The Minor Counties Championship 1905

87 MATCH NUMBER 61 : WILTSHIRE V DORSET At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Friday 11, Saturday 12 August 1905 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 143 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Dorset none First day score: Wiltshire 440-8 wickets declared; Dorset 53-3 wickets (W H Budge 14*, Capt L C Hope 6*) Wiltshire T T N Perkins b Sewell 10 C S Awdry b Hunt 8 Newman, A W b Williams 37 H M Butterworth b White 122 E S Warrilow c H L Budge b Hunt 146 Smith, W R R c Manfield b Williams 36 H S Snell c Sewell b Williams 7 * A M Miller not out 55 Overton, W b Hope 2 + Capt R H Oliver not out 1 Smart, T Extras 16 Total (8 wickets declared) 440 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 127 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hunt 27 2 89 2 - - Friend 18 3 58 0 - - White 10 0 52 1 - - Hope 7 0 22 1 - - Sewell 18 0 93 1 - - Williams 17 1 100 3 - - W H Budge 3 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - Total 100 6 440 8 - - Dorset (Followed on) * P F C Williams c Perkins b Overton 15 (1) c Oliver b Smart 33 Rev W R H Arundell lbw b Smart 8 (2) lbw b Smart 30 W H Budge st Oliver b Smart 25 ( ) c Snell b Warrilow 48 G H White b Smith 2 ( ) st Oliver b Smart 9 Capt L C Hope b Smart 7 ( ) b Smith 0 Capt H L Budge c Miller b Smart 20 ( ) b Warrilow 20 Hunt, H b Smart 23 ( ) b Warrilow 9 + O F Huyshe b Smith 4 ( ) b Smart 3 W H Manfield not out 7 ( ) not out 2 A J Friend c Awdry b Smart 6 ( ) c Smith b Warrilow 0 F A S Sewell absent hurt - absent hurt - Extras 13 13 Total 130 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 40 42 78 109 130 - Second innings 72 73 94 135 167 - Miller 5 0 12 0 - - (3) 5 2 13 0 - - Overton 12 4 23 1 - - (5) 5 2 6 0 - - Smart 21.3 4 54 6 - - (1) 20 0 64 4 - - Smith 15 7 28 2 - - (2) 17 4 49 1 - - Warrilow 1 1 0 0 - - (6) 7.1 1 15 4 - - Newman (4) 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 54.3 16 130 9 - - 56.1 9 167 9 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by an innings and 143 runs at 4.05 pm on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. The match between the two sides at Poole at the end of June had also been won by Wiltshire. For the winners, there were two centuries with Warrilow scoring 146 and Butterworth 122. Miller scored 55 not out. Smart took 10 wickets in the match for 118 runs. In the Wiltshire innings, Newman and Butterworth added 102 runs for the third wicket and, according to press reports, Warrilow and Miller added 112 for the seventh wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the losers, W H Budge top-scored with 48. Sewell had split his hand badly when fielding on the first day and did not bat in either Dorset innings. The margin of victory was the second largest during the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire innings breakdown and duration of Warrilow’s 146 and Batterworth’s 122, and boundaries in Miller’s 55 not out; in Dorset second innings batting order.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 17 August; North Wilts Herald 18 August; Swindon Advertiser 18 August; Wiltshire Advertiser 17 August; Wiltshire Times 19 August; Western Daily Press 12,14 August; Dorset County Chronicle 17 August; Poole Herald 17 August; Sporting Life 12,14 August; The Sportsman 12,14 August.