Minor Counties Championship 1909

176 DORSET 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 4, 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 Berkshire at Dorchester, v Berkshire at Reading and v Buckinghamshire at Marlow Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at Poole, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Surrey 2nd XI at Guildford and v Wiltshire at Wimborne Drawn – won on first innings: v Buckinghamshire at Poole Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: P F C Williams (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: W H Budge (2 matches), G E Davies (2 matches), C Barnes (1 match), R S K Blucke (1 match) and T H Fowler (1 match) – it is not known who kept wicket in the match against Buckinghamshire at Marlow Debutants: 6 (C Barnes, B N Bosworth-Smith, A B Canby, A C L Clarke, G E Davis and R M Manser) Final season: 7 (C Barnes, B N Bosworth-Smith, A C L Clarke, P Crimmins, H F Hodges, R Medhurst and S W Talbot) Hon Secretaries: W H Manfield and W H Budge Professionals: 1 (F C Stacey) Home grounds 3 : The Recreation Ground, Dorchester (1 match); The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole (2 matches) and The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Ground. St Giles Park, Wimborne – new ground (1 match) Notes: Dorset were again third in the South Division having won three matches. They met the same opponents as in 1908. Eight batsmen finished the season with an average of 20 or more yet none exceeded 300 runs. F A S Sewell gave a good all-round performance with 268 runs at 29.77 and 40 wickets at 14.25. No other bowler took 20 wickets. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Dorset during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1909 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 7 12 1 48 147 13.36 - - 3 3 - 2 0 15 1 15.00 1-15 - - C Barnes + 1 2 1 5 6 6.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - Rev R S K Blucke 1 1 1 4* 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B N Bosworth-Smith + 1 2 0 16 23 11.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H V Browne 6 9 2 20 97 13.85 - - 1 3 - 6 0 32 2 16.00 2-32 - - W H Budge 2 4 0 15 31 7.75 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - A B Canby + 4 6 0 18 57 9.50 - - - 3 - 33.3 9 78 3 26.00 3-13 - - A C L Clarke + 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - P Crimmins 1 1 0 26 26 26.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H C B Cummins 5 7 0 84 148 21.14 - 1 - - - 58.3 13 147 16 9.18 4-22 - - G E Davis + 2 3 0 32 39 13.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - T H Fowler 1 1 0 74 74 74.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - C P Goodden 5 8 1 45 86 12.28 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - G M Gordon 8 12 0 102 273 22.75 1 2 2 4 - 34 7 141 2 70.50 1-9 - - A M Harrison 6 9 0 29 114 12.66 - - - 5 - 25 6 105 3 35.00 2-45 - - W H Harrison 4 6 3 28 51 17.00 - - 1 2 - 55.1 9 159 13 12.23 5-41 - 1 H F Hodges 4 6 1 52 127 25.40 - 1 - 5 - - - - - - - - - R M Manser + 3 4 0 46 108 27.00 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - R Medhurst 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - 3 0 20 0 - - - - F A S Sewell 6 9 0 83 268 29.77 - 2 - 2 - 192.5 24 570 40 14.25 7-71 2 4 Stacey, F C 6 9 2 49* 79 11.28 - - 2 1 - 105 31 250 18 13.88 6-33 - 2 S W Talbot 1 1 1 3* 3 - - - - - - 4 3 4 1 4.00 1-4 - - N R Udal 2 3 0 47 83 27.66 - - - 1 - 37 6 126 4 31.50 4-78 - - C J B Webb 2 3 0 14 24 8.00 - - 1 - - 27.1 5 72 5 14.40 4-54 - - P F C Williams 8 13 1 61 229 19.08 - 1 1 1 - 7 0 37 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 119 - - - - - - - - 174 6 - - - - Total 88 134 14 102 2232 18.60 1 8 15 40 3 590.1 113 1930 114 16.93 7-71 2 7 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Dorset in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I C Barnes 1909 1 2 1 5 6 6.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - B N Bosworth-Smith 1909 1 2 0 16 23 11.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - A C L Clarke 1909 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - P Crimmins 1902 37 65 4 105 1429 23.42 1 7 6 27 - 1937 1051 44 23.88 5-41 - 2 H F Hodges 1907 13 20 1 52 322 16.94 - 1 2 10 - 108 71 4 17.75 4-37 - - R Medhurst 1908 2 4 1 13* 27 9.00 - - 1 - - 18 20 0 - - - - S W Talbot 1904 8 13 5 7 35 4.37 - - 2 5 - 787 397 18 22.05 4-56 - - (7 players)