Minor Counties Championship 1907

163 DORSET 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Third out of five in West Division Won: v Monmouthshire at Newport and v Cornwall at Camborne Lost: v Monmouthshire at Poole, v Glamorgan at Blandford Forum, v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Cornwall at Poole and v Devon at Blandford Forum Drawn – won on first innings: v Devon at Devonport Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: Lt H M Greenhill (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: Capt W H M Leny (4 matches), Rev R S K Blucke (2 matches) and O F Huyshe (2 matches) Debutants: 7 (C Burt, G H Farquharson, G H Gibson, H F Hodges, F J Hutchings, Capt A U Udal and C J B Webb) Final season: 7 (C Burt, G H Farquharson, G H Gibson, F J Hutchings, O F Huyshe, Cap A U Udal and A Zealley) Hon Secretary: W H Manfield Professionals: 2 (G Battrick and F C Stacey) Home grounds 2 : The Recreation Ground, Park Road, Blandford Forum (2 matches); and The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole (2 matches) Notes: Dorset had a moderate season finishing third in their Division. Glamorgan and Monmouthshire replaced Berkshire and Cambridgeshire as opponents. The only batsman to score over 300 runs was the Rev Wilber Arundell with 405 runs at 27.00. F C Stacey did not bowl so effectively in 1907 obtaining 37 wickets at 18.21 compared with 52 wickets at 13.48 in 1906. He received some support from H V Browne and the new captain Lt H M Greenhill. Frederick Sewell reached the career milestone of one thousand runs during the season. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Dorset during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1907 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Dorset in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Rev W H Arundell 8 15 0 113 405 27.00 2 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Battrick, G 2 4 1 35 66 22.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Rev R S K Blucke 2 4 1 2* 3 1.00 - - 2 2 1 - - - - - - - - H V Browne 8 14 3 73* 251 22.81 - 1 - 10 - 72.4 10 270 17 15.88 3-3 - - W H Budge 7 13 3 76* 252 25.20 - 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - - C Burt + 2 4 0 22 33 8.25 - - 1 1 - 5 1 15 0 - - - - P Crimmins 6 12 0 33 108 9.00 - - 2 6 - 52.4 9 171 9 19.00 3-26 - - G H Farquharson + 2 4 0 23 32 8.00 - - 2 1 - 23 7 71 5 14.20 3-25 - - G H Gibson + 1 2 0 18 20 10.00 - - - - - 17 1 51 0 - - - - C P Goodden 4 7 2 44* 127 25.40 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Lt H M Greenhill 8 15 0 55 252 16.80 - 2 1 7 - 144.4 33 465 19 24.47 4-34 - - H F Hodges + 6 9 0 38 126 14.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - F J Hutchings + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - O F Huyshe 2 4 1 12 20 6.66 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Capt W H M Leny 4 6 0 38 64 10.66 - - 2 7 2 - - - - - - - - F A S Sewell 6 11 0 92 276 25.09 - 1 1 5 - 10 2 48 1 48.00 1-13 - - Stacey, F C 8 13 3 31 152 15.20 - - - 8 - 211.3 37 674 37 18.21 5-41 - 4 S W Talbot 1 2 1 6* 9 9.00 - - - - - 27.1 3 89 4 22.25 3-59 - - Capt A U Udal + 3 5 1 37 56 14.00 - - - 1 - 59.4 12 241 10 24.10 3-50 - - C J B Webb + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 13 3 34 2 17.00 2-34 - - A Zealley 6 9 1 18 44 5.50 - - 2 3 - 70.4 6 280 12 23.33 6-35 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 94 - - - - - - - - 185 5 - - - - Total 88 157 17 113 2396 17.11 2 6 23 66 3 707 124 2594 121 21.43 6-35 0 5 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Dorset in the Championship in 1907. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C Burt 1907 2 4 0 22 33 8.25 - - 1 1 - 30 15 0 - - - - G H Farquharson 1907 2 4 0 23 32 8.00 - - 2 1 - 138 71 5 14.20 3-25 - - G H Gibson 1907 1 2 0 18 20 10.00 - - - - - 102 51 0 - - - - F J Hutchings 1907 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - O F Huyshe 1904 20 34 13 30* 223 10.61 - - 7 16 14 - - - - - - - Capt A U Udal 1907 3 5 1 37 56 14.00 - - - 1 - 358 241 10 24.10 3-50 - - A Zealley 1902 14 23 3 73 242 12.10 - 1 3 5 - 1008 587 32 18.34 6-35 - 2 (7 players)