minc597	Devon v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 15th, 16th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 1; Dorset 0
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 40/4 (CAS Sewell 29*, FAS Sewell 0*)

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EB Brutton	b Crimmins	27
DC Boles	lbw b Daniell	11
WF Light	c CAS Sewell b Daniell	6
*HF Brunskill	b Browne	57
JF Orchard	run out	32
TC Spring	c Talbot b Swalwell	57
RG Cruwys	b Swalwell	8
JHH Copleston	c FAS Sewell b Swalwell	85
HVI Watts	b Crimmins	17
AE Dymott	not out	3
+T Davies	run out	4
Extras	(24 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	32
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-31, 3-68, 4-145, 5-165, 6-184, 7-305, 8-332, 9-335, 10-339 (100 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Talbot	15	6	32	0	-	-
Daniell	20	7	51	2	-	-
Swalwell	14	1	63	3	1	-
Crimmins	16	2	47	2	-	1
Hunt	14	4	34	0	-	-
FAS Sewell	8	0	30	0	-	-
Battrick	3	0	12	0	-	-
Browne	10	3	38	1	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Swalwell	c Cruwys b Brutton	0
WH Budge	b Brutton	0
P Crimmins	c Brutton b Light	9
CAS Sewell	b Light	29
HJD Hunt	b Light	0
FAS Sewell	b Light	5
G Battrick	c Copleston b Brutton	17
HV Browne	c Brunskill b Light	2
+OF Huyshe	not out	9
SW Talbot	b Light	7
*AJ Daniell	c Davies b Light	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-21, 4-25, 5-40, 6-59, 7-63, 8-63, 9-75, 10-81 (42.2 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Light	21.2	10	32	7	-	-
Brutton	21	6	46	3	-	-

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Dorset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Daniell	run out	0
RS Swalwell	b Cruwys	91
P Crimmins	c Boles b Light	7
WH Budge	c Boles b Light	115
CAS Sewell	c Brunskill b Brutton	25
FAS Sewell	run out	14
HV Browne	not out	26
G Battrick	c Light b Spring	22
+OF Huyshe	not out	4
HJD Hunt	did not bat
SW Talbot	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, 104 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-45, 3-158, 4-239, 5-269, 6-279, 7-319

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Light	34	12	79	2	-	-
Brutton	18	4	66	1	-	-
Boles	11	4	45	0	-	-
Dymott	11	3	34	0	-	-
Spring	15	5	37	1	-	-
Cruwys	11	2	28	1	-	-
Orchard	2	0	7	0	-	-
Watts	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Dymott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Brutton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Dymott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TC Spring (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JHH Copleston (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Budge (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Budge (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Swalwell made his debut for Dorset in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Swalwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 2-14)
--> WF Light reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Dorset first 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.
This match was drawn after Dorset followed on 258 runs behind on first innings.
The game between the two sides at Poole earlier in the month had also been won by Devon.
For the winners, Copleston scored 85 with 12 fours, Brunskill 57 with 3 fours, and Spring also 57 with 1 five and 5 fours.
In the Devon innings Spring and Copleston added 121 runs for the seventh wicket.
Light took 9 wickets in the match for 111 runs, including 7 for 32 in the Dorset first innings.
For Dorset, Budge scored 115 with 1 five, 10 fours, 9 threes and 13 twos.
Swalwell made 91 with 10 fours on his debut.
He had previously played 14 championship matches for Yorkshire 2nd XI in 1901 and 1902.
Budge and Swalwell had a partnership of 113 runs for the third wicket in the Dorset second innings.
[Note;Tthe Devon Scorebook gives the Devon batting innings total as 340, but the bowling adds up to 339.
All other sources listed and Wisden give the total as 339 which has been adopted.]
[Missing: Umpires; in Dorset second innings duration of Budge's 115 and who bowled no ball.]
Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Gazette 16 August; Western Daily Mercury 16,17 August; Dorset County Chronicle 18 August; The Sportsman 17 August.

 

 

 

 

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