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Wiltshire v Worcestershire
Minor Counties Championship 1898
VenueThe County Ground, Swindon on 12th, 13th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over5
TossWorcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn
PointsWiltshire 0; Worcestershire 0
UmpiresJ Edge, W Haggard
Close of play day 1Wiltshire (1) 161/7 (Shorland 36*)
Worcestershire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*HK Fosterlbw b Overton7     
GE Bromley-Martinb Shorland15     
WL Fosterc Snell b Shorland1     
RE Fosterc Snell b Overton15     
GF Wheldonb Shorland13     
A Millwardc Miller b Overton7     
EG Bromley-Martinc Ransome b Miller40     
A Birdc Smart b Miller44     
RD Burrowsb Miller0     
GA Wilsonb Miller8     
+T Strawnot out1     
Extras(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, 1 w)10
Total(all out, 68.2 overs)161
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-19, 3-36, 4-51, 5-60, 6-60, 7-140, 8-140, 9-150, 10-161 (68.2 ov)
Wiltshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Shorland25   551311
Overton26   6643--
Miller10.21264-1
Newman7   1100--
Wiltshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
FW Newmanlbw b Burrows2     
CS Awdryc Millward b Wilson18     
OG Radcliffec Straw b Wilson25     
CAH Ransomeb Bird19     
ET Shorlandc RE Foster b Burrows51     
HS Snellb Bird0     
*AM Millerb Wilson0     
AJ Atfieldb Wilson54     
WH Goudgec Wilson b Bird16     
+T Smartb Burrows4     
W Overtonnot out0     
Extras8
Total(all out, 75.1 overs)197
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-55, 4-71, 5-71, 6-72, 7-161, 8-192, 9-197, 10-197 (75.1 ov)
Worcestershire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Bird27   8513--
Wilson31   10624--
Burrows11.13373--
EG Bromley-Martin3   0210--
Millward3   0180--
Worcestershire second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
*HK Fosterb Shorland0     
GE Bromley-Martinc Shorland b Newman52     
WL Fosterb Miller15     
A Birdlbw b Shorland2     
RE Fosternot out147     
GF Wheldonb Miller0     
A Millwardb Miller0     
EG Bromley-Martinc Newman b Radcliffe31     
RD Burrowsb Radcliffe7     
GA Wilsonnot out80     
+T Strawdid not bat      
Extras(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)22
Total(8 wickets, 119 overs)356
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-45, 3-61, 4-?, 5-?, 6-95, 7-186, 8-200
Wiltshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Overton31   13590--
Shorland27   10402--
Miller21   6553--
Newman17   8311--
Smart5   0260--
Ransome3   0100--
Atfield2   080-1
Radcliffe7   0452--
Awdry3   0360--
Goudge2   0150--
Snell1   090--
Notes
--> A Millward made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ET Shorland (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Atfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Foster (2) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Foster (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Wilson (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match was drawn. The visitors had won the encounter between the two sides at Worcester in July. The match featured the three highest seventh wicket partnerships of the season. For Worcestershire, there was 1 six, 1 five and 17 fours in R E Foster's 147 not out, which was scored in under two hours. It was the third highest score by a batsman during the season.
The merit of this innings was somewhat reduced as Miller arranged that every member of the Wiltshire team bowled, the first time this had ever happened in a championship match.
Wilson's 80 not out contained 14 fours, and G E Bromley-Martin scored 52. In the visitors' first innings, E G Bromley-Martin and Bird added 80 for the seventh wicket. In the Worcestershire second innings, R E Foster and E G Bromley-Martin added 91 runs for the seventh wicket and Foster and Wilson had an unbroken stand of 156 for the ninth wicket, scored in just 90 minutes. The ninth wicket partnership was the largest of the season, while the two seventh wicket partnership were the highest and the third highest of the year. For the home team, Atfield scored 54 and Shorland 51. In the Wiltshire innings, Shorland and Atfield added 89 runs for the seventh wicket, the second highest partnership of the season for that wicket. In Wiltshire newspaper reports, Shorland played under the pseudonym 'A Butcher', but was Shorland in the Worcestershire papers. Newman kept wicket for Wiltshire when Smart temporarily retired after a ball hit his hand in the Worcestershire first innings.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Worcestershire 2nd inns threes and twos in R E Foster's 147 not out, boundaries in G E Bromley-Martin's 52, and fall of 4th and 5th wickets; in Wiltshire innings boundaries in Atfield's 54 and Shorland's 51.]
Sources: Marlborough Times 19 August; North Wilts Herald 19 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 20 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 20 August; Worcester Herald 20 August; Sporting Life 13,15 August; The Sportsman 13,15 August.