Minor Counties Championship 1907

80 MATCH NUMBER 48 : WILTSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 26, Saturday 27 July 1907 Result: Wiltshire won by eight wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Berkshire 1 (Rev H C B Gibson) First day score: Berkshire 103 and 15-1 wicket (L P Collins 6*, H W Shoosmith 6*); Wiltshire 170 Berkshire A P Strange c Taunton b Smart 22 (1) lbw b Smart 1 L P Collins c Taunton b Smart 18 (2) c Taunton b Smith 13 Shoosmith, H W c Miller b Smart 7 (3) c Smith b Smart 19 Watts, E c Grant b Smart 1 (4) b Smart 10 G G M Bennett c Luce b Smart 30 (5) c and b Smith 17 Barker, W st Luce b Smart 0 (6) c Miller b Smith 6 Rev H C B Gibson lbw b Grant 0 (7) b Smith 0 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Taunton b Smart 5 (8) not out 34 + Capt E F Rowe b Smith 12 (9) b Smith 7 T M C Hunt lbw b Smith 6 (10) b Smart 0 Spencer, - not out 1 (11) b Smart 1 Extras 0 3 Total 102 111 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 48 48 66 67 102 Second innings 32 40 45 111 Smith 21.5 4 44 2 - - (3) 19 4 44 5 - - Grant 23 13 23 1 - - (1) 3 0 7 0 - - Smart 18 5 35 7 - - (2) 21.1 5 57 5 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 62.5 22 102 10 0 0 43.1 9 111 10 - - Wiltshire J E Stevens c Rowe b Barker 20 Smith, W c Rowe b Barker 18 (2) b Shoosmith 13 H Taunton c Hunt b Shoosmith 6 (3) not out 15 T T N Perkins b Shoosmith 8 (1) c Hunt b Shoosmith 14 Newman, A W b Shoosmith 2 W R C Laverton b Shoosmith 9 C S Awdry c Bennett b Spencer 31 (4) not out 1 Smart, T b Shoosmith 10 * A M Miller not out 37 E Grant c Nepean b Barker 21 + T S Luce lbw b Shoosmith 4 Extras nb 3 4 w 1 2 Total 170 (2 wickets) 45 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 25 34 116 165 170 Second innings - - - - - - - - Barker 21 6 70 3 - 3 (2) 10 1 13 0 1 - Shoosmith 27.4 12 34 6 - - (1) 11.5 3 22 2 - - Hunt 12 3 25 0 - - (3) 1 0 8 0 - - Spencer 3 0 17 1 - - Gibson 2 0 20 0 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 65.4 21 170 10 - 3 22.5 4 45 2 1 - Notes: Wiltshire won by 8 wickets on the second day. For the winners, Smart took 12 wickets in the match for 92 runs, including 7 for 35 in the Berkshire first innings. J E Stevens played for Wiltshire under the pseudonym I Missem. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; precise time completed; Spencer’s initials.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 1 August; North Wilts Herald 2 August; Wiltshire Times 27 July, 3 August; Berkshire Chronicle 3 August; Reading Mercury 3 August; Reading Observer 3 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 1 August; Sporting Life 27,29 July; The Sportsman 27,29 July.