The Minor Counties Championship 1905

110 MATCH NUMBER 84 : WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI At The Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 August 1905 Result: Wiltshire won by four wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 112; Wiltshire 73-8 wickets (W Overton 9*) Surrey 2 nd XI T Bowring c and b Grant 0 (1) b Smith 0 F W Robarts c Newman b Grant 6 (2) b Grant 3 F L Nightingale c Overton b Smith 35 (3) b Smith 5 Goatly, E G lbw b Grant 17 (4) b Smith 7 Moulder, J H c Newman b Smith 3 (5) c and b Smith 3 + Stedman, F c Perkins b Grant 5 (6) c Overton b Grant 0 * W T Garrett b Smith 0 (8) not out 1 Meads, J W c and b Grant 2 (9) c Newman b Smith 19 Gooder, L M H c Perkins b Smith 18 (7) b Grant 2 W G Pringle not out 10 (10) b Smith 4 Spring, W A c Smith b Grant 10 (11) c Warrilow b Smith 2 Extras 6 5 Total 112 51 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 112 Second innings 51 Grant 17.1 2 53 6 - - (1) 10 4 17 3 - - Smith 13 1 37 4 - - (2) 10 2 29 7 - - Overton 4 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 34.1 3 112 10 - - 20 6 51 10 - - Wiltshire T T N Perkins st Stedman b Meads 11 (1) c Stedman b Gooder 14 + T S Luce c Robarts b Meads 15 (2) lbw b Meads 13 Newman, A W b Pringle 4 (3) b Gooder 6 H M Butterworth c Stedman b Pringle 13 (4) b Gooder 1 H P Taunton st Stedman b Meads 2 (5) b Gooder 3 E S Warrilow st Stedman b Meads 3 (6) c Stedman b Meads 0 E Grant b Gooder 9 (8) not out 9 * A M Miller c Stedman b Meads 1 Overton, W not out 20 (7) not out 4 Smith, W R R c Robarts b Meads 13 Smart, T b Meads 9 Extras w 1 11 4 Total 111 (6 wickets) 54 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 73 111 Second innings - - - - Meads 30 9 36 7 - - (1) 8.5 1 29 2 - - Spring 11 4 19 0 - - Pringle 12 1 22 2 1 - Gooder 8 1 23 1 - - (2) 8 4 21 4 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 61 15 111 10 1 0 16.5 5 54 6 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this return match, which had been set aside for the benefit of Tom Smart, by four wickets on the second day. When the teams had met at The Oval at the start of the month the match had been drawn. For the winners, Smith took 11 wickets in the match for 66 runs, including 7 for 29 in the Surrey second innings. For Surrey 2 nd XI, Meads took 7 wickets for 36 runs in the Wiltshire first innings. Nightingale’s 35 was the highest score of the match. The match aggregate of 328 runs was the third lowest for a completed match during the season. The five dismissals by Stedman in the Wiltshire first innings and the seven dismissals in the match were both the highest made by a wicket-keeper during the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 7 September; Swindon Advertiser 1 September; Wiltshire Advertiser 7 September; Wiltshire Times 2 September; Western Daily Press 31 August,1 September; Surrey Year Book 1905, p 119; Sporting Life 31 August,1 September; The Sportsman 31 August,1 September.