Minor Counties Championship 1909

89 MATCH NUMBER 58 : DORSET V BERKSHIRE – SOUTH DIVISION At The Recreation Ground, Dorchester on Friday 30, Saturday 31 July 1909 Result: Dorset won by an innings and 54 runs Points: Dorset 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset none; Berkshire 1 (- Leonard) First day score: Dorset 202; Berkshire 87 and 4-0 wicket (Sir C E M Y Nepean 2*, H V Whichelow 1*) Dorset * P F C Williams c and b Simpson 0 P Crimmins b Simpson 26 A M Harrison b Simpson 2 + T H Fowler c Simpson b Hubbard 74 G M Gordon b Simpson 4 R M Manser lbw b Shoosmith 46 H V Browne b Simpson 20 A B Canby c Metcalfe b Simpson 11 Stacey, F C b Simpson 0 H C B Cummins c Rowe b Willcocks 1 S W Talbot not out 3 Extras w 2, nb 3 15 Total 202 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 202 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Shoosmith 22 5 35 1 - - Simpson 29 5 73 7 - - Hubbard 7 0 22 1 1 3 Willcocks 11 1 22 1 1 - Whichelow 4 1 8 0 - - Leonard 3 0 15 0 - - Tate 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - Total 79 12 202 10 2 3 Berkshire (Followed on) * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Browne b Stacey 4 ( ) b Stacey 3 Whichelow, H V b Stacey 6 ( ) b Stacey 4 F W Metcalfe b Cummins 26 ( ) not out 35 Shoosmith, H W c Fowler b Cummins 6 ( ) b Stacey 2 W O Hubbard b Stacey 2 ( ) run out 4 + Capt E F Rowe lbw b Cummins 2 ( ) lbw b Stacey 5 G V Tate b Canby 13 ( ) b Cummins 0 Leonard, - lbw b Canby 7 ( ) b Cummins 1 Barrett, H b Talbot 5 ( ) b Stacey 0 Simpson, - c Manser b Canby 2 ( ) b Cummins 0 H F Willcocks not out 0 ( ) run out 1 Extras 14 6 Total 87 61 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 87 Second innings 61 Stacey 13 4 24 3 - - ( ) 12 8 20 5 - - Cummins 15 6 32 3 - - ( ) 8.4 1 18 3 - - Canby 6.3 1 13 3 - - ( ) 3 2 2 0 - - Talbot 4 3 4 1 - - Gordon ( ) 15 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 6 2 - - Total 38.3 14 87 10 - - [23.4] [11] 61 10 - - Notes: Dorset won by an innings and 54 runs on the second day after Berkshire followed on 115 runs behind on first innings. For the winners, Fowler top-scored with 74. For the losers, Metcalfe top-scored with 35 not out. [The Dorset bowling analysis for the Berkshire second innings has been derived from the averages in Wisden, and the Dorset County Chronicle which do not include the overs and maidens bowled by Gordon.] [Missing: Ground location; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Berkshire second innings batting order, overs and maidens bowled by Gordon, and bowling order; Leonard’s and Simpson’s initials; precise time completed.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 5 August; East Dorset Herald 5 August; Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 7 August; Sporting Life 2 August; The Sportsman 2 August; Cricket 12 August, p 333.