The Minor Counties Championship 1905

98 MATCH NUMBER 72 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V DORSET At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Friday 18, Saturday 19 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Cambridgeshire won on first innings Points: Cambridgeshire 2 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Dorset none First day score: Cambridgeshire 283-6 wickets (H Coulson 66*, D M Hayward 12*) Cambridgeshire E Briggs b Andrew 78 Rev R S Swann-Mason c Budge b Andrew 15 (1) not out 29 T S W Thomas b Andrew 24 (4) c Sewell b Williams 21 A H Bristowe c Williams b Battrick 12 Coulson, H c Swalwell b Harrison 85 + Watts, G H c Huyshe b Harrison 23 L A Gilbert c Huyshe b Zealley 38 (3) b Daniell 12 Hayward, D M c Budge b Hunt 17 G P M Robins c Swalwell b Harrison 2 (2) b Williams 0 C D F Waters c Daniell b Harrison 3 (5) not out 1 * Rev H Gray not out 10 Extras w 1 17 w 1, nb 2 18 Total 324 (3 wickets) 81 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 51 83 114 187 311 324 Second innings - - - - - - - Harrison 25.3 7 83 4 1 - Zealley 8 1 16 1 - - Hunt 14 1 63 1 - - Daniell 5 1 9 0 - - (2) 9 1 33 1 - 1 Andrew 23 3 66 3 - - Battrick 8 1 16 1 - - Swalwell 7 2 22 0 - - Sewell 3 0 24 0 - - Williams 3 0 8 0 - - (1) 9 2 30 2 1 1 Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 18 0 - - Total 96.3 16 324 10 1 0 18 3 81 3 1 2 Dorset R S Swalwell c Gray b Hayward 3 * P F C Williams b Gray 1 W H Budge b Waters 63 W Andrew b Hayward 13 F A S Sewell b Gray 37 Battrick, G b Gray 7 A Zealley run out 31 Hunt, H c Waters b Swann-Mason 78 A J Daniell b Gray 9 + O F Huyshe not out 30 W Harrison b Gray 20 Extras 30 Total 322 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 40 110 127 134 228 264 268 322 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gray 35.4 7 101 5 - - Hayward 22 4 67 2 - - Coulson 9 3 14 0 - - Swann-Mason 7 3 13 1 - - Thomas 12 0 47 0 - - Waters 12 1 50 1 - - Extras - - 30 1 - - Total 97.4 18 322 10 - - Notes: This return match was drawn with Cambridgeshire gaining a lead on first innings of 2 runs. The match at Poole between the two sides had also been drawn. Rain delayed the start on the first day until 1.45 pm and two further rain interruptions limited the duration of play to 4 hours. For the home team, there were 5 fours in Coulson’s 85, and 9 fours in Brigg’s 78. For the visitors, Hunt’s 78 contained 1 five and 7 fours and Budge’s 63 included 5 fours. In the Dorset innings, the ninth wicket fe ll at 268 , but Huyshe and Harrison added 54 runs for the tenth wicket and fell just 3 runs short of obtaining the first innings lead. Earlier Zealley and Hunt had put on 94 runs for the seventh wicket. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 25 August; Cambridge Express 25 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 25 August; East Anglian Daily Times 19,21 August; Dorset County Chronicle 24 August; Poole Herald 24 August; The Sportsman 19,21 August.