minc955	Wiltshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 5th, 6th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 301 runs
Points	Wiltshire 5; Buckinghamshire 0
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 142/1 (Perkins 58*, CS Awdry 54*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TTN Perkins	b Wilson	18
AW Newman	b Wilson	0
CS Awdry	b Wilson	64
E Grant	c Faulkner b Wright	50
SJH Taunton	b Wilson	8
RW Awdry	b Wilson	0
WRR Smith	run out	7
A Whitehead	c Vickerstaff b Wright	0
*AM Miller	c Lowndes b Wright	2
+TS Luce	b Wilson	38
T Smart	not out	12
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-70, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-205 (46.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	20.5	1	96	6	-	-
Faulkner	5	0	32	0	-	-
Wright	18	2	56	3	-	-
Johnson	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*E Weaver-Adams	c Smart b Smith	1
GA Wilson	lbw b Grant	0
EJ Leat	b Grant	0
RW Orton	c Luce b Smith	13
+EA Shaw	c RW Awdry b Smith	17
GM Faulkner	c Taunton b Perkins	28
WFL Lowndes	c Grant b Smith	9
MW Wright	b Grant	17
TR Kent	b Smith	1
AW Johnson	b Smith	0
SJA Vickerstaff	not out	5
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-1, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-91 (35.5 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grant	8.5	1	29	3	-	-
Smith	18	8	30	6	-	-
Smart	4	1	18	0	-	-
Perkins	5	0	14	1	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TTN Perkins	c Shaw b Wilson	62
AW Newman	c Shaw b Wright	30
CS Awdry	not out	160
E Grant	retired hurt	15
SJH Taunton	b Wright	44
RW Awdry	b Wright	8
WRR Smith	b Wright	4
A Whitehead	not out	14
*AM Miller	did not bat
+TS Luce	did not bat
T Smart	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	22	2	131	1	-	-
Wright	20	0	77	4	-	-
Vickerstaff	8	0	53	0	-	-
Johnson	8	0	76	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*E Weaver-Adams	c Whitehead b Smith	22
GA Wilson	b Newman	12
EJ Leat	not out	49
RW Orton	lbw b Smith	4
+EA Shaw	b Smith	0
GM Faulkner	b Smart	5
WFL Lowndes	b Smart	26
MW Wright	c RW Awdry b Smith	9
TR Kent	b Perkins	19
AW Johnson	c Whitehead b Smart	4
SJA Vickerstaff	b Perkins	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-27, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-151 (43 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	4	76	4	-	-
Miller	3	1	12	0	-	-
Newman	10	3	21	1	-	-
Smart	6	0	34	3	-	-
Perkins	2	0	7	2	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Leat made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Shaw made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Grant (1) equalled his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Awdry (2) passed his previous highest score of 86 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Awdry (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TR Kent (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Wilson reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Wiltshire first innings
--> WRR Smith reached 450 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Buckinghamshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Wiltshire won this return match, which was Smith's benefit match, by 301 runs shortly before 4.00 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Bletchley in July had also been won by Wiltshire. For the winners, there were 24 fours in C S Awdry's 160, an innings of just under two hours. He scored 64 in the second innings, and his match run aggregate of 224 was the second higest of the season.
Perkins scored 62 and Grant 50. Smith took 10 wickets in the match for 106 runs. In the Wiltshire second innings, the run rate was 135 runs per hour. For the losers, Leat top-scored with 49. The 227 runs conceded in the match by Wilson was the second highest of the season. Perkins ended the match by taking two wickets with consecutive balls.
[Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; large partnerships; in Wiltshire first innings boundaries in C S Awdry's 64 and Grant's 50, extras breakdown, in Wiltshire second innings, breakdown of C S Awdry's 160, boundaries in Perkins's 62, batting order; in Buckinghsmahire second innings batting order.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 13 August; North Wilts Herald 7 August; Bucks Advertiser 8 August; Bucks Herald 8 August; South Bucks Free Press 14 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August; Cricke 20 August, p 354.

 

 

 

 

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