MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 82: WILTSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Melksham House, Melksham on Monday 26, Tuesday 27 August 1912 Result: Wiltshire won by 31 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: C Hughes and G A Burton Debutants: Wiltshire 2 (Sgt I H Muddle, C W Hurn); Buckinghamshire 1 (H D Harben) First day score: Wiltshire 171 Wiltshire F E Newman c Harben b Wright 10 ( ) b Wright 10 Newman, A W c Field b Hearne 34 ( ) c Field b Wright 6 Sellick, A S run out 26 ( ) c Frith b Wright 2 Sgt I H Muddle c Franklin b Wright 0 ( ) b Sewell 0 W R C Laverton b Wright 18 ( ) c Sewell b Wright 3 * A M Miller c Sewell b Wright 10 ( ) lbw b Wright 17 + T S Luce b Wright 0 ( ) b Sewell 2 C W Hurn b Frith 44 ( ) st Franklin b Sewell 2 C K Merewether b Frith 15 ( ) c Lowndes b Sewell 5 Overton, W st Franklin b Frith 1 ( ) c Lowndes b Wright 4 Mitchell, H not out 7 ( ) not out 0 Extras 6 5 Total (all out) 171 (all out) 56 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 48 79 101 101 104 154 171 Second innings 56 Hearne 27 1 - - Sewell 76 0 - - (2) 31 4 - - Wright 46 5 - - (1) 20 6 - - Frith 3.4 0 16 3 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 171 10 - - 56 10 - - Buckinghamshire E H D Sewell b Laverton 30 (1) lbw b A W Newman 7 B H G Shaw lbw b Mitchell 4 (9) c Merewether b Overton 0 P L Frith b Muddle 32 (3) st Luce b Mitchell 25 * W F L F Lowndes b A W Newman 26 (5) c Mitchell b A W Newman 0 P W Le Gros b A W Newman 1 (4) b Mitchell 4 D H Field b Mitchell 0 (7) st Luce b Mitchell 15 + W B Franklin b Overton 16 (10) c Laverton b Overton 1 C H Alison b Laverton 6 (2) c and b Mitchell 1 H D Harben st Luce b Overton 8 (6) c F E Newman b Mitchell 0 Hearne, H c Mitchell b Laverton 3 (11) not out 2 Wright, M W not out 0 (8) b Mitchell 4 Extras 2 9 Total (all out) 128 (all out) 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 47 80 87 87 105 115 128 128 Second innings 5 15 32 56 68 Mitchell 31 2 - - (1) 36 6 - - Newman, A W 43 2 - - (3) 16 2 - - Laverton 24 3 - - (2) 0 0 - - Overton 21 2 - - (4) 7 2 - - Muddle 7 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 128 10 - - 68 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by 31 runs on the second day after Buckinghamshire had been set 100 to win in just over two hours. The match between the two sides at Bletchley earlier in the month had been won by Buckinghamshire. Due to rain the match did not start until 2.00 pm on the first day and another shower finished proceedings at 5 pm. For the winners Hurn made the top-score of the match on his debut with 44, whilst Mitchell took 6 wickets for 36 runs in Buckinghamshire’s second innings. For the losers Frith made the highest score in both innings whilst Wright took 11 wickets in the match for 66 runs, including 5 wickets for 46 runs in Wiltshire’s first innings and 6 wickets for 20 in their second. This was the first time a Championship match had been staged on this ground. The county officials were pleased with the total gate money for both days of £6 8s 3d. The Wiltshire Gazette shows the Wiltshire wicket-keeper as T “Smith”. By reference to the Wisden averages, this is thought to be T S Luce. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; extras breakdown; overs and maidens in bowling figures; in Wiltshire first innings some bowling figures have been derived from end of season averages; in Wiltshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wilts Gazette 29 August; Swindon Advertiser 28 August; Bucks Herald 31 August; Bucks Advertiser 31 August; South Bucks Free Press 30 August; Sportsman 28 August; Cricket 31 August, p 474. 113