The Minor Counties Championship 1902

89 MATCH NUMBER 66 : DEVON V DORSET At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 22, Saturday 23 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 2 (Maj W C Hedley, B H Marriott Smith); Dorset 2 (A J Hibbert, G H White) First day score: Devon 293; Dorset 49-3 wickets (G H White 33*, F A S Sewell 1*) Devon A Hingston b F A S Sewell 17 * T C G Sandford b Bowley 4 Light, W F b Bowley 6 J F Orchard b Hibbert 43 Maj W C Hedley c Crimmins b F A S Sewell 7 J N Martin b F A S Sewell 1 H A Francis b White 70 H F Brunskill c White b Crimmins 77 B H Marriott Smith c Castleman b F A S Sewell 16 + Davies, T b Bowley 26 W Ashford not out 6 Extras b 18, lb 2 20 Total 293 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 24 38 52 57 115 197 234 274 293 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bowley 26.1 4 82 3 - - Hibbert 9 1 33 1 - - F A S Sewell 18 2 57 4 - - Forrester 11 1 47 0 - - Hunt 8 1 19 0 - - Crimmins 6 0 22 1 - - White 3 0 13 1 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - Total 81.1 9 293 10 0 0 Dorset C A S Sewell b Light 0 W H Budge b Light 10 P Crimmins b Light 3 G H White b Ashford 37 F A S Sewell not out 30 H E Forrester c Light b Ashford 5 E W F Castleman b Sandford 22 Bowley, T not out 6 A J Hibbert Hunt, H * + W H Manfield Extras b 3, nb 1 4 Total (6 wickets) 117 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 12 39 58 76 111 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Marriott Smith 13 7 22 0 - - Light 31 16 40 3 - - Ashford 14 3 25 2 - - Hedley 6 2 14 0 - - Francis 6 3 7 0 - 1 Sandford 5 2 5 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - Total 75 33 117 6 0 1 Notes: This return match was drawn with no decision on first innings. Play on the second day was prevented before 2.00 pm and heavy rain from 3.30 pm caused the game to be abandoned. Devon had won the match between these two teams at Sherborne at the beginning of the month. For Devon, Brunskill scored 77 and Francis 70. Francis and Brunskill added 82 runs for the seventh wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Dorset, White top-scored with 37. [Missing: Umpires; in Devon inns boundaries in Brunskill’s 77 and Francis’s 70.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 23,25 August; Western Morning News 23,25 August; Dorset County Chronicle 28 August; Dorset and Somerset Standard 28 August; Pulman’s Weekly News 26 August; The Sportsman 23,25 August.