minc4301	Dorset v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1951
Venue	Sherborne School, Sherborne on 13th, 14th August 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Dorset won by 10 wickets
Points	Dorset 10; Devon 0
Umpires	WD Cory, HJ Tozer
Scorers	CD Whitley (Dorset), LP Wilson (Devon)
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*NH Humphries	c Honey b King	4
PG Wreford	lbw b King	6
HD Fairclough	b King	58
NCF Bloy	lbw b King	7
DH Cole	b King	66
GH Coppen	lbw b Lush	1
LE Lowson	c Honey b King	7
J Walker	b King	0
WM Elderton	lbw b King	0
ED Forward	b King	5
P Atkinson	not out	4
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-19, 3-41, 4-106, 5-109, 6-121, 7-124, 8-128, 9-134, 10-159 (74.4 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	29.4	12	45	9	-	-
Burge	8	1	27	0	-	-
Jessop	11	1	28	0	-	-
Lush	22	6	50	1	-	-
Bridge	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HHC Hill	lbw b Atkinson	23
+EC Honey	run out	60
CEN Arkell	lbw b Fairclough	1
GLO Jessop	run out	5
CF Deacon	c Humphries b Fairclough	134
ATW Oxford	c Fairclough b Cole	14
GC Tovey	b Atkinson	41
DJW Bridge	b Fairclough	1
JSW Lush	not out	8
F King	not out	8
DE Burge	did not bat
Extras	(25 b, 6 lb, 4 w)	35
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-57, 4-172, 5-218, 6-310, 7-312, 8-314

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cole	24	4	65	1	-	-
Atkinson	29	4	76	2	-	-
Fairclough	33	7	92	3	-	-
Forward	11	1	41	0	-	-
Bloy	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Fairclough	b Burge	12
PG Wreford	b Burge	8
NCF Bloy	lbw b King	2
DH Cole	b King	3
GH Coppen	lbw b Bridge	52
LE Lowson	b King	0
J Walker	c King b Jessop	24
WM Elderton	b Lush	7
*NH Humphries	b Bridge	16
ED Forward	st Honey b King	26
P Atkinson	not out	11
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-23, 4-26, 5-26, 6-64, 7-74, 8-116, 9-135, 10-176 (84.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	27.3	10	47	4	-	-
Burge	17	6	23	2	-	-
Lush	15	5	34	1	-	-
Jessop	12	3	23	1	-	-
Bridge	13	5	34	2	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EC Honey	not out	6
HHC Hill	not out	3
CEN Arkell	did not bat
GLO Jessop	did not bat
CF Deacon	did not bat
ATW Oxford	did not bat
GC Tovey	did not bat
DJW Bridge	did not bat
JSW Lush	did not bat
F King	did not bat
DE Burge	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	9

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wreford	1	0	5	0	-	-
Bloy	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CF Deacon (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CF Deacon (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NH Humphries (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> ED Forward (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NCF Bloy made his debut for Devon in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WM Elderton made his debut for Devon in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CF Deacon made his debut for Dorset in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F King achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 6-60)
--> HD Fairclough reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Dorset first innings

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