minc979	Dorset v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	Poole Park, Poole on 17th, 18th August 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Dorset won by an innings and 12 runs
Points	Dorset 5; Berkshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 127/3 (Strange 5*, Metcalfe 0*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM Greenhill	b Cave	14
WT Knight	b Cave	0
WH Arundell	c Morres b Willcocks	32
WH Budge	c Strange b Barrett	55
*PFC Williams	c FE Rowe b Willcocks	70
FAS Sewell	b Cave	29
GM Gordon	b Cave	8
+WH MacAlpine-Leny	c EF Rowe b Barker	41
HCB Cummins	c FE Rowe b Barker	15
CF Stacey	b Barker	24
W Harrison	not out	8
Extras	(27 b, 1 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-324 (78.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	23.3	2	84	3	-	-
Cave	23	5	84	4	-	-
Morres	9	2	33	0	-	-
Willcocks	11	1	48	2	-	-
FE Rowe	8	0	40	0	-	-
Barrett	4	2	7	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Rowe	c MacAlpine-Leny b Gordon	39
HFM Morres	c Knight b Stacey	6
EA Watts	b Sewell	68
AP Strange	c and b Stacey	5
FW Metcalfe	c Williams b Sewell	23
W Barker	st MacAlpine-Leny b Sewell	20
H Barrett	b Stacey	11
+EF Rowe	c Knight b Sewell	8
*CEMY Nepean	st MacAlpine-Leny b Sewell	1
W Cave	c MacAlpine-Leny b Cummins	4
HF Willcocks	not out	0
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-203 (76.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stacey	27	9	66	3	-	-
Cummins	12	2	38	1	-	-
Harrison	5	0	23	0	-	-
Gordon	7	1	29	1	-	-
Sewell	25.1	11	29	5	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Rowe	run out	0
HFM Morres	b Sewell	0
EA Watts	c and b Gordon	48
AP Strange	b Gordon	16
FW Metcalfe	c Williams b Gordon	4
W Barker	c Harrison b Gordon	0
H Barrett	c Knight b Gordon	4
+EF Rowe	lbw b Sewell	26
*CEMY Nepean	c Gordon b Sewell	0
W Cave	not out	6
HF Willcocks	b Sewell	0
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 33 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-109 (33 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cummins	9	2	34	0	-	-
Sewell	10	2	28	4	-	-
Stacey	6	2	25	0	-	-
Gordon	8	2	17	5	-	-

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Notes
--> WT Knight made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Barker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PFC Williams (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> WH MacAlpine-Leny (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EF Rowe (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 23
--> FAS Sewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 4-56)
--> FAS Sewell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings
--> GM Gordon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 4-46)
--> GM Gordon achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Dorset won this return match by an innings and 12 runs on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. The match between the two sides at Reading the previous week had been drawn. For the winners, Williams scored 70 and Budge 55. For Berkshire, Watts scored 68.
[Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Dorset innings boundaries in Budge's 55 and Williams's 70, and who bowled no ball; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Watts's 68; in Berkshire second innings, batting order; precise time completed.]
Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 20 August; East Dorset Herald 20 August; Poole Sun 19 August; The Sportsman 18,19 August; Cricket 27 August, p 375.

 

 

 

 

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