the same margin. For the winners, there were 3 sixes and 15 fours in Stevens’s 99, 1 six and 9 fours in Ransome’s 78 and 1 six and 11 fours in Perkins’s 73. In the Wiltshire first innings, Stevens and Perkins put on 163 runs for the first wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Devon, Copleston’s 64 not out included 1 six and 10 fours, Sandford’s 59 contained 10 fours and Morgan’s 56 included 8 fours. In the Devon first innings, Morgan and Aggett added 91 runs for the sixth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. The 605 runs scored on the first day were a new Championship record, exceeding the 581 runs scored in the Glamorgan v Berkshire match at Cardiff in 1899. The match aggregate of 823 runs was the third highest of the season. In the Devon second innings, six batsmen were dismissed without scoring. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devizes and Wiltshire Advertiser 13 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 13 August; North Wilts Herald 14 August; Swindon Advertiser 14 August; Wiltshire Times 8 August; Western Daily Mercury 8,10 August; Western Morning News 8,10 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.