The Minor Counties Championship 1905

54 MATCH NUMBER 28 : DORSET V DEVON At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 July 1905 Result: Devon won by 94 runs Points: Devon 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset 1 (Capt H L Budge); Devon 1 (A S Matthews) First day score: Devon 271; Dorset 133-7 wickets (P Crimmins 53*, H E Forrester 0*) Devon R G Cruwys c Morres b Hunt 122 (1) c Crimmins b Morres 25 E A Fulcher c Morres b Andrew 34 (2) b Morres 29 Lt G C Harrison b Andrew 20 (3) c Crimmins b Hunt 24 Light, W F b Crimmins 6 (4) c Morres b Hunt 3 * H F Brunskill c Huyshe b Forrester 7 (5) b Andrew 13 R T Arundell c Morres b Forrester 7 (6) lbw b Andrew 16 A S Matthews lbw b Forrester 0 (7) lbw b Andrew 8 Aston, W H c H L Budge b Zealley 4 (8) b Andrew 0 H V I Watts c H L Budge b Hunt 52 (9) c Huyshe b Hunt 1 R J Bamberger b Hunt 0 (10) b Hunt 10 + Davies, T not out 7 (11) not out 11 Extras b 8, lb 4 12 b 5, w 1 6 Total 271 146 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 63 95 105 132 155 160 168 244 244 271 Second innings 50 69 72 96 108 108 119 120 128 146 Forrester 20 2 64 3 - - (1) 5 0 22 0 - - Crimmins 9 1 31 1 - - (2) 5 1 17 0 - - Morres 12 3 55 0 - - (3) 10 0 22 2 - - Andrew 12 4 39 2 - - (6) 10 2 26 4 - - Zealley 11 1 44 1 - - (4) 5 0 15 0 - - Hunt 5.5 1 26 3 - - (5) 14.5 2 38 4 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 69.5 12 271 10 0 0 49.5 5 146 10 1 0 Dorset W Andrew c Davies b Light 17 (3) b Bamberger 0 W H Budge b Aston 49 (1) c Light b Aston 45 P Crimmins not out 60 (2) c Watts b Bamberger 24 Rev W R H Arundell c Davies b Aston 4 (6) b Light 2 H F M Morres b Aston 0 (4) c Davies b Aston 29 Capt H L Budge b Light 0 (7) b Brunskill 27 A Zealley b Light 5 (8) not out 25 + O F Huyshe b Light 0 (9) b Light 2 H E Forrester run out 3 (10) b Light 0 * P F C Williams c and b Light 3 (5) st Davies b Light 17 Hunt, H b Aston 0 (11) b Light 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 lb 6 6 Total 146 177 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 111 118 118 119 133 133 141 142 146 Second innings 69 71 76 109 111 131 166 176 176 177 Aston 25 4 55 4 - - (1) 28 5 81 2 - - Light 24.4 5 46 5 - - (2) 35.4 18 58 5 - - Bamberger 5 1 18 0 - - (3) 11 2 23 2 - - Matthews 3 0 14 0 - - Brunskill 3 0 8 0 - - (4) 3 0 9 1 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 60.4 10 146 10 0 0 77.4 25 177 10 0 0 Notes: Devon won by 94 runs at 6.00 pm on the second day. Dorset in their second innings needed 272 runs to win in 3½ hours. For the winners, Cruwys’s 122 included 1 five, 13 fours, 10 threes and 10 twos. Watts scored 52 with 1 six and 7 fours. Light took 10 wickets in the match for 104 runs, including 3 wickets in 4 balls to end the match. In the Devon first innings, Cruwys and Watts added 76 runs for the eighth wicket. For the losers, Crimmins scored 60 not out with 2 fives and 1 four. [Missing: Umpires; in Devon first innings duration of Cruwys’s 122; in Devon second innings who bowled the wide.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Poole Herald 27 July; Western Daily Mercury 20,21 July; Western Morning News 20,21 July; Sporting Life 21 July; The Sportsman 20,21 July .