minc4845	Dorset v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Recreation Ground, Blandford on 8th, 9th August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 3; Devon 1
Umpires	F Berry, TS Jennings
Scorers	S Hey, R Hutchings
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Fairclough	st Thompson b Tindall	46
DH Cole	not out	235
NCF Bloy	c Joynt b Jowett	1
ANS Burnett	c Thompson b Tindall	33
TJ Wood	c Thompson b Dovey	4
MEC Comer	b Bridge	48
*GW Parker	did not bat
P Atkinson	did not bat
FRT Bulley	did not bat
RD Healey	did not bat
ER Crowe	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 13 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 117.4 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-80, 3-198, 4-220, 5-391 (117.4 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Joynt	26	0	92	0	-	-
Dovey	40	11	104	1	-	-
Tindall	30	2	125	2	-	-
Jowett	19	6	37	1	-	-
Bridge	2.4	0	9	1	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Fairclough b Healey	125
GES Woodhouse	c Parker b Atkinson	91
+GW Thompson	b Cole	55
GWL Courtenay	lbw b Parker	53
CF Deacon	b Parker	14
DJW Bridge	not out	29
ATW Oxford	not out	1
RR Dovey	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
HW Joynt	did not bat
SP Tindall	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 6 nb)	24
Total	(5 wickets, 120.3 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-225, 2-227, 3-344, 4-344, 5-383

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Atkinson	26	4	69	1	-	-
Healey	30.3	7	92	1	-	-
Parker	14	2	36	2	-	-
Bulley	13	3	45	0	-	-
Fairclough	16	2	37	0	-	-
Cole	17	2	67	1	-	-
Bloy	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ATW Oxford made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Cole (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MEC Comer (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MM Walford (1) passed his previous highest score of 80 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MM Walford (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GES Woodhouse (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GWL Courtenay (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5

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