The Minor Counties Championship 1905

67 MATCH NUMBER 41 : DORSET V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Thursday 3 [no play], Friday 4 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Dorset won on first innings Points: Dorset 2 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset none; Cambridgeshire none First day score: Rain prevented play on first day Dorset Rev W R H Arundell c Robins b Swann-Mason 23 * P F C Williams run out 48 W H Budge b Coulson 27 W Andrew c Allix b Gaskell 39 A L Gibson lbw b Gaskell 6 F A S Sewell c Robins b Gaskell 32 Capt L C Hope c Allix b Gaskell 0 Capt H L Budge c Robins b Coulson 0 + Rev P T P Knott b Gaskell 2 Hunt, H not out 3 A J Friend b Coulson 1 Extras b 15, w 1 16 Total 197 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 197 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coulson 27.2 11 46 3 - - Waters 12 4 51 0 - - Crouch 6 1 23 0 - - Swann-Mason 6 1 13 1 - - Gaskell 14 2 33 5 - - Chaloner 2 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - Total 67.2 19 197 10 1 0 Cambridgeshire * Rev R S Swann-Mason b Williams 3 A H Bristowe run out 18 G P M Robins c H L Budge b Friend 14 + Watts, G H c and b Hunt 2 Coulson, H c Williams b Hunt 12 C D F Waters not out 34 C I L Allix b Hunt 0 W J B Crouch c Knott b Hunt 7 J F Gaskell b Hunt 1 O J Stibbon b Sewell 2 P A Chaloner c Williams b Andrew 0 Extras nb 1 22 Total 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 115 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Williams 7 2 15 1 - - Friend 11 2 27 1 - - Hunt 14 8 17 5 - 1 Andrew 7.2 4 7 1 - - Gibson 7 0 20 0 - - Sewell 5 1 7 1 - - Extras - - 22 1 - - Total 51.2 17 115 10 0 1 Notes: This match was drawn with Dorset gaining two points for leading on first innings. Rain prevented any play on the first day. For the home team, Hunt took 5 wickets for 17 runs, and Williams top-scored in the match with his 48. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; in Dorset innings who bowled the wide; in Cambridgeshire innings extras breakdown.] Sources: Poole Herald 10 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 11 August; Sporting Life 4,5 August; The Sportsman 8 August.