Minor Counties Championship 1909

130 MATCH NUMBER 99 : DORSET V WILTSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At the Earl of Shaftesbury’s Ground, St Giles Park, Wimborne on Wednesday 18, Thursday 19 August 1909 Result: Wiltshire won by an innings and 2 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: J Relf and J Stevens Debutants: Dorset 1 (B N Bosworth-Smith); Wiltshire 1 (G D Brown) First day score: Dorset 117; Wiltshire 143-7 wickets (A M Miller 26*, E Fawcett 11*) Dorset N R Udal b Grant 13 ( ) c Miller b Newman 23 * P F C Williams c substitute b Mitchell 13 ( ) c and b Mitchell 3 F A S Sewell c Newman b Grant 3 ( ) c Awdry b Mitchell 1 H C B Cummins c Newman b Mitchell 3 ( ) c Taunton b Mitchell 13 G M Gordon c Grant b Mitchell 7 ( ) b Mitchell 0 B N Bosworth-Smith c Grant b Mitchell 7 ( ) b Newman 16 C J B Webb c and b Newman 10 ( ) b Mitchell 0 Rev W H Arundell b Newman 16 ( ) b Newman 5 + W H Budge b Grant 7 ( ) c Mitchell b Newman 5 C P Goodden b Mitchell 20 ( ) b Mitchell 0 H V Browne not out 5 ( ) not out 0 Extras 13 3 Total 117 69 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 117 Second innings 69 Mitchell 32.5 15 43 5 - - (2) 15.2 4 30 6 - - Newman 14 5 19 2 - - (3) 12 4 19 4 - - Grant 16 3 42 3 - - (1) 4 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 62.5 23 117 10 - - 31.2 8 69 10 - - Wiltshire S J H Taunton lbw b Sewell 46 + G C Davenport b Webb 18 Newman, A W b Webb 18 R W Awdry b Webb 1 G D Brown b Sewell 0 * A M Miller not out 44 E Grant lbw b Sewell 0 A Whitehead c Udal b Sewell 2 E Fawcett run out 34 Smith, W R R c Gordon b Sewell 0 Mitchell, H b Webb 0 Extras nb 4 25 Total 188 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 188 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Udal 12 1 39 0 - 4 Sewell 25 3 58 5 - - Cummins 3 1 12 0 - - Webb 20.3 2 54 4 - - Extras - - 25 1 - - Total 60.3 7 188 10 0 4 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match early in the afternoon of the second day by an innings and 2 runs. Wiltshire had also won the encounter between the two teams when they met at Trowbridge earlier in the month. For the winners, Mitchell took 11 wickets in the match for 73 runs. Taunton top-scored with 46. For the losers, Udal top-scored with 23. The St Giles Park ground had been opened in August the year before and it was the first time a championship match had been played on it. The Earl of Shaftesbury was the President of the Dorset County Cricket Club. [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Dorset first innings who held substitute catch; in Dorset second innings batting order; time completed.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 26 August; East Dorset Herald 26 August; Pulman’s Weekly News 24 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 26 August; Swindon Advertiser 27 August; Wiltshire Times 28 August; Sporting Life 19,21 August; The Sportsman 19,21 August; Cricket 2 September, p 382.