The Minor Counties Championship 1903

85 MATCH NUMBER 62 : HERTFORDSHIRE V DORSET At The Bishop’s Stortford Cricket Club Ground, Cricketfield Lane, Bishop’s Stortford on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1903 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: R Rogers and A Stockwin Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Dorset 3 (R G Brocklehurst, Capt C D Disney-Roebuck, C J Rowley) First day score: Hertfordshire 15-no wicket (A J Golding 13*, J R Turner 2*) Hertfordshire Golding, A J not out 101 J R Turner c Manfield b Greenhill 15 C C T Doll not out 36 Coleman, W E * H J Hill E J Metcalfe P R Paul C T Rudd Rudd, W J + E H Wales White, H E Extras w 1, nb 6 10 Total (1 wicket declared) 162 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 69 - - - - - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Andrew 7 1 50 0 - - Greenhill 15 3 45 1 - 3 Hunt 4 0 25 0 - 1 Daniel 3 0 12 0 - - Battrick 7 1 18 0 - 2 Disney-Roebuck 1 0 2 0 1 - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 37 5 162 1 1 6 Dorset W Andrew not out 29 A J Daniell b Coleman 0 Capt C D Disney-Roebuck b White 11 A K Gibson b White 6 Lt H M Greenhill b Coleman 0 Battrick, G R G Brocklehurst W A H Chessall Hunt, H * + W H Manfield C J Rowley Extras 7 Total (4 wickets) 53 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 22 53 - - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - White 15 7 32 2 - - Coleman 14.3 6 14 2 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 29.3 13 53 4 - - Notes: Because of the weather, play on the first day was limited to 10 minutes and on the second day a start was not made until 3.15 pm. Bad light caused play to be abandoned at 6.15 pm, fifteen minutes early. Golding’s 101 not out for Hertfordshire contained 2 sixes, 14 fours, 3 threes and 4 twos. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Dorset innings fall of third wicket.] Sources: Barnet Times 21 August; Herts Advertiser 22 August; Herts and Essex Observer 22 August; Herts Leader 18 August; Hertfordshire Express 22 August; St Albans Gazette 19 August; Watford Observer 22 August; Poole Herald 20 August; The Sportsman 17 August.