Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 68 : WILTSHIRE V DORSET At The Cricket Ground, Melksham House, Melksham on Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 August 1913 Result: Dorset won by two wickets Points: Dorset 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 2 ( A E Biddiscombe, R G Stone); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 181; Dorset 196-5 wickets (E C Walby 63*, C P Goodden 61*) Wiltshire J R Tayler b Cummins 37 (2) c and b Walby 33 Overton, W lbw b Webb 16 (1) c Busk b McIntyre 4 S J H Taunton c Busk b Webb 8 (3) b Cummins 34 E C MacBryan lbw b McIntyre 0 (4) c and b McIntyre 3 D C Brown b Walby 43 (5) b Webb 37 R G C Pinfield b Cummins 7 (6) b Cummins 26 * R W Awdry c Walby b McIntyre 5 (7) b Walby 49 C W Hurn b Cummins 12 absent ill 0 + C E C Kendle b Cummins 1 (8) b McIntyre 14 A W E Lapham not out 17 (9) b Walby 17 Mitchell, H b Cummins 5 (10) not out 1 Extras w 2 30 29 Total (all out) 181 (all out) 247 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 102 181 Second innings 4 72 74 102 247 - McIntyre 23 3 73 2 - - (1) 23 3 73 3 - - Hope 3 0 18 0 - - Webb 8 2 20 2 - - (2) 15 5 41 1 - - Cummins 12 5 38 5 2 - (3) 16 2 45 2 - - Walby 2 0 2 1 - - (4) 16 2 45 3 - - Busk (5) 4 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - - - 29 0 - - Total 48 10 181 10 2 0 74 12 247 9 - - Dorset C J B Webb b Overton 24 (1) run out 4 H C B Cummins c MacBryan b Overton 11 (3) c Pinfield b Overton 5 P P Hope c Tayler b Overton 7 (6) c and b Mitchell 17 J K Manger c Awdry b Mitchell 0 (8) c Kendle b Mitchell 2 Capt W H MacAlpine-Leny c MacBryan b Mitchell 10 (4) c Taunton b Mitchell 8 * C P Goodden c and b Overton 74 (7) run out 26 Walby, E C b Mitchell 65 (5) not out 60 R D Busk b Overton 22 (9) b Mitchell 2 E A McIntyre not out 48 (10) not out 0 + Biddiscombe, A E run out 1 R G Stone absent 0 (2) b Mitchell 6 Extras 25 12 Total (all out) 287 (8 wickets) 142 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 61 205 217 262 287 - Second innings 59 122 - - Mitchell 27 2 117 3 - - (1) 18 4 59 5 - - Overton 25 1 89 5 - - (2) 10 1 40 1 - - Lapham 7 0 23 0 - - (3) 10 2 19 0 - - Awdry 3 0 11 0 - - Taunton 4 1 9 0 - - (4) 3 0 12 0 - - Brown 2 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 25 1 - - - - 12 2 - - Total 68 4 287 9 - - 41 7 142 8 - - Notes: Dorset won by two wickets a few minutes before time after being set a target of 142 in 2 hours. In this time Wiltshire bowled no fewer than 41 overs. For the winners there were 1 six and 9 fours in Goodden’s 74, Walby scored 65with 10 fours and 60 not out. Goodden and Walby added 144 for the sixth wicket in Dorset’s first innings. Cummins took 5 wickets for 38 runs in Wiltshire’s first innings. For the losers Awdry top-scored with 49 in their second innings. Overton took 5 wickets for 89 runs in Dorset’s first innings and Mitchell took 5 wickets for 59 runs in Dorset’s second innings. Newman was absent from the Wiltshire side as he had sustained an elbow injury in their previous match. Dorset’s Stone arrived shortly after their first innings closed and Awdry sportingly offered to allow him to bat but Goodden would not take advantage of the offer. Hurn developed tonsillitis and was confined to bed. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Dorset second innings boundaries in Walby’s 60 not out.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 21 August; Wiltshire News 15 August; Wiltshire Times 16 August; Dorset County Chronicle 21 August; East Dorset Herald 21 August; Southern Times 23 August; Cricket 23 August, p 548; Sporting Life 14,15 August; The Sportsman 14,15 August. 101