The Minor Counties Championship 1905

78 MATCH NUMBER 52 : DEVON V DORSET At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Devon won on first innings Points: Devon 2 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 1 (B L Gerrish); Dorset none First day score: Dorset 320; Devon 46-1 wicket (R G Cruwys 30*) Dorset * P F C Williams c and b Gerrish 42 (1) c Cruwys b Boles 3 Rev W R H Arundell b Light 10 (2) c Aston b Boles 6 W H Budge c Light b Gerrish 0 (4) b Francis 14 R S Swalwell c Arundell b Gerrish 17 (3) b Davies 0 F A S Sewell c and b Gerrish 91 (5) c Davies b Boles 0 A L Gibson c Gerrish b Boles 36 (6) lbw b Cruwys 37 Capt L C Hope b Aston 22 (7) b Cruwys 2 Capt H L Budge b Aston 11 (8) lbw b Cruwys 0 Hunt, H b Light 22 (9) not out 11 + O F Huyshe not out 25 (10) b Boles 0 A J Friend b Aston 16 (11) not out 5 Extras b 19, lb 9 28 b 6, w 1 7 Total 320 (9 wickets declared) 85 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 57 57 59 97 156 232 240 250 282 320 Second innings 8 9 16 16 66 68 68 70 71 - Light 36 12 95 2 - - (3) 7 6 2 0 - - Aston 22.2 6 55 3 - - Gerrish 39 10 119 4 - - Boles 7 1 23 1 - - (1) 15 2 41 4 1 - Davies (2) 9 1 25 1 - - Cruwys (4) 6 1 10 3 - - Francis (5) 4 4 0 1 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 104.2 29 320 10 0 0 41 14 85 9 1 0 Devon R G Cruwys b Gibson 30 Lt O E Leggett st Huyshe b Gibson 14 Lt G C Harrison b Gibson 0 H A Francis lbw b Swalwell 124 * H F Brunskill b Sewell 18 B L Gerrish b Williams 53 R T Arundell c Gibson b Hunt 9 D C Boles lbw b Sewell 47 Light, W F c Gibson b W H Budge 29 + Davies, T not out 6 Aston, W H b Swalwell 0 Extras b 15, lb 10, w 1, nb 1 27 Total 357 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 46 53 54 90 187 214 292 346 353 357 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Friend 7 1 23 0 - - Swalwell 18.1 5 46 2 - - Hunt 27 6 83 1 - 1 Gibson 34 1 72 3 - - Sewell 19 3 54 2 - - Williams 11 3 44 1 - - W H Budge 1 0 8 1 1 - Extras - - 27 0 - - Total 117.1 19 357 10 1 1 Notes: This return match was drawn, with Devon winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Poole in July had been won by Devon. Rain delayed the start of the match until 12.30 pm on the first day. For the home team, there were 13 fours, 10 thre es and 7 twos in Francis’s 124. Gerrish scored 53 with 4 fours. In the Devon innings, Francis and Boles put on 78 runs for the seventh wicket and Boles and Light 54 for the eighth. For the visitors, Sewell made the top score with 91 which contained 8 fours. [Missing: Umpires; in Dorset second innings who kept wicket when Davies bowled; in Devon innings duration of Francis’s 124.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 10,11 August; Western Daily Mercury 10,11 August; Western Morning News 10,11 August; Dorset County Chronicle 17 August; Poole Herald 17 August; Sporting Life 10,11 August; The Sportsman 10,11 August.