minc4563	Dorset v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Sherborne School, Sherborne on 7th, 8th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 3; Wiltshire 1
Umpires	C Fairservice, SH Moore
Scorers	JJM Barron, L White
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 207/2 (Courtenay 138*, Hills 21*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IPH Skeet	c Oxford b Deane	12
AEH Rutter	b Pinney	30
NCB Creek	b Pinney	18
J Hurn	c Honey b Pinney	94
JS Maples	b Pinney	20
*WFW Becher	b Pinney	0
RJ Knight	b Pinney	5
P King	b Pinney	0
DS Milford	c and b Pinney	8
J Andrews	lbw b Pinney	0
BS Hobson	not out	0
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Skeet), 2-50 (Rutter), 3-87 (Creek), 4-147 (Maples), 5-155 (Becher), 6-163 (Knight), 7-163 (King), 8-189 (Milford), 9-189 (Andrews), 10-194 (Hurn, 66.4 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Swann	16	4	39	0	-	-
Deane	9	1	28	1	-	-
Hebden	1	0	1	0	-	-
Pinney	23.4	4	69	9	-	-
Bridge	17	1	50	0	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EC Honey	b Milford	42
GGL Hebden	b Andrews	4
GWL Courtenay	b Andrews	151			18	-
NL Hills	c Hurn b Andrews	32
CF Deacon	not out	53			9	-
ATW Oxford	c Skeet b Andrews	0
DJW Bridge	c Hurn b King	14
*GC Tovey	run out	3
PA Deane	not out	5
WJ Pinney	did not bat
EF Swann	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 83.1 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Hebden), 2-114 (Honey), 3-237 (Hills), 4-252 (Courtenay), 5-252 (Oxford), 6-293 (Bridge), 7-301 (Tovey)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	19	3	81	4	-	-
Hobson	13	1	60	0	-	-
Knight	8	0	31	0	-	-
Milford	23	6	43	1	-	-
King	20.1	2	89	1	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IPH Skeet	c and b Hills	174
AEH Rutter	not out	113
NCB Creek	not out	11
J Hurn	did not bat
JS Maples	did not bat
*WFW Becher	did not bat
RJ Knight	did not bat
P King	did not bat
DS Milford	did not bat
J Andrews	did not bat
BS Hobson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 92 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-284 (Skeet)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Swann	15	0	39	0	-	-
Deane	14	2	39	0	-	-
Pinney	27	4	101	0	-	-
Bridge	21	2	67	0	-	-
Hebden	12	1	41	0	-	-
Hills	3	0	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BS Hobson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Hurn (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IPH Skeet (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IPH Skeet (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AEH Rutter (2) passed his previous highest score of 109 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AEH Rutter (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 53
--> WJ Pinney achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed DS Milford in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 6-45)
--> J Andrews achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed GWL Courtenay in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 2-23)

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