minc3819	Wiltshire v Gloucestershire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1948
Venue	Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on 13th, 14th August 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 5; Gloucestershire Second XI 3
Umpires	C Fairservice, HL Parkin
Scorers	EH Couzens, K Gunter
Close of play day 1

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Wheeler	c Hopkins b Hignell	5
RG Hurn	b Jowett	38
RJ Popjoy	b Jowett	38
DS Milford	run out	25
RAC Forrester	c Boxall b Hignell	51
LR Lloyd	run out	0
AI Matthews	b Bailey	31
P King	c Procter b Hignell	10
JE Hopkins	not out	6
DFE Cockle	c Powell b Bailey	0
RH Hopkins	b Bailey	0
Extras	(15 b, 5 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Wheeler), 2-86 (Popjoy), 3-93 (Hurn), 4-143 (Milford), 5-145 (Lloyd), 6-174 (Forrester), 7-198 (King), 8-224 (Matthews), 9-224 (Cockle), 10-224 (RH Hopkins, 91.4 ov)

Gloucestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	12.4	3	24	3	-	-
Powell	6	5	3	0	-	-
Hignell	20	5	46	3	-	-
Bennett	24	10	51	0	-	-
Jowett	28	3	80	2	-	-
Monks	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DTL Bailey	c Milford b Matthews	8
RT Procter	b Milford	20
AOH Mills	b RH Hopkins	53
CI Monks	b Cockle	2
DH Boxall	st JE Hopkins b Cockle	0
LG Powell	st JE Hopkins b Milford	19
AF Hignell	b RH Hopkins	24
V Hopkins	not out	7
BH Lyon	b RH Hopkins	7
DCPR Jowett	lbw b Milford	1
R Bennett	b RH Hopkins	1
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Bailey), 2-38 (Procter), 3-43 (Monks), 4-43 (Boxall), 5-90 (Powell), 6-123 (Hignell), 7-136 (Mills), 8-144 (Lyon), 9-145 (Jowett), 10-146 (Bennett, 64.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RH Hopkins	17.1	6	29	4	-	-
Matthews	7	1	19	1	-	-
Milford	25	3	64	3	-	-
Cockle	15	5	30	2	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Wheeler	c and b Bennett	63
RG Hurn	b Mills	31
RJ Popjoy	not out	58
P King	c Boxall b Jowett	31
RAC Forrester	b Mills	3
LR Lloyd	c Bennett b Jowett	10
DS Milford	not out	23
AI Matthews	did not bat
JE Hopkins	did not bat
DFE Cockle	did not bat
RH Hopkins	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-81 (Hurn), 2-113 (Wheeler), 3-153 (King), 4-156 (Forrester), 5-187 (Lloyd)

Gloucestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	1	21	0	-	-
Powell	3	0	12	0	-	-
Hignell	8	1	21	0	-	-
Bennett	6	1	16	1	-	-
Jowett	18	1	71	2	-	-
Mills	20	3	67	2	-	-
Procter	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AOH Mills	run out	49
RT Procter	c Cockle b RH Hopkins	8
DTL Bailey	st JE Hopkins b Cockle	20
CI Monks	not out	102
DH Boxall	st JE Hopkins b Cockle	45
BH Lyon	b Milford	5
LG Powell	not out	7
AF Hignell	did not bat
V Hopkins	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
R Bennett	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 64 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Procter), 2-75 (Bailey), 3-79 (Mills), 4-168 (Boxall), 5-180 (Lyon)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RH Hopkins	11	2	39	1	-	-
Matthews	4	1	17	0	-	-
Milford	24	1	104	1	-	-
Cockle	21	4	61	2	-	-
King	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Procter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DCPR Jowett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LR Lloyd made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AI Matthews made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Hopkins made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LG Powell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Popjoy (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AOH Mills (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Popjoy (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CI Monks (2) passed his previous highest score of 73 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CI Monks (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Boxall (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 42
--> AF Hignell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed P King in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 2-49)
--> DTL Bailey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> RH Hopkins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Gloucestershire Second XI first innings (previous best was 4-39)

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