The Minor Counties Championship 1902

79 MATCH NUMBER 56 : DORSET V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Recreation Ground, Park Road, Blandford Forum on Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 2 (Rev A B Burney, W Smith Marriott); Hertfordshire none First day score: Hertfordshire 141 Hertfordshire White, H E lbw b Bowley 3 Golding, A J b Bowley 28 C T Rudd b Bowley 2 H J Hill lbw b Bowley 0 A Butcher b Burney 43 G G Dumbleton c and b Bowley 40 Capt G O Bigge c F A S Sewell b Burney 10 E H E Morgan b Burney 2 * + C D Fastnedge c Bowley b Hunt 5 Rudd, W J not out 0 Coleman, W E absent ill - Extras w 1 8 Total 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 141 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bowley 21 4 51 5 - - Hunt 10 4 19 1 - - Smith Marriott 4 1 11 0 1 - F A S Sewell 4 0 26 0 - - C Kindersley 10 5 10 0 - - Burney 8 2 16 3 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 57 16 141 9 1 - Dorset * E R Kindersley b Coleman 5 C A S Sewell c Hill b White 30 Rev C Kindersley b Coleman 0 F A S Sewell c Fastnedge b White 10 Rev A B Burney b Coleman 3 H E Forrester b White 2 R E Smart lbw b White 34 Hunt, H b Coleman 0 W Smith Marriott lbw b White 0 + Rev R S K Blucke b Coleman 10 Bowley, T not out 39 Extras 7 Total 140 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 79 140 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coleman 25 8 44 5 - - White 27 5 83 5 - - Golding 2 0 3 0 - - Rudd, W J 1 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 55 13 140 10 - - Notes: This drawn return match was heavily influenced by the weather, with frequent interruptions of play by rain on both days. Only the Hertfordshire innings could be completed on the first day, and heavy rain after the completion of the Dorset innings on the second day caused the game to be abandoned. The game between the two sides at Broxbourne in July had been won by Hertfordshire. A tenth wicket partnership of 61 runs between Smart and Bowley took the Dorset total to just two runs short of a first innings lead. It was the closest Dorset came all season to gaining a championship point. Coleman was ill and did not bat on the first day, but bowled successfully on the second. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets.] Sources: Dorchester Telegram 26 August; Dorset County Chronicle 21 August; Herts Advertiser 23 August; Watford Observer 23 August; The Sportsman 16 August.