minc130	Wiltshire v Monmouthshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 27th, 28th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Players	Wiltshire: 11; Monmouthshire: 10
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by an innings and 5 runs
Points	Wiltshire 1; Monmouthshire -1
Close of play day 1	Monmouthshire (1) 84/3 (Harding 1*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Williams b Thomas	67
OG Radcliffe	b Hutchings	33
JE Stevens	c Mayes b Hutchings	11
HS Snell	c Silverlock b Thomas	23
+T Smart	b Silverlock	15
*AM Miller	c and b Silverlock	26
WH Goudge	lbw b Hutchings	8
W Long	b Hutchings	4
FH Humphrys	b Silverlock	3
W Overton	b Silverlock	17
AG Eldridge	not out	7
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	11
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-105, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-200, 9-?, 10-225 (72 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	17	3	56	0	-	-
Silverlock	26	7	73	4	-	1
Hutchings	18	5	51	4	-	-
Thomas	11	1	34	2	-	-

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	b Humphrys	20
R Williams	b Miller	37
PC Phillips	b Eldridge	25
GF Harding	c Overton b Miller	10
IJ Thomas	c Stevens b Miller	4
GLR Hutchings	b Miller	18
+TW Mayes	b Eldridge	6
GL Robathan	not out	7
CA Ker	b Eldridge	2
*FA Phillips	b Eldridge	0
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-84, 4-88, 5-113, 6-118, 7-120, 8-131, 9-131 (49 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	11	2	27	0	-	-
Eldridge	18	3	52	4	-	-
Humphrys	9	4	21	1	-	-
Miller	11	1	29	4	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c Awdry b Miller	10
GL Robathan	c Miller b Eldridge	0
R Williams	run out	0
PC Phillips	c Smart b Eldridge	19
GF Harding	b Eldridge	0
IJ Thomas	c Smart b Miller	17
GLR Hutchings	c Humphrys b Eldridge	6
+TW Mayes	c Long b Overton	22
CA Ker	not out	5
*FA Phillips	b Radcliffe	7
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-24, 4-27, 5-?, 6-54, 7-54, 8-?, 9-89 (37.3 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eldridge	16	3	42	4	-	-
Miller	18	3	38	2	-	-
Overton	3	0	6	1	-	-
Radcliffe	0.3	0	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> W Long made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IJ Thomas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GL Robathan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FA Phillips made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Long made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IJ Thomas made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CA Ker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Awdry (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TW Mayes (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLR Hutchings achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 3-85)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Wiltshire won this return match by an innings on the second day, after Monmouthshire followed on 94 runs behind. They thus completed the double over Monmouthshire, having also won when the two sides met at Newport in July. The start of the match was delayed when Wiltshire objected to the inclusion in the visitors' team of Steeples, on the grounds that he had played for Derbyshire in First-Class County Championship matches earlier in the season and, as a consequence, was ineligible to play in the Minor Counties competition. Eventually, F Phillips, the Monmouthshire Captain, decided to play with just ten men, with Steeples acting as substitute fielder. There are more details about this dispute in the introduction to the book. Awdry top-scored for the winners with 67.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdowns; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire inns boundaries in Awdry's 67; time completed.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 2 September; North Wilts Herald 3 September; Wiltshire Chronicle 4 September; Wiltshire Telegraph 4 September; Wiltshire Times 4 September; South Wales Daily Argus 28,30 August; South Wales Echo 27,28 August; The Sportsman 28,30 August.

 

 

 

 

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