Minor Counties Championship 1907

180 WILTSHIRE 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Second out of five in Midlands Division Won: v Berkshire at Trowbridge, v Worcestershire 2nd XI at Stourbridge, v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley and v Worcestershire 2nd XI at Chippenham Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at Swindon CG and v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval Drawn – won on first innings: v Buckinghamshire at Trowbridge Drawn – lost on first innings: v Berkshire at Reading Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: A M Miller (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: T S Luce (5 matches) and Capt R H Olivier (3 matches) Debutants: 3 (W R C Laverton, J Pugh and B T Wilson) Final season: 2 (W S Medlicott and Capt R H Olivier) Hon Secretary: A M Miller Professionals: 4 (A W Newman, W Overton, T Smart and W R R Smith) Home grounds 3 : The Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham (1 match); The County Ground, County Road, Swindon (1 match); and The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge (2 matches) Notes: Wiltshire had a more successful season finishing runners-up to Surrey 2nd XI in the Midlands Division. Two fewer matches were played as Berkshire and Worcestershire 2nd XI replaced Glamorgan, Hertfordshire and Monmouthshire as opponents. The captain, Audley Miller, was the only batsman to exceed three hundred runs – 320 at 32.00. Of the bowlers Tom Smart took 51 wickets at 12.98 and Bill Smith 34 at 16.73. Career milestones reached during the season were three thousand runs by Audley Miller, two thousand runs and four hundred wickets by Bill Smith and four hundred wickets by Tom Smart. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 2 players appeared for Wiltshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C S Awdry 4 7 1 31 82 13.66 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R W Awdry 7 12 1 104 269 24.45 1 1 2 5 - 3 0 21 0 - - - - A G Dibsdall 2 4 0 14 18 4.50 - - 2 1 - 12.4 1 20 2 10.00 2-5 - - R P Downing 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - 3 2 7 1 7.00 1-7 - - E Fawcett 2 4 0 25 58 14.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - E Grant 5 6 1 50 114 22.80 - 1 1 7 - 125 51 218 13 16.76 4-27 - - W R C Laverton + 4 6 0 27 86 14.33 - - 1 - - 6 0 43 1 43.00 1-14 - - T S Luce 5 6 1 13* 30 6.00 - - 2 5 6 - - - - - - - - W S Medlicott 1 2 0 7 11 5.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A M Miller 8 13 3 65 320 32.00 - 2 2 5 - 64 10 275 9 30.55 6-167 - 1 Newman, A W 8 13 1 43 196 16.33 - - 2 7 - 71 23 186 13 14.30 4-64 - - Capt R H Olivier 3 5 3 9* 17 8.50 - - 1 2 2 - - - - - - - - Overton, W 3 5 1 11 25 6.25 - - - 1 - 65 12 205 8 25.62 5-74 - 1 T T N Perkins 4 7 0 45 115 16.42 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - J Pugh + 1 2 0 9 15 7.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Smart, T 8 10 2 39 108 13.50 - - 1 5 - 227.3 48 662 51 12.98 8-33 4 6 Smith, W R R 8 14 1 20 132 10.15 - - 1 5 - 235.2 57 569 34 16.73 5-25 - 2 H S Snell 4 7 0 69 161 23.00 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - J E Stevens 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H P Taunton 6 10 1 29 111 12.33 - - - 7 - - - - - - - - - E S Warrilow 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 3 0 11 0 - - - - B T Wilson + 2 2 2 30* 37 - - - - - - 3 0 11 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 122 - - - - - - - - 107 3 - - - - Total 88 138 18 104 2055 17.12 1 5 19 58 8 818.3 204 2335 135 17.29 8-33 4 10 (22 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 64 in the Buckinghamshire second innings the runs bowling are two in excess. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 2 players made their last appearance for Wiltshire in the Championship in 1907. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W S Medlicott 1898 39 68 4 136 1595 24.92 2 9 2 32 - 10 10 0 - - - - Capt R H Olivier 1905 5 7 4 9* 18 6.00 - - 2 3 5 - - - - - - - (2 players)