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| Venue | Recreation Ground, Blandford on 2nd, 3rd August 1971 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Dorset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Dorset 3; Wiltshire 1 |
| Umpires | CE Dunn, P Hough |
| Scorers | WG Heather (Wiltshire), CG Peach (Dorset) |
| Close of play day 1 | Wiltshire (1) 65/5 |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KH House | hit wkt b Ridge | 27 | |||||
| JW Crabb | b Gulliver | 4 | |||||
| ME Beale | c Cooper b Ridge | 1 | |||||
| DR Hayward | c Savin b Merryweather | 0 | |||||
| CMG Hunter | c Cooper b Merryweather | 0 | |||||
| J Baker | c Cooper b Meehan | 35 | |||||
| RJ Thorne | c Barwell b Merryweather | 20 | |||||
| D Shackleton | not out | 22 | |||||
| M Hardwicke | c Savin b Merryweather | 2 | |||||
| RGH Pullen | c Ridge b Merryweather | 5 | |||||
| PD Stuckey | c White b Merryweather | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.5 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-36, 3-37, 4-37, 5-37, 6-88, 7-92, 8-94, 9-100, 10-126 (63.5 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Savin | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | - | |
| Alford | 9 | 5 | 19 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Gulliver | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Merryweather | 22.5 | 6 | 57 | 6 | - | - | |
| Ridge | 13 | 4 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Meehan | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BH White | c Crabb b Shackleton | 13 | |||||
| +MP Scott | c Shackleton b Hunter | 13 | |||||
| WA Smith | c Crabb b Hunter | 5 | |||||
| RC Cooper | c Hayward b Hunter | 2 | |||||
| TI Barwell | c Hardwicke b Hunter | 14 | |||||
| JA Ridge | c Hardwicke b Hunter | 2 | |||||
| RJ Gulliver | lbw b Shackleton | 0 | |||||
| P Meehan | c Thorne b Hunter | 11 | |||||
| JR Savin | c Thorne b Shackleton | 0 | |||||
| J Alford | c Beale b Shackleton | 20 | |||||
| JH Merryweather | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40.5 overs) | 87 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-21, 3-40, 4-53, 5-55, 6-75, 7-79, 8-87, 9-87, 10-87 (40.5 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shackleton | 20.5 | 7 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
| Stuckey | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hunter | 18 | 11 | 22 | 6 | - | - | |
| Dorset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KH House | c Ridge b Alford | 0 | |||||
| RGH Pullen | c White b Alford | 19 | |||||
| ME Beale | b Savin | 35 | |||||
| DR Hayward | c Ridge b Alford | 10 | |||||
| CMG Hunter | c Savin b Alford | 4 | |||||
| J Baker | b Alford | 1 | |||||
| RJ Thorne | c Savin b Merryweather | 4 | |||||
| D Shackleton | lbw b Savin | 9 | |||||
| M Hardwicke | c Smith b Merryweather | 2 | |||||
| JW Crabb | b Merryweather | 0 | |||||
| PD Stuckey | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41.3 overs) | 87 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-30, 3-37, 4-37, 5-43, 6-54, 7-65, 8-65, 9-66, 10-87 (41.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alford | 15 | 8 | 26 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gulliver | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Merryweather | 15.3 | 6 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Savin | 6 | 1 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BH White | lbw b Shackleton | 12 | |||||
| +MP Scott | c Hardwicke b Shackleton | 4 | |||||
| WA Smith | c Thorne b Hayward | 9 | |||||
| RC Cooper | c Crabb b Hayward | 36 | |||||
| TI Barwell | c Thorne b Shackleton | 1 | |||||
| JA Ridge | not out | 7 | |||||
| RJ Gulliver | c Crabb b Hayward | 0 | |||||
| P Meehan | not out | 0 | |||||
| JR Savin | did not bat | ||||||
| J Alford | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Merryweather | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 28 overs) | 74 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-26, 3-56, 4-67, 5-67, 6-67 | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shackleton | 14 | 5 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hunter | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hayward | 6 | 2 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TI Barwell (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> J Alford (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Alford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings (previous best was 4-32)
--> J Alford achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings
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