Minor Counties Championship 1909

99 MATCH NUMBER 68 : BERKSHIRE V DORSET – SOUTH DIVISION At County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 4, Thursday 5 August 1909 Result: Dorset won by an innings and 139 runs Points: Dorset 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Dorset 1 (G E Davis) First day score: Dorset 392; Berkshire 61-4 wickets (A P Strange 10*) Dorset * P F C Williams c Wells b Simpson 15 Rev W H Arundell c - Rowe b Simpson 26 A M Harrison c Nepean b Garnett 21 F A S Sewell b Simpson 76 H C B Cummins b Shoosmith 20 C P Goodden b Simpson 1 G M Gordon st E F Rowe b Garnett 102 H F Hodges run out 32 W H Harrison c - Rowe b Garnett 5 + G E Davis c Shoosmith b Williams 32 Stacey, F C not out 49 Extras 13 Total 392 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 392 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Simpson 29 3 108 4 - - Shoosmith 35 9 101 1 - - Garnett 19 3 73 3 - - Page-Roberts 7 1 23 0 - - Wells 12 1 49 0 - - Metcalfe 1 0 5 0 - - Williams 4 1 20 1 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - Total 107 18 392 10 - - Berkshire (Followed on) E Garnett c Hodges b Sewell 7 ( ) b Stacey 4 F E Rowe c A M Harrison b W H Harrison 16 ( ) c Goodden b Stacey 14 H D Wells c Williams b Sewell 16 ( ) c Hodges b Sewell 5 A P Strange c Goodden b Cummins 46 ( ) st Davis b Sewell 33 F W Metcalfe b Stacey 0 ( ) c W H Harrison b Stacey 7 G E Williams b Cummins 22 ( ) b Stacey 15 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Gordon b Sewell 0 ( ) b Stacey 12 Shoosmith, H W b Gordon 9 ( ) not out 8 + Capt E F Rowe c Hodges b Cummins 7 ( ) b Sewell 0 F W Page-Roberts not out 7 ( ) b Stacey 0 Simpson, - c Hodges b Cummins 0 ( ) b Sewell 1 Extras w 2, nb 1 15 9 Total 145 108 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 145 Second innings 108 W H Harrison 11 3 25 1 2 - Sewell 24 5 54 3 - - (2) 17.4 0 64 4 - - Stacey 7 1 20 1 - - (1) 19 5 33 6 - - Gordon 3 1 9 1 - - Cummins 9.3 2 22 4 - 1 (3) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 54.3 12 145 10 2 1 37.4 5 108 10 - - Notes: Dorset won this return match on the second day after Berkshire followed on 247 runs behind on first innings. The match between the two sides at Dorchester the previous week had also been won by Dorset. For the winners, Gordon scored 102 and Sewell 76. In the Berkshire second innings Stacey took 6 wickets for 33 runs. For the losers, Strange top-scored in both innings with 46 and 33. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Dorset inn ings breakdown and duration of Gordon’s 102, boundaries in Sewell’s 76, and which Rowe held the two catches; in Berkshire second innings batting order; Simpson’s initials; time completed.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 7 August; Sporting Life 5,6 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August Cricket 19 August, p 347.