The Minor Counties Championship 1905

43 MATCH NUMBER 17 : WILTSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The South Wilts Cricket Club Ground, Skew Bridge, Wilton Road, Bemerton, Salisbury on Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5 July 1905 Result: Wiltshire won by six wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Hertfordshire 1 (J Goodall) First day score: Hertfordshire 135 and 105-5 wickets (E G Blow 16*, H M Harford 4*); Wiltshire 150 Hertfordshire A Butcher c Medlicott b Smart 25 (1) b Smart 36 Golding, A J b Overton 8 (2) b Smith 24 White, H E b Smart 15 (3) b Smith 5 H B A Sparks c Medlicott b Smart 12 (4) b Smith 7 Coleman, W E c Taunton b Miller 0 (5) c Stancomb b Smith 1 F Pawle c Smith b Smart 0 (8) b Overton 1 W H Marsh lbw b Smart 18 (9) b Overton 0 * H M Harford c Medlicott b Smith 24 (7) b Overton 5 E G Blow not out 8 (6) b Overton 33 + Goodall, J c Butterworth b Smart 5 (10) not out 8 Harding, E R c Newman b Smart 2 (11) c Butterworth b Smith 0 Extras b 14, lb 4 18 b 11, lb 2 13 Total 135 133 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 49 55 67 119 135 Second innings 56 78 78 78 91 121 122 122 133 Overton 15 5 30 1 - - (3) 9.4 2 27 4 - - Smith 15 5 26 1 - - (2) 18 4 35 5 - - Miller 6 1 8 1 - - Smart 18.4 6 40 7 - - (1) 14 1 52 1 - - Warrilow 2 0 13 0 - - Newman (4) 3 1 6 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 56.4 17 135 10 0 0 44.4 8 133 10 0 0 Wiltshire E S Warrilow c Blow b Coleman 1 (2) c White b Coleman 5 Smith, W R R c Blow b White 55 (1) lbw b Harding 47 Newman, A W c Blow b Harding 17 (3) b Coleman 9 H M Butterworth b Harding 7 (4) b Coleman 17 H P Taunton b White 5 (5) not out 19 W S Medlicott c Coleman b Harding 10 (6) not out 14 Rev H R N Ellison b White 6 + F W Stancomb b White 0 * A M Miller not out 21 Smart, T c and b Coleman 10 Overton, W b Coleman 1 Extras b 13, lb 4 17 b 7, lb 1 8 Total 150 (4 wickets) 119 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 78 83 94 94 115 148 150 Second innings 16 84 - - - - - - White 22 6 58 4 - - (1) 13 3 35 0 - - Coleman 13.3 2 45 3 - - (2) 21.3 6 47 3 - - Harding 15 7 30 3 - - (3) 9 0 29 1 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 50.3 15 150 10 0 0 43.3 9 119 4 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by six wickets before lunch on the second day. The home side had required 119 runs to win with over five hours to play. For the winners, Smith’s 55 included 11 fours and Smart took 7 wickets in the Hertfordshire first innings for 40 run s. For Hertfordshire, Butcher played the highest inning with 36. In the Hertfordshire first innings, Marsh and Harford put on 52 runs for the seventh wicket. When dismissing Marsh in the Hertfordshire first innings, Smart reached the career milestone of three hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Salisbury Journal 8 July; Salisbury Times 7 July; Swindon Advertiser 7 July; Wiltshire Advertiser 6 July; Wiltshire Times 8 July; Western Daily Press 5,6 July; Hertfordshire Advertiser 8 July; West Herts and Watford Observer 8 July; The Sportsman 5,7 July.