Minor Counties Championship 1909

98 MATCH NUMBER 67 : WILTSHIRE V DORSET – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Monday 2, Tuesday 3 August 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by ten wickets Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Dorset none First day score: Dorset 143; Wiltshire 217 Dorset Rev W H Arundell b Newman 48 ( ) c Grant b Mitchell 0 + W H Budge lbw b Mitchell 15 ( ) b Newman 4 A M Harrison c C S Awdry b Newman 29 ( ) c and b Newman 1 G M Gordon c Newman b Mitchell 3 ( ) b Newman 0 F A S Sewell c R W Awdry b Mitchell 6 ( ) st Perkins b Mitchell 30 * P F C Williams st Perkins b Mitchell 9 ( ) c Newman b Mitchell 7 C P Goodden b Mitchell 0 ( ) not out 8 A B Canby b Newman 2 ( ) run out 11 H C B Cummins b Newman 11 ( ) lbw b Mitchell 16 Stacey, F C b Newman 0 ( ) b Newman 1 W H Harrison not out 10 ( ) c R W Awdry b Newman 0 Extras w 1, nb 2 10 nb 3 5 Total 143 83 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 143 Second innings 4 83 Grant 5 2 11 0 1 - Mitchell 23 6 72 5 - 2 (2) 15 4 39 4 - 3 Newman 23.5 11 22 5 - - (1) 15.5 5 39 5 - - Smith 8 2 18 0 - - Perkins 4 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 63.5 22 143 10 1 2 30.5 9 83 10 0 3 Wiltshire C S Awdry b Cummins 45 (1) not out 6 A Whitehead c and b Sewell 5 (2) not out 4 Newman, A W run out 7 S J H Taunton st Budge b Sewell 8 R W Awdry b A M Harrison 48 + T T N Perkins c Budge b Gordon 29 S R Nicholson not out 26 * A M Miller b Sewell 14 E Grant c Gordon b Cummins 20 Smith, W R R c Budge b Cummins 0 Mitchell, H c Gordon b Cummins 6 Extras nb 1 9 0 Total 217 (no wicket) 10 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 217 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Stacey 6 1 18 0 - - Sewell 20 2 74 3 - - (2) 1 0 5 0 - - Cummins 13 2 39 4 - 1 (1) 1.2 0 5 0 - - Canby 6 1 17 0 - - A M Harrison 12 3 40 1 - - Gordon 5 2 20 1 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 62 11 217 10 0 1 2.2 0 10 0 0 0 Notes: Wiltshire won by ten wickets on the second day. For the winners, Newman took 10 wickets in the match for 61 runs. R W Awdry top-scored with 48. For Dorset, Arundell top-scored, also with 48. During the Wiltshire first innings, Nicholson had his finger split from the second ball he received. He retired hurt, but resumed his innings later. In the Wiltshire first innings R W Audrey and T T N Perkins put on 61 runs for the fifth wicket. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Dorset second innings batting order; in Wiltshire first innings score when Nicholson retired hurt and at what fall of wicket did he resume his innings; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 5 August; North Wilts Guardian 6 August; Swindon Advertiser 6 August; Wiltshire Times 7 August; Dorset County Chronicle 5 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August; Cricket 1909, p 367.