The Minor Counties Championship 1903

62 MATCH NUMBER 39 : DEVON V DORSET At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1903 Result: Devon won by seven wickets Points: Devon 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: W Hearne and C Marshall Debutants: Devon none; Dorset 2 (C P Goodden, P F C Williams) First day score: Dorset 179; Devon 172-9 wickets (W H Aston 26*) Dorset + Rev P T P Knott c Davies b Aston 1 (1) b Ashford 2 P F C Williams c Light b Boles 35 (2) c Sandford b Aston 32 P Crimmins b Ashford 1 (6) st Davies b Copleston 20 F A S Sewell b Boles 50 (3) b Aston 11 * W Andrew c Light b Sandford 22 (5) c Davies b Light 24 A J Daniell b Sandford 14 (7) b Aston 10 Rev C E Kindersley c and b Boles 0 (9) b Aston 0 C P Goodden c Davies b Ashford 10 (10) not out 12 C A S Sewell b Sandford 0 (11) b Aston 0 Battrick, G not out 19 (8) b Light 1 A F Fellowes b Light 24 (4) b Aston 0 Extras b 1, lb 2 3 b 8, lb 1, w 2 11 Total 179 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 23 55 55 98 98 126 128 139 179 Second innings 11 44 48 49 99 99 101 104 123 123 Aston 20 7 44 1 - - (3) 22 10 45 6 - - Ashford 16 7 34 2 - - (2) 10 3 23 1 - - Light 7.4 2 22 1 - - (6) 8 3 9 2 - - Boles 13 1 47 3 - - (1) 6 2 15 0 2 - Francis 3 1 10 0 - - Sandford 8 1 19 3 - - (4) 5 2 10 0 - - Copleston (5) 4 1 10 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 67.4 19 179 10 0 0 55 21 123 10 2 0 Devon H F Brunskill b Andrew 15 (1) c Daniell b Andrew 16 A Hingston c Knott b Daniell 46 (2) b Andrew 18 H A Francis b Andrew 0 (3) not out 28 Light, W F b Battrick 13 (4) run out 0 * T C G Sandford b Andrew 4 (5) not out 44 Rev J H H Copleston b Daniell 21 D C Boles b Battrick 9 Aston, W H not out 41 L G Cruwys c Knott b Goodden 19 W Ashford c Fellowes b Andrew 7 + Davies, T c Fellowes b Battrick 6 Extras b 9, lb 3 12 b 2, lb 3 5 Total 193 (3 wickets) 111 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 38 53 66 103 114 122 153 172 193 Second innings 33 38 46 - - - - - - - Crimmins 4 0 19 0 - - (1) 3 0 9 0 - - Battrick 20.2 4 47 3 - - (2) 9 0 27 0 - - Andrew 17 4 50 4 - - (3) 9 1 24 2 - - F A S Sewell 6 0 18 0 - - (5) 3 0 27 0 - - Daniell 9 0 31 2 - - (6) 5 2 9 0 - - Goodden 2 0 14 1 - - Fellowes 1 0 2 0 - - (4) 5 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 59.2 8 193 10 0 0 34 4 111 3 0 0 Notes: Devon won by 7 wickets soon after lunch on the second day. For Dorset, F A S Sewell’s 50 contained 3 fours. In the Dorset first innings, Battrick and Fellowes put on 40 runs for the last wicket. [An alternative version of this score, found only in the Devon scorebook, has the Devon second innings total as 114 not 111 with Sandford scoring 47 not 44 not out.] [Missing: Toss; precise time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Gazette 4,5 August; Western Daily Mercury 4,5 August; Western Morning News 4,5 August; Dorset County Chronicle 6 August; Poole Herald 13 August; The Sportsman 6 August.