Minor Counties Championship 1908

74 MATCH NUMBER 41 : WILTSHIRE V SURREY 2 ND XI – SOUTH DIVISION At Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on Friday 24, Saturday 25 July 1908 Result: Wiltshire won by seven wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: C Hughes and T H Holton Debutants: Wiltshire 1 (S R Nicholson); Surrey 2 nd XI 2 (S Colman, T C Stafford) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 144; Wiltshire 226-8 wickets (H Taunton 32*, E Grant 4*) Surrey 2 nd XI Baker, A b W Smith 8 (1) c and b Grant 12 Goatly, E G b Grant 10 (2) b W Smith 66 Platt, G J W lbw b Smart 9 (3) c Whittaker b Grant 0 Davis, W E b Grant 51 (4) lbw b W Smith 19 T C Stafford b Smart 1 (5) c Taunton b Smart 4 + Vigar, H E run out 0 ( ) c and b Smart 18 Blacklidge, H G b Grant 19 ( ) lbw b Smart 5 * S Colman lbw b Smart 0 ( ) not out 30 Smith, F E st Luce b W Smith 30 ( ) b Smart 0 Jackson, M T c Laverton b Grant 5 ( ) c Smart b W Smith 29 Rushby, T not out 2 ( ) b Smart 3 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 1 9 0 Total 144 186 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 18 69 71 79 84 85 132 138 144 Second innings 50 52 96 101 101 108 186 Grant 24 7 52 4 - 1 (1) 9 5 13 2 - - Smith, W 18 5 61 2 - - (2) 24 7 67 3 - - Smart 6 2 21 3 - - (3) 15.1 1 75 5 - - Newman 1 0 1 0 - - (4) 9 3 22 0 - - Miller (5) 1 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 49 14 144 10 0 1 58.1 16 186 10 0 0 Wiltshire J E Stevens st Vigar b Jackson 55 (1) c Rushby b Jackson 22 S R Nicholson b Blacklidge 68 (2) c and b Blacklidge 22 Newman, A W c Platt b Jackson 6 (3) c Vigar b F E Smith 10 Smith, W lbw b Jackson 0 (4) not out 8 S Whittaker b Davis 14 (5) not out 6 W R C Laverton b Rushby 2 S J H Taunton b Rushby 46 * A M Miller st Vigar b Blacklidge 2 + T S Luce c Platt b F E Smith 29 E Grant b F E Smith 13 Smart, T not out 7 Extras b 4, lb 12, w 2, nb 1 19 lb 2 2 Total 261 (3 wickets) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 65 128 143 173 249 261 Second innings 32 50 60 - - - - - - - Rushby 25 2 64 2 1 - Smith, F E 11.4 4 39 2 - - (4) 9 6 5 1 - - Jackson 19 5 45 3 1 - (2) 7 0 31 1 - - Platt 12 5 22 0 - 1 (1) 7 0 14 0 - - Davis 9 2 25 1 - - Blacklidge 13 1 47 2 - - (3) 9 4 18 1 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 89.4 19 261 10 2 1 32 10 70 3 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by 7 wickets on the second day. For the winners, Nicholson scored 68 and Stevens 55. For the losers, there were 13 fours in Goatly’s 66 and Davis scored 51. [Missing: P art fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Surrey first innings boundaries in Davis’s 51; in Surrey second innings part batt ing order; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Steven’s 55 and Nicholson’s 68; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 30 July; North Wilts Leader; Surrey Year Book 1908, p 114; The Sportsman 25, 27 July; Cricket 30 July, p 311.