The Minor Counties Championship 1903

87 MATCH NUMBER 64 : DORSET V DEVON At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Monday 17, Tuesday 18 August 1903 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 2 (E R Morres, H F M Morres); Devon 2 (R G Cruwys, G L A Heslop) First day score: Devon 237-6 wickets (J F Orchard 12*) Devon * H F Brunskill b Greenhill 0 R G Cruwys c Crimmins b E R Morres 16 H A Francis c Knott b Battrick 19 Rev E B Brutton c Daniell b Crimmins 96 Light, W F b Disney-Roebuck 64 J F Orchard c E R Morres b Andrew 29 Rev G L A Heslop c Andrew b Disney-Roebuck 3 L G Cruwys b Crimmins 21 G C Vicary not out 10 W Ashford b Andrew 2 + Davies, T not out 12 Extras b 26, lb 5, w 2, nb 2 35 Total (9 wickets declared) 307 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 19 66 200 234 237 271 283 285 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Greenhill 18 5 41 1 1 2 E R Morres 13 1 34 1 - - Battrick 15 7 33 1 - 1 Crimmins 21 3 63 2 - - Andrew 10 1 29 2 - - Hunt 6 0 25 0 - - Disney-Roebuck 19 6 34 2 1 - Daniell 5 1 8 0 - - H F M Morres 5 1 5 0 - - Extras - - 35 0 - - Total 112 25 307 9 2 3x 2 Dorset E R Morres c Light b Brutton 11 H F M Morres c R G Cruwys b Light 9 P Crimmins run out 4 * W Andrew st Davies b Ashford 24 P F C Williams b Vicary 11 C D Disney-Roebuck c Davies b Brutton 30 Lt H M Greenhill c and b Brutton 31 + Rev P T P Knott c Davies b Light 2 Hunt, H not out 18 A J Daniell c Davies b Vicary 3 Battrick, G not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 2, w 4, nb 1 14 Total (9 wickets) 157 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 27 35 52 69 126 135 145 157 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Light 27 9 45 2 2 - Brutton 23 11 51 3 - - Vicary 12 4 17 2 2 1 Ashford 12 3 25 1 - - R G Cruwys 4 1 5 0 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - Total 78 28 157 9 4 1 Notes: This rain-interrupted return match was drawn with no decision on first innings. Devon had won the game played at Exeter the previous fortnight. Overnight rain delayed the start on the first day until 2.00 pm and on the second until noon. There were two rain interruptions on the second day. For Devon, there were 2 fours in Brutton’s 96 and 2 fours in Light’s 64. In the Devon innings, Brutton and Light put on 134 runs for the fourth wicket. It was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. [Missing: Umpires; in Devon innings who bowled 2 no balls as Devon scorebook has Greenhill bowling 2 and Battrick 1 adding incorrectly to 3 not 2.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Bournemouth Daily Echo 17,18 August; Dorset County Chronicle 20 August; Poole Herald 20 August; Devon and Exeter Gazette 18,19 August; Western Daily Mercury 18,19 August; Western Morning News 18,19 August.