minc8	Wiltshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 1st, 2nd July 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Wiltshire -1; Bedfordshire 1
Umpires	W Haggard, S Pakes
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 79/6 (Miller 19*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LCR Thring	c and b Miller	15
LCW Thring	c Radcliffe b Miller	2
TA Brown	c Miller b Colman	1
J Manton	b Miller	25
CG Pope	c Stancomb b Robbins	66
RV Ryder	b Miller	56
CEL Beasley	not out	25
AD Piper	c Cobb b Colman	29
+LG Brown	b Miller	0
W Foxley	st Smart b Colman	3
WF Brown	c Smart b Colman	10
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-29, 4-58, 5-181, 6-181, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-251 (70.4 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Colman	18.4	4	51	4	-	-
Miller	33	8	130	5	-	2
Radcliffe	7	1	19	0	1	-
Cobb	4	0	17	0	-	1
Robbins	8	1	15	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Stancomb	run out	2
PG Newton	st LG Brown b WF Brown	5
AB Marshall	b TA Brown	27
*OG Radcliffe	c Manton b WF Brown	3
S Kinneir	b WF Brown	0
A Andrews	c Beasley b WF Brown	18
AM Miller	c LG Brown b Pope	34
+T Smart	b WF Brown	5
H Colman	b Manton	26
HW Cobb	c LG Brown b Pope	5
WBR Robbins	not out	3
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-10, 3-?, 4-23, 5-53, 6-79, 7-91, 8-?, 9-?, 10-135 (65.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	24	7	42	5	-	-
TA Brown	28	0	62	1	-	-
LCR Thring	1	1	0	0	-	-
Manton	9	4	14	1	-	-
Pope	3.3	0	10	2	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Stancomb	c LG Brown b WF Brown	0
PG Newton	c and b TA Brown	2
AB Marshall	c LCR Thring b TA Brown	0
*OG Radcliffe	c LG Brown b LCR Thring	54
S Kinneir	c Foxley b WF Brown	3
A Andrews	c Beasley b LCR Thring	12
AM Miller	b TA Brown	0
+T Smart	c Piper b WF Brown	14
H Colman	not out	19
HW Cobb	c Beasley b WF Brown	4
WBR Robbins	c LCW Thring b WF Brown	2
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-16, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-114, 10-120 (50.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	15.3	4	35	5	-	-
TA Brown	25	5	60	3	-	-
Manton	2	2	0	0	-	-
LCR Thring	8	1	15	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCW Thring	not out	3
AD Piper	not out	2
*LCR Thring	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
J Manton	did not bat
CG Pope	did not bat
RV Ryder	did not bat
CEL Beasley	did not bat
+LG Brown	did not bat
W Foxley	did not bat
WF Brown	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	5

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Colman	1	0	3	0	-	-
Miller	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LCR Thring made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LCW Thring made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Manton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Pope made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RV Ryder made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEL Beasley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AD Piper made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LG Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Foxley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Stancomb made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Newton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Marshall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OG Radcliffe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Kinneir made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Andrews made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Miller made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Smart made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Colman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Cobb made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WBR Robbins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Newton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Marshall made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Colman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WBR Robbins made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Foxley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Miller achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> WF Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Bedfordshire won by 10 wickets, after Wiltshire followed on 116 runs behind.
For the winners, W F Brown took 10 wickets in the match for 77 runs.
Pope top-scored for Bedfordshire with 66.
With Ryder, he put on 123 runs for the fifth wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings.
Radcliffe's 54 for Wiltshire included 7 fours.
The 130 runs conceded by Miller in the Bedfordshire first innings were the highest in an innings during the season.
Both teams were making their debut in the Championship, but only Bedfordshire 'qualified' for the final table, Wiltshire playing just two matches home and away versus Bedfordshire.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 1st inns boundaries in Pope and Ryder 50s; in Wiltshire 2nd inns batting order; time completed.]
Sources: North Wilts Herald 5 July; Swindon Advertiser 6 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 6 July; Bedfordshire Mercury 6 July; Bedfordshire Standard 5 July; Bedfordshire Times 6 July; Dunstable Advertiser 6 July; Dunstable Borough Gazette 3 July; Leighton Buzzard Observer 9 July; Sporting Life 2,3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July.