MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 52: KENT 2 ND XI V DORSET At Foxgrove Ground, Foxgrove Road, Beckenham on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Kent 2 nd XI Umpires: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI none, Dorset 2 (G R Westmacott, E H House) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI Capt W G M Sarel b Harrison 20 Collins, G C c Westmacott b Webb 53 A O Snowden c Manser b Parke 16 * L H W Troughton c Parke b Webb 9 W A Powell b Harrison 25 + A F Leach-Lewis c and b Webb 6 Morfee, P E c Harrison b Webb 22 Draper, - b Webb 1 Hickmott, W E c Goodden b Harrison 11 Freeman, A P b Webb 8 Preston, H J B not out 1 Extras b 10, lb 1 11 Total (all out) 183 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 91 98 124 135 155 163 170 182 183 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Webb 29 5 88 6 - - Greenhill 10 3 29 0 - - Harrison 17 6 39 3 - - Parke 5 4 4 1 - - House 4 1 12 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 65 19 183 10 0 0 Dorset Rev W H Arundell b Preston 16 A M Harrison b Powell 26 R H D Bolton b Preston 3 J A Parke b Freeman 40 C J B Webb c Powell b Preston 18 R M Manser c Collins b Preston 13 * C P Goodden c Snowden b Draper 16 G R Westmacott not out 0 + C H L Kindersley not out 3 H M Greenhill E H House Extras b 9, lb 6 15 Total (7 wickets) 150 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 46 55 105 115 147 147 - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Morfee 1 0 1 0 - - Freeman 9 1 34 1 - - Preston 21.3 5 53 4 - - Snowden 2 0 17 0 - - Powell 8 3 25 1 - - Draper 3 1 5 1 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - Total 44.3 10 150 7 0 0 Notes: This return match was drawn with no decision reached on the first innings. The match between the two sides at Poole the previous week had been won by Kent. For Kent Collins scored 53, the only half-century in the match. For Dorset, who fielded an all-amateur side, Parke top-scored with 40, whilst Webb took 6 wickets for 88 runs. [Missing: Umpires; close of play score; Draper’s initials; in the Kent innings boundaries in Collins’s 53.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1913, p 228-229; South Eastern Gazette 13 August; Weymouth and Portland Standard 13 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August; Cricket 17 August, p 432. 83