minc673	Devon v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 9th, 10th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 2; Dorset 0
Close of play day 1	Devon (1) 46/1 (Cruwys 30*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PFC Williams	c and b Gerrish	42
WH Arundell	b Light	10
WH Budge	c Light b Gerrish	0
RS Swalwell	c Arundell b Gerrish	17
FAS Sewell	c and b Gerrish	91
AL Gibson	c Gerrish b Boles	36
LC Hope	b Aston	22
HL Budge	b Aston	11
HJD Hunt	b Light	22
+OF Huyshe	not out	25
AJ Friend	b Aston	16
Extras	(19 b, 9 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-57, 3-59, 4-97, 5-156, 6-232, 7-240, 8-250, 9-282, 10-320 (104.2 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Light	36	12	95	2	-	-
Aston	22.2	6	55	3	-	-
Gerrish	39	10	119	4	-	-
Boles	7	1	23	1	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Cruwys	b Gibson	30
OE Leggett	st Huyshe b Gibson	14
GC Harrison	b Gibson	0
HA Francis	lbw b Swalwell	124
*HF Brunskill	b Sewell	18
BL Gerrish	b Williams	53
RT Arundell	c Gibson b Hunt	9
DC Boles	lbw b Sewell	47
WF Light	c Gibson b WH Budge	29
+T Davies	not out	6
WH Aston	b Swalwell	0
Extras	(15 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 117.1 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-53, 3-54, 4-90, 5-187, 6-214, 7-292, 8-346, 9-353, 10-357 (117.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Friend	7	1	23	0	-	-
Swalwell	18.1	5	46	2	-	-
Hunt	27	6	83	1	-	1
Gibson	34	1	72	3	-	-
Sewell	19	3	54	2	-	-
Williams	11	3	44	1	-	-
WH Budge	1	0	8	1	1	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PFC Williams	c Cruwys b Boles	3
WH Arundell	c Aston b Boles	6
RS Swalwell	b Davies	0
WH Budge	b Francis	14
FAS Sewell	c Davies b Boles	0
AL Gibson	lbw b Cruwys	37
LC Hope	b Cruwys	2
HL Budge	lbw b Cruwys	0
HJD Hunt	not out	11
+OF Huyshe	b Boles	0
AJ Friend	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 1 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 41 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-16, 4-16, 5-66, 6-68, 7-68, 8-70, 9-71

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boles	15	2	41	4	1	-
Davies	9	1	25	1	-	-
Light	7	6	2	0	-	-
Cruwys	6	1	10	3	-	-
Francis	4	4	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HA Francis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Gerrish made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FAS Sewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LC Hope (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OF Huyshe (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Francis (1) passed his previous highest score of 117 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Francis (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 27
--> BL Gerrish (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DC Boles (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Gerrish made his debut for Devon in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Gerrish achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> AL Gibson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 0-4)
--> DC Boles achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings (previous best was 4-81)
--> RG Cruwys achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings (previous best was 1-28)

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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 return match was drawn, with Devon winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Poole in July had been won by Devon. Rain delayed the start of the match until 12.30 pm on the first day. For the home team, there were 13 fours, 10 threes and 7 twos in Francis's 124. Gerrish scored 53 with 4 fours. In the Devon innings, Francis and Boles put on 78 runs for the seventh wicket and Boles and Light 54 for the eighth. For the visitors, Sewell made the top score with 91 which contained 8 fours.
[Missing: Umpires; in Dorset second innings who kept wicket when Davies bowled; in Devon innings duration of
Francis's 124.]
Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 10,11 August; Western Daily Mercury 10,11 August; Western Morning News 10,11 August; Dorset County Chronicle 17 August; Poole Herald 17 August; Sporting Life 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.

 

 

 

 

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