Minor Counties Championship 1907

97 MATCH NUMBER 65 : DEVON V DORSET At The United Services Ground, Mount Wise, Devonport on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1907 Result: Match drawn – Dorset won on first innings Points: Dorset 3 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Dorset none First day score: Dorset 409; Devon 33-2 wickets (Lt G C Harrison 16*) Dorset * Lt H M Greenhill c Harrison b Aston 4 (1) c Harrison b Aston 6 Rev W H Arundell lbw b Light 113 (2) b Brunskill 24 P Crimmins b Cruwys 33 (3) lbw b Aston 7 W H Budge c Watts b Hawksworth 20 (4) not out 47 F A S Sewell c Watts b Cruwys 92 (5) c Blackburne b Shelley 41 H V Browne c Light b Aston 32 C P Goodden c Aston b Light 33 (6) not out 44 + Capt W H M Leny c Harrison b Light 8 H F Hodges c and b Cruwys 38 A Zealley not out 14 Stacey, F C c Cruwys b Hawksworth 9 Extras b 3, lb 6, w 3, nb 1 13 b 5, lb 1, w 2, nb 1 9 Total 409 (4 wickets declared) 178 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 70 100 248 279 330 344 347 399 409 Second innings 6 25 44 115 - - - - - - Aston 43 5 121 2 - 1 (1) 13 6 28 2 - - Hawksworth 31 11 64 2 - - (2) 11 6 10 0 - - Light 26 5 78 3 - - Hooman 12 3 45 0 1 - (6) 6 0 40 0 - - Shelley 3 0 11 0 2 - (7) 5 0 43 1 1 - Cruwys 26 6 59 3 - - (3) 6 1 16 0 - - Blackburne 2 0 18 0 - - Brunskill (4) 3 0 13 1 - - Harrison (5) 3 0 19 0 1 1 Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 143 30 409 10 3 1 47 13 178 4 2 1 Devon C V L Hooman c Greenhill b Stacey 14 Lt G C Harrison c Budge b Greenhill 22 Maj J G Blackburne b Stacey 3 R G Cruwys run out 32 * H F Brunskill c Leny b Greenhill 7 H V I Watts c Budge b Stacey 1 J F Shelley c Stacey b Zealley 34 Light, W F b Stacey 71 + Davies, T b Stacey 11 Hawksworth, G M c Goodden b Greenhill 9 Aston, H R not out 1 Extras b 8, lb 4 12 Total 217 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 33 39 51 52 112 129 170 215 217 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Stacey 16 3 58 5 - - Greenhill 12.5 2 69 3 - - Zealley 5 1 30 1 - - Browne 5 0 31 0 - - Crimmins 4 1 17 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - Total 42.5 7 217 10 - - Notes: Match drawn with Dorset winning on first innings. There was surprise that the Dorset Captain did not enforce the follow-on. The match was played in overcast conditions, and there were two rain interruptions on the second day during the Dorset second innings. Rain settled in after the Dorset declaration at 4.55pm and Devon did not commence their second innings. The match was abandoned at 5.30 pm. For the visitors, there were 13 f ours, 4 threes and 11 twos in Arundell’s 113. Sewell’s 92 contained 9 fours. In the first innings these two added 148 for the fourth wicket whilst Hodges and Zealley added 52 runs for the ninth wicket. Light’s 71 for Devon included 1 six and 11 fours. [Missing: Umpires; In Dorest first innings duration of Arundell’s 113.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 8,9 August; Western Evening Herald 7,8 August; Western Morning News 8,9 August; Dorset County Chronicle 15 August; Cricketer and Hockey Player 17 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August.