MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 57: BERKSHIRE V DORSET At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1912 Result: Berkshire won by 124 runs Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Dorset 1 (R D Busk) First day score: Berkshire176 and 45-2 wickets (H W Shoosmith 2 *, Sir C E M Y Nepean 0*); Dorset 225 Berkshire G G M Bennett c Webb b Busk 29 (2) c Manser b Harrison 29 H Brougham c Bolton b Busk 51 (3) c Cummins b Busk 14 Shoosmith, H W b Busk 0 (4) b Webb 35 J E D Denning c Goodden b Harrison 1 (5) c Manser b Webb 51 G Belcher c Cummins b Harrison 6 (6) lbw b Webb 23 J H B Lockhart c and b Harrison 4 (9) not out 59 Dr W Y Woodburn c Manser b Cummins 21 (8) b Harrison 14 A J Murdoch c Parke b Harrison 2 (7) b Webb 2 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Harrison b Sewell 14 (1) c Arundell b Webb 10 Hawksworth, G M c Goodden b Harrison 30 (10) b Busk 7 + A F Todd not out 7 Extras 11 17 Total (all out) 176 (9 wickets declared) 261 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 176 Second innings 55 130 261 - Webb 6 1 14 0 - - (5) 27 5 68 5 - - Sewell 10 2 34 1 - - (4) 3 0 12 0 - - Harrison 14.1 0 49 5 - - (2) 27 7 71 2 - - Busk 13 0 54 3 - - (3) 12 4 34 2 - - Cummins 6 3 14 1 - - (1) 13 6 43 0 - - Parke (6) 3 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 49.1 6 176 10 - - 85 22 261 9 - - Dorset Rev W H Arundell c Nepean b Hawksworth 3 (1) c Nepean b Belcher 34 F A S Sewell c Woodburn b Lockhart 37 (2) c and b Belcher 5 A M Harrison b Brougham 71 (3) c Nepean b Belcher 0 J A Parke c Todd b Hawksworth 24 (4) b Belcher 8 C J B Webb c Nepean b Belcher 14 (5) b Lockhart 10 R H D Bolton lbw b Belcher 7 (6) c Bennett b Lockhart 4 * C P Goodden c Todd b Belcher 1 (9) not out 14 R M Manser c Lockhart b Murdoch 14 (7) b Lockhart 0 H C B Cummins b Lockhart 31 (8) c Bennett b Lockhart 0 + C H L Kindersley c Shoosmith b Murdoch 5 (10) b Lockhart 3 R D Busk not out 1 (11) c and b Woodburn 1 Extras nb 1 17 9 Total (all out) 225 (all out) 88 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 225 Second innings 88 Belcher 16 2 58 3 - - (1) 15 2 39 4 - - Hawksworth 26 9 47 2 - - (4) 9 2 26 0 - - Murdoch 7 1 34 2 - - Brougham 3 0 13 1 - 1 Lockhart 6 0 43 2 - - (2) 7 3 7 5 - - Woodburn 6 1 13 0 - - (3) 2 1 7 1 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 64 12 225 10 0 1 33 8 88 10 - - Notes: This return match was won by Berkshire on the second day, despite them conceding a first innings lead of 49 runs. The match between the two sides at Dorchester earlier in the week was drawn with Dorset winning on first innings. Dorset were set a target of 213 but collapsed and never threatened to win. For the winners Brougham scored 51, Denning 51 with 7 fours, and Lockhart an unbeaten 59. Lockhart took 5 wickets for 7 runs in Dorset’s second innings, and this in spite of the fact that he was suffering from a fracture of a bone at the back of the hand. For the losers Harrison made 71 and also took 5 wickets for 49 runs in Berkshire’s first innings. Webb took 5 wickets for 68 runs in Berkshire’s second innings. [Missing: Toss; umpires; fall of wickets; extras breakdown; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Brougham’s 51; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Lockhart’s 59 not out; in Dorset first innings boundaries in Harrison’s 71; precise time completed.] Sources: Reading Standard 17 August; Wokingham Chronicle 16 August; Dorset County Chronicle 15 August; East Dorset Herald 15 August; Poole Herald 15 August; Weymouth and Portland Standard 13 August; Sporting Life 10,12 August; Sportsman 10, 12 August; Cricket 17 August, p 433. 88