Minor Counties Championship 1908

169 DORSET 1908 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 South Division Won: v Buckinghamshire at Slough and v Berkshire at Poole Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at Dorchester, v Buckinghamshire at Poole, v Wiltshire at Blandford Forum, v Surrey 2nd XI at Guildford and v Wiltshire at Trowbridge Drawn – won on first innings: v Berkshire at Reading Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: P F C Williams (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: Capt W H MacAlpine-Leny (4 matches), E Chester-Master (2 matches) and Rev R S K Blucke (1 match) – it is not known who kept wicket in the match against Buckinghamshire at Slough Debutants: 9 (E Chester-Master, H C B Cummins, T H Fowler, G M Gordon, A M Harrison, W T Knight, R Medhurst, Col R J Pinney and J A H Rogers) Final season: 5 (G Battrick, H E Forrester, W H Manfield, Col R J Pinney and J A H Rogers) Hon Secretary: W H Manfield Professionals: 2 (G Battrick and F C Stacey) Home grounds 3 : The Recreation Ground, Park Road, Blandford Forum (1 match); The Recreation Ground, Dorchester – new ground (1 match); and The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole (2 matches) Notes: Dorset, playing in the South Division instead of the West Division, finished mid table. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey 2nd XI and Wiltshire thus replaced Cornwall, Devon, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire as opponents. The only batsman to exceed 300 runs was Philip Williams with 393 at 28.07. Although F C Stacey obtained 31 wickets the cost per wicket rose from 18.21 in 1907 and 13.48 in 1906 to 27.38. Herbert Cummins, although only playing in four matches, was economical in obtaining 19 wickets at 12.63. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Wilber Arundell and Philip Williams and one hundred wickets by F C Stacey. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 9 players who made their Championship debut for Dorset during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1908 was the last or only season that these 5 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 14 0 55 219 15.64 - 1 2 4 - 18 0 107 6 17.83 4-74 - - Battrick, G 1 2 0 9 14 7.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Rev R S K Blucke 1 2 0 23 24 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W H Budge 6 10 0 55 192 19.20 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - E Chester-Master + 2 4 0 23 25 6.25 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - P Crimmins 3 6 0 39 101 16.83 - - 1 1 - 6.2 0 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - H C B Cummins + 4 7 1 16* 63 10.50 - - 1 1 - 71 13 240 19 12.63 6-27 - 1 H E Forrester 1 2 2 0* 0 - - - - - - 3 0 24 0 - - - - T H Fowler + 1 2 1 76 85 85.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - C P Goodden 4 7 0 165 199 28.42 1 - 1 2 - 2 0 19 0 - - - - G M Gordon + 8 14 0 129 297 21.21 1 1 - 6 - 81.3 8 344 14 24.57 5-17 - 1 Lt H M Greenhill 7 12 2 38 80 8.00 - - 4 3 - 27.3 1 112 1 112.00 1-12 - - A M Harrison + 1 2 0 8 15 7.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W H Harrison 4 7 1 11 33 5.50 - - 3 5 - 51 14 144 4 36.00 1-21 - - H F Hodges 3 5 0 42 69 13.80 - - 1 3 - 18 2 71 4 17.75 4-37 - - W T Knight + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Capt W H MacAlpine-Leny 4 6 0 41 133 22.16 - - - 8 5 - - - - - - - - W H Manfield 1 2 2 11* 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - R Medhurst + 1 2 1 13* 20 20.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R J Pinney + 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - J A H Rogers + 1 2 0 21 28 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F A S Sewell 5 8 0 53 156 19.50 - 1 - 3 - 84.1 19 298 13 22.92 5-29 - 1 Stacey, F C 8 14 4 31 213 21.30 - - 2 2 - 232.1 36 849 31 27.38 6-95 - 3 S W Talbot 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - 22 5 56 4 14.00 4-56 - - N R Udal 3 5 0 39 129 25.80 - - - 3 - 45 8 170 4 42.50 3-63 - - P F C Williams 8 14 0 163 393 28.07 1 2 - 2 - 2.1 1 14 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 160 - - - - - - - - 126 8 - - - - Total 88 154 14 165 2665 19.03 3 7 20 52 5 663.5 107 2604 109 23.89 6-27 0 6 (26 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Dorset in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Battrick, G 1902 22 37 4 65 447 13.54 - 1 4 8 - 1064 563 19 29.63 5-22 - 1 H E Forrester 1902 7 12 3 33 70 7.77 - - 2 - - 486 288 6 48.00 3-64 - - W H Manfield 1897 18 28 10 36* 191 10.61 - - 7 11 - - - - - - - - R J Pinney 1908 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - J A H Rogers 1908 1 2 0 21 28 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (5 players)