Minor Counties Championship 1908

185 WILTSHIRE 1908 Championship matches: Played 9, won 6, lost none, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of five in South Division, losing semi-finalist in play offs Won: v Surrey 2nd XI at Chippenham, v Buckinghamshire at Bletchley, v Berkshire at Trowbridge, v Dorset at Blandford Forum, v Buckinghamshire at Swindon CG and v Dorset at Trowbridge Lost: None Drawn – won on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval Drawn – lost on first innings: v Berkshire at Reading and v Glamorgan at Chippenham Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: A M Miller (9 matches) Wicket-keeper: T S Luce (9 matches) Debutants: 5 (F E Newman, S R Nicholson, T C G Sandford, J A Smart and A Whitehead) Final season: 1 (H S Snell) Hon Secretary: R W Awdry Professionals: 5 (A W Newman, F E Newman, J A Smart, T Smart and W R R Smith) Home grounds 3 : Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham (2 matches); The County Ground, County Road, Swindon (1 match); and The County Ground, Timbrill Street, Trowbridge (2 matches) Notes: Wiltshire finished top of the South Division with 6 wins but in the semi final of the play offs they lost on first innings to Glamorgan. Dorset replaced Worcestershire 2nd XI in the fixture list. The leading batsman was Charles Awdry with 623 runs at 77.87. Support came from S J H Taunton with 356 at 39.55, John Stevens with 339 at 33.90 and Robert Awdry with 301 at 30.10. The professionals Tom Smart with 44 wickets at 17.50 and Bill Smith with 51 at 19.09 were the main bowlers. Career milestones reached during the season were two thousand runs by Charles Awdry and Tom Smart, one thousand runs by Robert Awdry and T C G Sandford and one hundred matches by Bill Smith. WILTSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Wiltshire during the season. The name in bold denotes that 1908 was the last season that this player 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 6 10 2 160* 623 77.87 1 4 - 4 - 2 0 15 0 - - - - R W Awdry 6 10 0 122 301 30.10 1 1 1 11 1 7 0 46 0 - - - - E Grant 4 5 1 50 79 19.75 - 1 1 4 - 100.1 33 231 20 11.55 7-29 - 1 W R C Laverton 2 3 0 65 71 23.66 - 1 - 2 - 3 0 21 0 - - - - T S Luce 9 11 2 54 237 26.33 - 1 - 13 8 2 0 16 0 - - - - A M Miller 9 12 4 59* 224 28.00 - 2 2 5 - 106.5 16 480 19 25.26 4-18 - - Newman, A W 9 14 1 77 281 21.61 - 1 3 3 - 101.1 26 292 13 22.46 3-53 - - Newman, F E + 2 3 0 32 45 15.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - S R Nicholson + 4 6 1 68 164 32.80 - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - - T T N Perkins 6 8 1 62 142 20.28 - 1 1 6 - 37.3 6 131 10 13.10 2-0 - - T C G Sandford + 3 4 1 47 105 35.00 - - - - - 26 4 111 6 18.50 3-79 - - Smart, J A + 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Smart, T 9 10 2 24 78 9.75 - - 1 8 - 179.2 26 770 44 17.50 7-71 - 4 Smith, W R R 9 14 2 17 62 5.16 - - 4 6 - 320.4 70 974 51 19.09 6-30 1 3 H S Snell 2 3 0 34 74 24.66 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - J E Stevens 6 11 1 107 339 33.90 1 1 1 5 - - - - - - - - - S J H Taunton 7 9 0 154 356 39.55 1 - 1 6 - 10 1 54 1 54.00 1-21 - - A Whitehead + 3 5 3 30* 86 43.00 - - 1 3 - 3 1 9 0 - - - - S Whittaker 2 4 1 39 84 28.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 172 - - - - - - - - 118 3 - - - - Total 99 143 22 160* 3534 29.20 4 15 18 82 9 898.4 183 3268 167 19.56 7-29 1 8 (19 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 54 the Wiltshire bowling in the second innings is five runs short. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES This player made his last appearance for Wiltshire in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I H S Snell 1897 73 120 11 105*1852 16.99 1 4 20 36 - 5 9 0 - - - - (1 player)