The Minor Counties Championship 1902

124 DORSET 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 6, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, and no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixteenth out of sixteen Won: None Lost: v Wiltshire at Chippenham, v Hertfordshire at Broxbourne, v Wiltshire at Bridport, v Surrey 2 nd XI at Weymouth, v Devon at Sherborne, and v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval Drawn – won on first innings: none Drawn - lost on first innings: v Hertfordshire at Blandford Forum Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Devon at Exeter. Captain: W H Manfield (6 matches) – E R Kindersley (2 matches) captained the side in the two matches in which W H Manfield did not play Wicket-keepers: Rev R S K Blucke (5 matches), Rev P T P Knott (1 match), and W H Manfield (2 matches) Debutants: 28 (W Andrew, G Battrick, Rev R S K Blucke, R S Boden, W H Budge, Rev A B Burney, E W F Castleman, P Crimmins, Rev H R W Farrer, H E Forrester, F P Hardy, A J Hibbert, H Hunt, Rev C Kindersley, E R Kindersley, E B T Lee, R Leigh, J A Lush, G Miles, G S Moore, Maj L Parke, Rev F S Sangster, F A S Sewell, W Smith Marriott, C P Turle, G H White, T Woolley and A Zealley) Final season: 14 (R S Boden, T Bowley, E W F Castleman, Rev H R W Farrer, F P Hardy, A J Hibbert, C Hughes, R Leigh, J A Lush, G Miles, G S Moore, Maj L Parke, Rev F S Sangster and W Smith Marriott) Hon Secretary: W H Manfield Professionals: 6 (G Battrick, T Bowley, F P Hardy, C Hughes, H Hunt and T Woolley) Home grounds 4: The Recreation Ground, Park Road, Blandford Forum (1 match); Bridport Cricket Club Ground, St Mary’s, Bridport – new ground – (1 match); Sherborne School Ground, Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne – new ground (1 match); and Weymouth College Ground, Weymouth – new ground (1 match). Notes: Dorset qualified for the competition for the first time, but failed to win a match and ended up last in the table. Home and away matches were played with Devon, Hertfordshire, Surrey 2 nd XI and Wiltshire. In 1897, Dorset has played two matches with Wiltshire that counted as championship matches for their opponents. Of those who had played for the county in 1897, six reappeared in 1902. There is some uncertainty about which ground was used for the match at Weymouth, but it was most likely played at Weymouth College, which had featured Dorset friendly matches in recent years. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 28 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1902 was the last or only season that these 14 players appeared for Dorset in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W Andrew + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - 18 2 63 1 63.00 1-63 - - Battrick, G + 3 6 0 15 32 5.33 - - 1 1 - 33 3 142 0 - - - - Rev R S K Blucke + 5 9 0 17 38 4.22 - - 5 3 2 - - - - - - - - R S Boden + 1 2 0 13 22 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bowley, T 6 10 5 39* 67 13.40 - - 2 2 - 132.1 16 434 19 22.84 5-51 - 2 W H Budge + 5 9 0 21 74 8.22 - - 1 1 - 3 0 24 0 - - - - Rev A B Burney + 2 2 0 3 5 2.50 - - - - - 24 4 80 7 11.42 4-64 - - E W F Castleman + 4 7 1 22 64 10.66 - - 2 3 - 10 1 45 1 45.00 1-28 - - P Crimmins + 3 3 0 37 46 15.33 - - - 4 - 26 2 92 3 30.66 2-50 - - Rev H R W Farrer + 1 2 0 11 12 6.00 - - - - - 3 0 14 0 - - - - H E Forrester + 4 6 1 33 63 12.60 - - - - - 36 2 145 2 72.50 2-18 - - Hardy, F P + 1 2 0 8 10 5.00 - - - - - 32 6 87 3 29.00 3-87 - - A J Hibbert + 1 - - - - - - - - - - 9 1 33 1 33.00 1-33 - - Hughes, C 2 4 1 15* 15 5.00 - - 3 - - 45 3 182 5 36.40 4-98 - - Hunt, H + 3 3 1 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - 36 9 122 4 30.50 3-84 - - Rev C Kindersley + 3 5 0 28 34 6.80 - - 2 - - 32 7 109 3 36.33 3-82 - - E R Kindersley + 4 7 0 23 65 9.28 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Rev P T P Knott 1 2 0 15 15 7.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E B T Lee + 1 2 0 1 2 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R Leigh + 1 2 0 2 3 1.50 - - - 1 - 5.4 0 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - J A Lush + 5 10 2 69* 146 18.25 - 1 1 2 - 1 0 10 0 - - - - W H Manfield 6 10 1 15 54 6.00 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - - G Miles + 1 2 0 12 14 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G S Moore + 1 2 0 15 25 12.50 - - - 2 - 3 0 16 0 - - - - Maj L Parke + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Rev F S Sangster + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 19 2 65 3 21.66 3-65 - - C A S Sewell 5 8 0 30 89 11.12 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - F A S Sewell + 8 14 1 37 206 15.84 - - - 3 - 75.1 2 369 16 23.06 4-56 - - R E Smart 2 3 0 34 40 13.33 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - W Smith Marriott + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 4 1 11 0 - - - - C P Turle + 2 4 0 23 46 11.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - G H White + 1 1 0 37 37 37.00 - - - 1 - 3 0 13 1 13.00 1-13 - - Woolley, T + 1 2 2 2* 2 - - - - - - 24 7 55 2 27.50 2-55 - - A Zealley + 1 2 0 4 8 4.00 - - - - - 8 4 12 1 12.00 1-12 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 109 - - - - 1 - - - 111 0 - - - - Total 88 148 15 69* 1356 10.19 0 1 31 29 2 582 72 2264 73 31.01 5-51 0 2 (34 players) (6 ball overs)