The Minor Counties Championship 1903

84 MATCH NUMBER 61 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Bletchley Park, Bletchley on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1903 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 43 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: T W Cherry and H Coulson Debutants: Buckinghamshire none; Wiltshire 1 (J K Mathews) First day score: Buckinghamshire 131; Wiltshire 122-1 wicket (J E Stevens 68*, C H Ransome 9*) Buckinghamshire C R H Gresson c Ransome b Overton 1 ( ) lbw b Overton 17 E C Hobbs b Overton 30 ( ) st Ford b Smart 2 F N Bird c Miller b Smith 8 ( ) c Overton b Smart 3 Wright, M W c Smith b Smart 4 ( ) b Overton 6 Dr E Weaver-Adams st Ford b Smart 34 ( ) c Smith b Smart 13 * P J de Paravicini b Overton 19 ( ) b Overton 0 + P C F de Paravicini b Smart 10 ( ) not out 3 T Stacey not out 12 ( ) b Overton 1 Page, H b Overton 1 ( ) c Bowes b Smart 2 R H Vaughan b Overton 6 ( ) c Stevens b Smart 5 Nash, G b Overton 0 ( ) b Smart 8 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 b 4, lb 3, w 3, nb 1 11 Total 131 71 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 131 Second innings 71 Overton 23.4 6 51 6 - - (1) 19 11 14 4 3 1 Smith 19 12 20 1 - - Smart 17 2 46 3 - - (2) 18.5 4 46 6 1 - Miller 2 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 61.4 20 131 10 0 0 37.5 15 71 10 4x 1 3 Wiltshire T N N Perkins c and b Stacey 40 J E Stevens c Bird b Wright 77 C H Ransome c Gresson b Nash 15 J K Mathews run out 8 Smith, W R R c P J de Paravicini b Nash 20 Overton, W c Weaver-Adams b Wright 31 * A M Miller c Hobbs b Nash 0 Smart, T c P J de Paravicini b Nash 28 R F B Bowes c Weaver-Adams b Wright 1 C G Bond c Weaver-Adams b Wright 0 + Ford, E S not out 16 Extras b 6, lb 3 9 Total 245 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 245 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 28 7 72 4 - - Nash 24.3 1 112 4 - - Page 9 0 29 0 - - Stacey 6 0 23 1 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - Total 67.3 8 245 10 0 0 Notes: This return match ended in a victory for Wiltshire by an innings on the second day. The game at Trowbridge between the two teams at the start of the week had been drawn. For the winners, Overton took 10 wickets in the match for 65 runs and Smart 9 for 92. Stevens scored 77. The 112 runs conceded by Nash in the Wiltshire innings was the third equal highest number in an innings during the season. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order, and those sources that give bowler breakdown of wides have Overton bowling 3 and Smart 1, adding incorrectly to 4; in Wiltshire innings boundaries in Stevens’s 77; time completed.] Sources: Bucks Advertiser 22 August; Bucks Herald 22 August; North Bucks Times 22 August; Slough Observer 22 August; South Bucks Free Press 21 August; South Bucks Standard 21 August; Swindon Advertiser 21 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 22 August; Wiltshire Times 22 August; Sporting Life 15,17 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August.