Minor Counties Championship 1909

105 MATCH NUMBER 74 : WILTSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The County Ground, County Road, Swindon on Wednesday 4, Thursday 5 August 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 9 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none, Buckinghamshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 184; Wiltshire 218-5 wickets (R W Awdry 29*, A M Miller 19*) Buckinghamshire Wright, M W b Grant 17 ( ) c Grant b Mitchell 12 G H Boddy b Grant 15 ( ) b Grant 0 Orton, R W lbw b Smith 22 ( ) st Perkins b Mitchell 34 E J Leat b Grant 47 ( ) st Perkins b Mitchell 28 E Southall b Mitchell 28 ( ) b A W Newman 11 E West b Smith 18 ( ) c Mitchell b A W Newman 1 + E A Shaw c Perkins b Mitchell 2 ( ) c C S Awdry b Mitchell 1 * W F L F Lowndes c R W Awdry b Smith 6 ( ) b Grant 0 Boddy, E S c Perkins b Smith 6 ( ) b Mitchell 1 P L Frith lbw b Smith 4 ( ) st Perkins b Mitchell 5 Vickerstaff, S J A not out 11 ( ) not out 0 Extras 8 5 Total 184 98 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 184 Second innings 98 Mitchell 20 7 46 2 - - (4) 15 3 29 6 - - Newman, A W 14 7 18 0 - - (5) 4 3 3 2 - - Smith 24.2 8 55 5 - - (2) 13 5 33 0 - - Grant 19 4 57 3 - - (1) 8 1 18 2 - - Miller (3) 5 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 77.2 26 184 10 - - 45 13 98 10 - - Wiltshire C S Awdry c Vickerstaff b Wright 58 S R Nicholson c Frith b Wright 58 Newman, A W lbw b Vickerstaff 8 S J H Taunton c Orton b G H Boddy 28 R W Awdry b West 56 + T T N Perkins b West 2 * A M Miller b West 41 E Grant b West 2 F E Newman b West 1 Mitchell, H c and b West 2 Smith, W R R not out 14 Extras 21 Total 291 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 291 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wright 31 13 53 2 - - Frith 10 0 60 0 - - West 19.4 2 80 6 - - Vickerstaff 7 0 37 1 - - G H Boddy 10 2 40 1 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - Total 77.4 17 291 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won by an innings and 9 runs on the second day. For the winners, C S Awdry scored 58, Nicholson 58, and R W Awdry 56. For Buckinghamshire, Leat top-scored with 47. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Buckinghamshire second innings batting order; in Wiltshire innings boundaries in C S Awdry’s 58, Nicholson’s 58 and R W Awdry’s 56; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 12 August; North Wilts Guardian 13 August; Swindon Advertiser 6 August; Bucks Advertiser 12 August; Bucks Herald 14 August; South Bucks Free Press 13 August; South Bucks Standard 13 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August; Cricket 19 August, p 343.