Minor Counties Championship 1907

87 MATCH NUMBER 55 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V DORSET At The Newport Cricket Club Ground; The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1907 Result: Dorset won by an innings and 26 runs Points: Dorset 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 1 (E H Francis); Dorset 1 (Capt A U Udal) First day score: Dorset 301; Monmouthshire 84-4 wickets (E J Diver 8*, E H Francis 0*) Dorset * Lt H M Greenhill c Abraham b W A Williams 9 Rev W H Arundell b Stedman 16 F A S Sewell b F G Phillips 39 H V Browne lbw b W A Williams 29 W H Budge not out 76 C P Goodden b W A Williams 1 + Capt W H M Leny c Abraham b L F Stedman 15 A Zealley c Diver b W A Williams 3 H F Hodges b Silverlock 36 Stacey, F C c Robathan b Silverlock 29 Capt A U Udal st Diver b Silverlock 37 Extras nb 3 11 Total 301 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 29 92 94 96 113 118 189 247 301 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - W A Williams 24 3 86 4 - - Silverlock 19.3 3 48 3 - - Stedman 21 4 83 2 - - F G Phillips 14 4 73 1 - 3 Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 78.3 14 301 10 - 3 Monmouthshire (Followed on) Silverlock, A J b Udal 33 (1) c Stacey b Browne 12 G Abraham b Udal 6 (10) c Greenhill b Stacey 6 G L Robathan b Greenhill 16 (4) c Stacey b Browne 2 E S Phillips c Leny b Udal 19 (3) run out 20 + Diver, E J b Zealley 30 (5) b Udal 31 E H Francis b Zealley 9 (9) c Zealley b Stacey 3 F G Phillips b Zealley 0 (8) c and b Stacey 0 * Dr A L Tatham c Greenhill b Zealley 0 (7) not out 26 T B Williams c Arundell b Zealley 24 (6) b Sewell 0 W A Williams c Leny b Zealley 9 (11) st Leny b Udal 11 L F Stedman not out 3 (2) b Browne 11 Extras 2 2 Total 151 124 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 39 76 114 144 151 Second innings 17 36 82 84 124 Udal 14 4 50 3 - - (1) 7.1 3 18 2 - - Stacey 13 2 40 0 - - (2) 7 0 22 3 - - Browne 1 1 0 0 - - (3) 8 2 24 3 - - Zealley 8.4 0 35 6 - - (4) 14 1 45 0 - - Greenhill 9 3 24 1 - - Sewell (5) 5 2 13 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 45.4 10 151 10 - - 41.1 8 124 10 - - Notes: Dorset won this return match by an innings and 26 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. When the two teams met at Poole in June, Monmouthshire were the victors. In the Dorset innings Budge scored 76 not out, the last three wickets added 183 runs, with Budge and Hodges adding 71 for the eighth wicket, Budge and Stacey 58 for the ninth and Budge and Udal 54 for the tenth. Zealley took 6 wickets for 35 runs in the Monmouthshire first innings. Rain delayed the start on the second day until noon. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Dorset innings boundaries in Budge’s 76 not out; precise time completed.] Sources: South Wales Argus 2,3,5 August; South Wales Daily News 3,5 August; Western Mail 3,5 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 8 August; Sporting Chronicle 5 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August.