MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 41: DORSET V KENT 2 ND XI At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1912 Result: Kent 2 nd XI won by 98 runs Points: Kent 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Kent 2 nd XI Umpires: J P Whiteside and T H Holton Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI 1 (G W E Whitehead); Dorset 3 (J A Parke, G H Fletcher, E C Walby) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 163 and 44-2 wickets (D W Jennings 13*, L H W Troughton 1*); Dorset 106 Kent 2 nd XI G W E Whitehead c and b Sewell 1 ( ) b Walby 12 Morfee, P E b Sewell 1 ( ) c Harrison b Sewell 14 Jennings, D W b Cummins 17 ( ) c Budge b Walby 47 * L H W Troughton c Kindersley b Cummins 14 ( ) c Budge b Sewell 1 + A F Leach-Lewis b Cummins 16 ( ) b Harrison 22 W A Powell not out 76 ( ) c Arundell b Sewell 8 Freeman, A P b Walby 5 ( ) b Harrison 0 Dutnall, F b Cummins 2 ( ) run out 12 Hickmott, W E c Harrison b Sewell 4 ( ) b Harrison 1 J H E Whitehead b Cummins 11 ( ) c Sewell b Harrison 7 Smith, A b Walby 0 ( ) not out 7 Extras w 1, nb 1 16 7 Total (all out) 163 (all out) 138 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 7 37 41 83 111 117 125 161 163 Second innings 20 34 49 57 98 116 120 121 121 138 Sewell 27 2 76 3 1 - (1) 22 4 47 3 - - Cummins 29 12 48 5 - 1 (3) 10 3 20 0 - - Walby 4.5 0 21 2 - - (2) 21.4 10 35 2 - - Harrison 1 0 2 0 - - (4) 10 1 29 4 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - 7 1 - - Total 61.5 14 163 10 1 1 63.4 18 138 10 - - Dorset W H Budge b Powell 1 ( ) b Morfee 0 J A Parke c Troughton b Jennings 22 ( ) lbw b Freeman 2 A M Harrison c Hickmott b Jennings 22 ( ) b Smith 15 G H Fletcher c and b Freeman 14 ( ) c Leach-Lewis b Smith 25 Rev W H Arundell c J H E Whitehead b Jennings 7 ( ) b Smith 10 H C B Cummins b Freeman 10 ( ) c Troughton b Powell 17 F A S Sewell c Freeman b Hickmott 11 ( ) b Powell 0 * C P Goodden c Morfee b Freeman 3 ( ) c and b Freeman 0 Walby, E C b Freeman 0 ( ) not out 3 H F Hodges not out 0 ( ) c J H E Whitehead b Freeman 4 + C H L Kindersley c Powell b Smith 1 ( ) st Leach-Lewis b Smith 6 Extras 15 15 Total (all out) 106 (all out) 97 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 47 47 69 73 96 99 103 103 106 Second innings 1 26 31 31 62 62 80 81 89 97 Powell 3 0 21 1 - - (5) 5 3 4 2 - - Smith 10.2 4 13 1 - - (4) 18 4 32 4 - - Jennings 9 1 42 3 - - Freeman 9 3 13 4 - - (3) 15 4 31 3 - - Hickmott 2 1 2 1 - - (2) 4 1 9 0 - - Morfee (1) 2 0 6 1 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 33.2 9 106 10 - - 44 12 97 10 - - Notes: In the first ever match between these two sides, Kent won by 98 runs at 4 pm on the second day. In their first innings there were 6 fours in Powell’s 76 not out, the only half-century of the match. For Dorset Hamilton-Fletcher top-scored with 25 in their second innings. Cummins took 5 wickets for 48 runs in Kent’s first innings. During lunch on the second day, Jennings heard that his mother had died and Goodden took his place in the field. [Missing: Extras breakdown; both second innings batting orders.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1913, p 226-227; Dorset County Chronicle 8 August; East Dorset Herald 8 August; Poole Herald 8 August; The Sportsman 3,5 August; Sporting Life 3,5 August; Cricket 10 August, p 413. 72