MInor Counties Championship 1912

DORSET 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 3, drawn 5 (won on first innings 4, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Thirteenth out of twenty Won: None Lost: v Kent 2nd XI at Poole, v Berkshire at Reading and v Devon at Exeter Drawn - won on first innings: v Berkshire at Dorchester, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, v Wiltshire at Wimborne and v Devon at Sherborne Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Kent 2nd XI at Beckenham Captain: C P Goodden (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: C H L Kindersley (8 matches) Debutants: 7 (R D Busk, G H Fletcher, E H House, J A Parke, H S Read, E C Walby and G R Westmacott) Final Season: 10 (R H D Bolton, T H Fowler, G H Fletcher, H F Hodges, E H House, C H L Kindersley, H S Read, N R Udal, G R Westmacott and P F C Williams) Hon Secretaries: W H Manfield and W H Budge Professionals: 1 (E C Walby) Home Grounds 4: The Recreation Ground, Dorchester (1 match); The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole (1 match); Sherborne School Cricket Ground, Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne (1 match) and The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Ground, St Giles Park, Wimborne (1 match) Notes: Dorset had another moderate season when they did not win a match. Cornwall were replaced by Kent 2nd XI in the fixture list. Aelfric Harrison was the leading run scorer with 303 at 23.30 to which he added 22 wickets at 13.81. The 30 wickets obtained by Charles Webb and the 21 taken by Charlie Walby cost just under 10 runs each. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs by Toby Arundell and Frederick Sewell and 1000 runs by Herbert Cummins. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Dorset during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1912 was the last or only season that these 10 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 47 189 13.50 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - R H D Bolton 7 12 0 90 193 16.08 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - W H Budge 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - R D Busk + 2 3 1 1* 2 1.00 - - 1 1 - 45 6 132 10 13.20 5-44 - 1 H C B Cummins 7 12 1 32 153 13.90 - - 1 4 - 92.1 36 203 17 11.94 5-48 - 1 G H Fletcher + 1 2 0 25 39 19.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T H Fowler 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C P Goodden 8 13 2 22 92 8.36 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - H M Greenhill 1 - - - - - - - - - - 10 3 29 0 - - - - A M Harrison 8 14 1 71 303 23.30 - 2 2 7 - 111.1 23 304 22 13.81 5-49 - 1 H F Hodges 1 2 1 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E H House + 1 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1 12 0 - - - - C H L Kindersley 8 13 5 9 50 6.25 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - R M Manser 6 11 1 44 146 14.60 - - 1 6 - - - - - - - - - J A Parke + 8 12 0 40 106 8.83 - - 4 4 - 8 4 20 1 20.00 1-4 - - H S Read + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 10 2 23 1 23.00 1-23 - - F A S Sewell 7 12 1 37 122 11.09 - - 1 2 - 92 14 243 11 22.09 3-47 - - N R Udal 1 2 0 33 50 25.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Walby, E C + 5 9 3 28 62 10.33 - - 2 4 - 96 29 197 21 9.38 7-21 - 2 C J B Webb 4 6 0 34 110 18.33 - - - 3 - 104.2 21 271 30 9.03 7-43 1 5 G R Westmacott + 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - P F C Williams 1 1 0 35 35 35.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 154 - - - 2 - - - - 116 3 - - - - Total 88 143 17 90 1811 14.37 0 3 20 50 0 572.4 139 1550 116 13.36 7-21 1 10 (22 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 44 runs conceded bowling are 173 runs short as the overs, maidens and runs conceded are not known for both Berkshire innings. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 10 players made their last appearance for Dorset in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R H D Bolton 1910 16 30 1 90 621 21.41 - 3 4 9 - - - - - - - - G H Fletcher 1912 1 2 0 25 39 19.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - T H Fowler 1908 6 10 1 86 425 47.22 - 5 2 4 - - - - - - - - H F Hodges 1907 17 28 2 52 428 16.46 - 1 2 14 - 108 71 4 17.75 4-37 - - E H House 1912 1 - - - - - - - - - - 24 12 0 - - - - C H L Kindersley 1911 10 16 6 18 82 8.20 - - - 7 1 - - - - - - - H S Read 1912 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 60 23 1 23.00 1-23 - - N R Udal 1905 8 12 0 47 331 27.58 - - - 7 - 829 418 22 19.00 6-44 1 1 G R Westmacott 1912 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - P F C Williams 1903 41 69 1 163 1341 19.72 1 4 4 16 - 503 429 10 42.90 3-100 - - (10 players) 149