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| Venue | Sherborne School, Sherborne on 6th, 7th August 1947 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Dorset 5; Wiltshire 3 |
| Umpires | WE Brown, WCL Creese |
| Scorers | C David Whitby, M Day, ML Taylor |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Wiltshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Wheeler | b King | 11 | |||||
| NHB Connor | b King | 3 | |||||
| LR Lloyd | b Badham | 8 | |||||
| RAC Forrester | c Maynard b King | 52 | |||||
| DS Milford | lbw b Hunt | 9 | |||||
| AE Lloyd | lbw b King | 54 | |||||
| AR Jenkins | st Maynard b Badham | 3 | |||||
| P King | c Honey b Badham | 9 | |||||
| D Ferris | b Lees | 40 | |||||
| RH Hopkins | not out | 69 | |||||
| RT Vaughan | b Lees | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.3 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Wheeler), 2-19 (Connor), 3-34 (LR Lloyd), 4-72 (Milford), 5-132 (Forrester), 6-135 (Jenkins), 7-151 (King), 8-163 (AE Lloyd), 9-280 (Ferris), 10-280 (Vaughan, 82.3 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 32 | 8 | 76 | 4 | |||
| Badham | 15 | 1 | 51 | 3 | |||
| Hunt | 15 | 1 | 60 | 1 | |||
| Lees | 9.3 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |||
| Lines | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Moorhouse | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Lancashire | run out | 74 | |||||
| PGH Hopkins | b King | 5 | |||||
| DP Freeman | b Milford | 26 | |||||
| EC Honey | lbw b Milford | 28 | |||||
| WL Lines | c Jenkins b King | 47 | |||||
| +AL Maynard | c King b Wheeler | 13 | |||||
| A Moorhouse | c Forrester b King | 58 | |||||
| F King | c Vaughan b Milford | 44 | |||||
| D Lees | b Hopkins | 2 | |||||
| BF Hunt | not out | 20 | |||||
| PHC Badham | b Milford | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 128.1 overs) | 326 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-77, 3-138, 4-138, 5-193, 6-215, 7-297, 8-302, 9-323, 10-326 (128.1 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wheeler | 20 | 8 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| King | 30 | 7 | 77 | 3 | - | ||
| Hopkins | 31 | 9 | 76 | 1 | - | ||
| Ferris | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | ||
| Milford | 36.1 | 3 | 103 | 4 | - | ||
| Wiltshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Wheeler | b Lines | 40 | |||||
| NHB Connor | b Lees | 37 | |||||
| LR Lloyd | b Lees | 13 | |||||
| AR Jenkins | lbw b Lees | 0 | |||||
| AE Lloyd | c Moorhouse b Lees | 51 | |||||
| RAC Forrester | not out | 10 | |||||
| P King | not out | 18 | |||||
| DS Milford | did not bat | ||||||
| D Ferris | did not bat | ||||||
| RH Hopkins | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Vaughan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 62 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61, 2-84, 3-88, 4-124, 5-151 | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Badham | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hunt | 13 | 1 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moorhouse | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lines | 16 | 5 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lees | 23 | 6 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> D Ferris (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Hopkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Moorhouse (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NHB Connor (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F King reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed RAC Forrester, his 3rd wicket in the Wiltshire first innings
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