Minor Counties Championship 1908

87 MATCH NUMBER 54 : DORSET V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Recreation Ground, Park Road, Blandford Forum on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1908 Result: Wiltshire won by seven wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 1 (R J Pinney); Wiltshire 2 (J A Smart, A Whitehead) First day score: Not known Dorset Rev W H Arundell b Grant 25 ( ) b Perkins 34 * P F C Williams b Grant 1 ( ) c Whitehead b Smith 24 G M Gordon b Grant 4 ( ) c and b Miller 14 H C B Cummins b Grant 0 ( ) b Miller 7 Col R J Pinney b Grant 0 ( ) b Smith 1 + Rev R S K Blucke c Luce b T Smart 23 ( ) b Miller 1 Battrick, G c and b Grant 5 ( ) c Perkins b Smith 9 H M Greenhill c A W Newman b Miller 4 ( ) c Awdry b Miller 38 H E Forrester not out 0 ( ) not out 0 Stacey, F C c E Newman b Miller 23 ( ) c Awdry b Smith 31 W Harrison b Grant 0 ( ) b Perkins 0 Extras 2 6 Total 87 165 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 87 Second innings 165 Grant 17.5 7 29 7 - - (1) 19 7 58 0 - - Smith 10 3 22 0 - - (2) 21 0 39 4 - - Smart, T 3 0 17 1 - - - - Miller 4 1 17 2 - - (3) 16 4 44 4 - - A W Newman (4) 3 1 13 0 - - Perkins (5) 0.3 0 0 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - 6 0 - - Total 34.5 11 87 10 - - 59.3 12 160x 10 - - 165 Wiltshire * A M Miller b Stacey 58 ( ) c Harrison b Stacey 0 Newman, F E c Pinney b Stacey 13 Smith, W c Battrick b Harrison 0 T T N Perkins c Harrison b Cummins 7 ( ) b Cummins 1 R W Awdry b Cummins 4 ( ) run out 42 E Grant c Arundell b Stacey 0 Newman, A W b Cummins 0 ( ) not out 41 + T S Luce c Gordon b Cummins 4 A Whitehead not out 30 ( ) not out 29 Smart, J A b Cummins 11 Smart, T c Harrison b Cummins 3 Extras 3 7 Total 133 (3 wickets) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 133 Second innings - - - - - - - Harrison 8 1 23 1 - - Stacey 18 5 66 3 - - (1) 8 1 36 1 - - Cummins 13.4 4 27 6 - - (2) 6 2 31 1 - - Gordon 3 0 14 0 - - (5) 2.2 0 8 0 - - Greenhill (3) 4 0 14 0 - - Forrester (4) 3 0 24 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 42.4 10 133 10 - - 23.2 3 120 3 - - Notes: Wiltshire won by 7 wickets on the second day. For the winners, Miller scored 58. [Missing: Toss; umpires; first day score; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Dorset second innings batting order, runs bowling 5 short; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in Miller’s 58; in Wiltshire s econd innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 6 August; East Dorset Herald 6 August; North Wilts Herald 7 August.