Minor Counties Championship 1908

119 MATCH NUMBER 86 : WILTSHIRE V DORSET – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1908 Result: Wiltshire won by ten wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Dorset none First day score: Dorset 214; Wiltshire 301-6 wickets (T T N Perkins 26*, A M Miller 5*) Dorset Rev W H Arundell lbw b Smith 9 ( ) lbw b Smart 10 * P F C Williams c Smith b Smart 1 ( ) c Stevens b Smith 13 W H Budge c and b Perkins 40 ( ) st Luce b Smart 6 N R Udal c Luce b Miller 30 ( ) c Miller b Smith 19 C P Goodden c Luce b Miller 0 ( ) c Perkins b Smith 4 G M Gordon b Smart 11 ( ) c Newman b Smart 4 F A S Sewell b Newman 53 ( ) b Smart 11 H F Hodges c Stevens b Smith 4 ( ) c and b Smart 42 + Capt W H MacAlpine-Leny b Newman 31 ( ) c Luce b Smith 25 Stacey, F C not out 13 ( ) not out 0 H M Greenhill c Taunton b Miller 11 ( ) c Smart b Smith 1 Extras w 1, nb 1 11 6 Total 214 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 59 59 96 124 190 214 Second innings 33 42 53 57 85 141 Smith 17 7 47 2 - 1 (1) 16.4 2 52 5 - - Smart 20 4 69 2 - - (2) 16 2 83 5 - - Miller 12.2 1 55 3 - - Perkins 3 1 5 1 1 - Newman 7 1 27 2 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 59.2 14 214 10 1 1 32.4 4 141 10 - - Wiltshire C S Awdry c Udal b Stacey 40 (2) not out 10 J E Stevens c Goodden b Arundell 107 (1) not out 15 S R Nicholson b Gordon 0 S J H Taunton c Gordon b Stacey 19 T C G Sandford st MacAlpine-Leny b Arundell 47 T T N Perkins not out 41 Newman, A W c Sewell b Stacey 40 * A M Miller c MacAlpine-Leny b Stacey 6 + T S Luce c Stacey b Sewell 5 Smith, W st MacAlpine-Leny b Sewell 0 Smart, T c Hodges b Sewell 10 Extras w 1, nb 1 17 0 Total 332 (no wicket) 25 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 60 60 289 332 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Stacey 29 4 121 4 1 - Sewell 11 1 52 3 - 1 Gordon 10 2 58 1 - - Hodges 6 1 34 0 - - Greenhill 5 0 17 0 - - Arundell 6 0 33 2 - - Williams (1) 1.1 0 14 0 - - Goodden (2) 1 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 67 8 332 10 1 1 2.1 0 25 0 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by 10 wickets before a delayed lunch on the second day. Wiltshire had also won the match between the two sides at Blandford earlier in the month. For the winners, Stevens’s 107 contained 20 fours, an innings of 2 hours and 5 minutes. Stevens and Sandford added 104 runs for the fourth wicket. For Dorset, Sewell scored 53. In the Dorset first innings, Sewell and MacAlpine-Leny added 66 runs for the eighth wicket. Udal was unable to bowl for Dorset because of an injured hand. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Dorset first innings, boundaries in Sewell’s 53; in Dorset second innings, batting order; in Wiltshire first innin gs breakdown and duration of Stevens’s 107; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 20 August; Wiltshire County Mirror; Wiltshire Times 22 August; Dorset County Chronicle 20 August; East Dorset Herald 20August; Poole Sun 15,19 August; Sporting Life 15,17August; The Sportsman 15,17 August; Cricket 27 August, p 375.