Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 82 : DORSET V WILTSHIRE At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Friday 22, Saturday 23 August 1913 Result: Wiltshire won by 110 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset none; Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 126 and 184-6 wickets (A W E Lapham 43*, E C MacBryan 9*); Dorset 73 Wiltshire Capt C G Bond b Cummins 7 (1) b Busk 26 Newman, A W c Manger b Busk 43 (2) c Manser b Cummins 9 J R Tayler c Busk b Cummins 10 (3) c Freeman b Walby 28 D C Brown c Farrer b Cummins 6 (4) c Cummins b Walby 11 S J H Taunton c Manser b Busk 21 (5) c Freeman b McIntyre 31 A W E Lapham c Goodden b Busk 1 (6) c Manger b McIntyre 49 * R W Awdry c Gordon b McIntyre 7 (7) b Busk 10 E C MacBryan b Busk 0 (8) c Farrer b McIntyre 10 + C E C Kendle c Manser b McIntyre 10 (9) c Goodden b McIntyre 9 Mitchell, H not out 14 (11) not out 1 Overton, W absent 0 (10) c and b McIntyre 3 Extras 7 16 Total (all out) 126 (all out) 203 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 106 126 - Second innings 203 McIntyre 13.5 4 51 2 - - (1) 14.4 0 41 5 - - Cummins 12 1 28 3 - - (2) 9 1 28 1 - - Busk 11 0 40 4 - - (3) 11 2 45 2 - - Walby (4) 10 0 31 2 - - Freeman (5) 6 1 19 0 - - Gordon (6) 4 1 10 0 - - Goodden (7) 4 1 9 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 36.5 5 126 9 - - 58.4 6 199 10 - - 203x Dorset R M Manser run out 0 (1) c Lapham b Mitchell 14 G M Gordon b Mitchell 0 (2) c Mitchell b Newman 19 Freeman, E J c Kendle b Newman 23 (3) c MacBryan b Newman 58 J K Manger c Awdry b Mitchell 5 (6) c and b Overton 13 Walby, E C c Awdry b Mitchell 9 (5) c MacBryan b Newman 9 * C P Goodden c and b Mitchell 2 (4) c Tayler b Newman 9 H C B Cummins c Bond b Newman 6 (7) not out 5 E A McIntyre st Kendle b Mitchell 20 (8) c Awdry b Mitchell 2 J A Parke c Kendle b Mitchell 0 (9) c MacBryan b Newman 0 + H W F B Farrer not out 4 (10) c Bond b Newman 2 R D Busk b Mitchell 1 (11) c Bond b Newman 3 Extras 3 12 Total (all out) 73 (all out) 146 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 6 30 41 73 Second innings 59 102 146 Mitchell 12.3 1 32 7 - - (1) 19 1 79 2 - - Awdry 6 0 19 0 - - Newman 6 0 19 2 - - (3) 17 6 33 7 - - Overton (2) 6 0 22 1 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 24.3 1 73 10 - - 42 7 146 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by 110 runs at 2.45 pm on the second day. At Melksham a week earlier Dorset had won a close match by 2 wickets. For the winners Langham top-scored with 49. Mitchell took 9 wickets for 111 runs in the match, including figures of 7 for 32 in Dorset’s first innings and he bowled unchanged as Dorset were dismissed in just 24.3 overs. Newman took 9 wickets for 52 runs in the match, including figures of 7 for 33 in Dorset’s second innings. Kendle made 3 dismissals in Dorset’s first innings, MacBryan took 3 catches in Dorset’s second innings, whilst Awdry and Bond each took 3 catches in the match. For the losers Freeman scored 58, the only half-century in the match. McIntyre took 5 wickets for 41 runs in Wiltshire’s second innings. Manser took 3 catches in the match. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; why was Overton absent in Wiltshire first innings; in Dorset second innings boundaries in Freeman’s 58; Dorset second innings bowling adds up to 199.] Sources: Bournemouth Guardian 30 August; Dorset County Chronicle 28 August; East Dorset Herald 28 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 28 August; North Wilts Herald 29 August; Wiltshire News 29 August; Wiltshire Times 30 August; Sporting Life 25 August; The Sportsman 23,25 August; Cricket 30 August, p 578. 115