The Minor Counties Championship 1902

40 MATCH NUMBER 17 : HERTFORDSHIRE V DORSET At The Broxbourne Cricket Club Ground, Mill Lane Close, Broxbourne on Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9 July 1902 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 101 runs Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Dorset Umpires: W Copeland and J J Tuck Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Dorset 6 (Rev R S K Blucke, E W F Castleman, H Hunt, E R Kindersley, R Leigh, G Miles) First day score: Dorset 123; Hertfordshire 297 Dorset F A S Sewell b White 1 (1) c White b Coleman 35 W H Budge b White 4 (2) c White b Coleman 11 E R Kindersley b White 0 (3) c and b White 4 J A Lush c White b Coleman 1 (4) b White 4 E W F Castleman b Rudd 19 (5) b Coleman 1 + Rev R S K Blucke c Butcher b Rudd 17 (6) b Coleman 0 * W H Manfield c Harford b Golding 15 (7) b Coleman 6 G Miles c Butcher b Golding 12 (8) c Harford b White 2 Hunt, H c Fastnedge b Golding 7 (9) not out 0 R Leigh b White 2 (11) b Coleman 1 Hughes, C not out 15 (10) c Golding b White 0 Extras 30 9 Total 123 73 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 20 62 123 Second innings 55 73 Coleman 10 3 14 1 - - (4) 8.3 1 21 6 - - White 13.5 2 40 4 - - (1) 6 1 23 4 - - Golding 11 2 24 3 - - (2) 3 0 13 0 - - Rudd 7 1 15 2 - - (3) 6 3 7 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 41.5 8 123 10 - - 23.3 5 73 10 - - Hertfordshire White, H E b Sewell 18 Golding, A J c Castleman b Hunt 69 C C T Doll c Blucke b Hunt 8 H J Hill b Sewell 76 A Butcher b Sewell 4 Coleman, W E st Blucke b Sewell 0 H M Harford b Hunt 3 Capt G O Bigge c Manfield b Castleman 67 * + C D Fastnedge b Hughes 31 W H Marsh c and b Leigh 14 Rudd, W J not out 2 Extras b 5 5 Total 297 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 62 171 171 297 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hughes 18 1 84 1 - - Sewell 13 0 56 4 - - Castleman 5 1 28 1 - - Hunt 18 4 84 3 - - Leigh 5.4 0 30 1 - - Lush 1 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 60.4 6 297 10 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won by an innings before lunch on the second day. For the winners, Hill’s 76 included 1 six and 11 fours, Golding’s 69 contained 10 fours, and Bigge’s 67 included 10 fours. In the Hertfordshire innings, Golding and Hill added 109 runs for the third wicket. Press reports indicate the match was played in ‘glorious weather’ and the ‘wicket crumbled on the second day’. [Missing: Part extras breakdown; fall of wickets; precise time completed..] Sources: Herts Advertiser 12 July; Hertfordshire Mercury 12 July; Hertfordshire Standard 11 July; Watford Observer 12 July; Pulman’s Weekly News 15 July; The Sportsman 9,10 July.