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| Venue | The County Ground, Swindon on 26th, 27th August 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Wiltshire 1; Dorset 3 |
| Umpires | F Berry, WR Hart |
| Close of play day 1 | Wiltshire (1) 53/5 (Maples 36*, Lloyd 0*) |
| Dorset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MN Harbottle | c and b Milford | 98 | |||||
| ATW Oxford | c Rutter b Martin | 4 | |||||
| GGL Hebden | b Naylor | 88 | |||||
| GLO Jessop | c Milford b Naylor | 11 | |||||
| GWL Courtenay | b Naylor | 32 | |||||
| CF Deacon | c Skeet b Naylor | 0 | |||||
| F King | b Naylor | 22 | |||||
| +EC Honey | c Skeet b Martin | 11 | |||||
| DCPR Jowett | not out | 4 | |||||
| R Hawke | did not bat | ||||||
| EF Swann | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 94.4 overs) | 290 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Oxford), 2-189 (Harbottle), 3-210 (Jessop), 4-223 (Hebden), 5-233 (Deacon), 6-268 (Courtenay), 7-278 (King), 8-290 (Honey, 94.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 24.4 | 8 | 71 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Naylor | 32 | 8 | 90 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Richards | 12 | 2 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 21 | 5 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Milford | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AEH Rutter | c Honey b Swann | 0 | |||||
| IPH Skeet | lbw b Swann | 12 | |||||
| NCB Creek | b Swann | 1 | |||||
| JS Maples | c Oxford b Swann | 42 | |||||
| DM Richards | b Swann | 0 | |||||
| DS Milford | lbw b Swann | 3 | |||||
| MH Lloyd | lbw b King | 1 | |||||
| *WFW Becher | c Oxford b King | 16 | |||||
| P King | not out | 22 | |||||
| PA Naylor | c Courtenay b Swann | 5 | |||||
| MH Martin | b Swann | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48 overs) | 103 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Rutter), 2-2 (Creek), 3-17 (Skeet), 4-42 (Richards), 5-53 (Milford), 6-56 (Lloyd), 7-74 (Becher), 8-76 (Maples), 9-84 (Naylor), 10-103 (Martin, 48 ov) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swann | 24 | 13 | 50 | 8 | - | - | |
| King | 17 | 6 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jessop | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IPH Skeet | c Oxford b King | 18 | |||||
| AEH Rutter | c Hawke b Swann | 59 | |||||
| NCB Creek | st Honey b Jowett | 20 | |||||
| DS Milford | c Honey b Hawke | 48 | |||||
| DM Richards | c Hawke b King | 46 | |||||
| *WFW Becher | not out | 25 | |||||
| JS Maples | not out | 10 | |||||
| MH Lloyd | did not bat | ||||||
| P King | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Naylor | did not bat | ||||||
| MH Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 90 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Skeet), 2-91 (Creek), 3-127 (Rutter), 4-188 (Milford), 5-208 (Richards) | |||||||
| Dorset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Swann | 27 | 5 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| King | 18 | 7 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hawke | 11 | 4 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hebden | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jowett | 20 | 7 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jessop | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Deacon | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Courtenay | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MH Lloyd made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IPH Skeet made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Maples made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WFW Becher made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IPH Skeet (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> WFW Becher (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> PA Naylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed GLO Jessop in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 0-33)
--> PA Naylor achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings
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