Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 80 : DORSET V BERKSHIRE At The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Ground, St Giles Park, Wimborne, on Wednesday 20, Thursday 21 August 1913 Result: Berkshire won by 30 runs Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: T H Holton and E Merrifield Debutants: Dorset none; Berkshire 2 (Capt A G M Sharpe, Capt H H M Harris) First day score: unknown Berkshire G G M Bennett c Freeman b Webb 12 (1) c Farrer b Cummins 4 W H R Hinde lbw b Webb 8 (2) b Cummins 21 A J Murdoch c substitute b McIntyre 10 (3) c Freeman b McIntyre 26 G Belcher c Farrer b Webb 3 (4) c Goodden b McIntyre 10 A P Strange not out 77 (5) b Busk 8 Dr W Y Woodburn c Manger b Webb 9 (6) b Busk 5 Shoosmith, H W c Freeman b Webb 8 (7) b Webb 16 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Cummins 17 (8) c Busk b Cummins 17 Capt A G M Sharpe b Busk 5 (9) c Farrer b Webb 0 Bailey, W G b Busk 5 (10) not out 20 + Capt H H M Harris b Busk 0 (11) c Farrer b Cummins 4 Extras 19 6 Total (all out) 173 (all out) 137 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 80 173 Second innings 137 McIntyre 15 1 63 1 - - (1) 11 1 42 2 - - Webb 20 2 46 5 - - (3) 10 2 38 2 - - Cummins 9 2 30 1 - - (2) 15.4 2 37 4 - - Walby 2 1 5 0 - - Busk 3 0 10 3 - - (4) 5 1 14 2 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - - 0 6 0 - - Total 49 6 173 10 - - 41.4 6 137 10 - - Dorset R M Manser b Belcher 4 (1) lbw b Murdoch 19 C J B Webb b Belcher 1 (2) lbw b Woodburn 16 Freeman, E J run out 24 (4) b Woodburn 27 J K Manger st Harris b Woodburn 5 (3) c Murdoch b Woodburn 10 Walby, E C b Sharpe 38 (5) b Woodburn 16 * C P Goodden b Woodburn 0 (7) c Belcher b Woodburn 1 E A McIntyre c and b Woodburn 4 (9) b Woodburn 9 H C B Cummins lbw b Belcher 23 (6) lbw b Sharpe 2 + H W F B Farrer c Nepean b Bailey 8 (10) c Woodburn b Sharpe 9 J A Parke c Woodburn b Belcher 21 (8) c Shoosmith b Woodburn 3 R D Busk not out 6 (11) not out 0 Extras 26 8 Total (all out) 160 (all out) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 160 Second innings 120 Belcher 19.1 1 63 4 - - (1) 6 0 25 0 - - Woodburn 20 5 48 3 - - (2) 19 4 53 7 - - Bailey 7 2 10 1 - - (4) 4 1 14 0 - - Sharpe 6 2 13 1 - - (5) 9 3 19 2 - - Murdoch (3) 2 1 1 1 - - Extras - - 26 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 52.1 10 160 10 - - 40 9 120 10 - - Notes: Berkshire won this return match by 30 runs on the second day, having set Dorset a target of 151. Earlier in the season Dorset had won a close match by 2 wickets. For the winners Strange made an unbeaten 77, the only score above 40 in the match. Woodburn took 10 wickets for 105 runs in the match, including figures of 7 for 57 in Dorset’s second innings. He also took 3 catches in the match. For the losers Walby top-scored with 38 runs. Webb took 5 wickets for 46 in Berkshire’s first innings whilst Busk took 5 wickets in just 8 overs in the match. Freeman and Farrer each took 3 catches in the match. [Missing: Toss; first day score; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Berkshire first innings boundaries in Strange’s 77 and who was the substitute who caught Murdoch; precise time of completion.] Sources: Bournemouth Daily Echo 22 August; Dorset County Chronicle 28 August; East Dorset Herald 28 August; Reading Observer 23 August; Sporting Life 25 August; The Sportsman 20,25 August; Cricket 30 August, p 573. 113