Minor Counties Championship 1913

DORSET 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 4, drawn 0 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Tenth equal with Berkshire out of twenty Won: v Devon at Exeter, v Berkshire at Reading, v Cornwall at Poole and v Wiltshire at Melksham Lost: v Cornwall at Camborne, v Devon at Sherborne, v Berkshire at Wimborne and v Wiltshire at Poole Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: C P Goodden (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: H W F B Farrer (7 matches) and A E Biddiscombe (1 match) Debutants: 7 (P L Barrow, A E Biddiscombe, H W F B Farrer, E J Freeman sen, E A McIntyre, J K Manger and R G Stone) Final Season: 8 (A E Biddiscombe, H C B Cummins, G M Gordon, P P Hope, W H MacAlpine-Levy, J K Manger, J A Parke and F A S Sewell) Hon Secretaries: W H Budge and W H Manfield Professionals: 3 (A E Biddiscombe, E F Freeman and E C Walby) Home Grounds 3: The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole (2 matches); Sherborne School Cricket Ground, Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne (1 match) and The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Ground, St Giles Park, Wimborne (1 match) Notes: After being without a match won outright in 1912, Dorset improved to win four matches. One change was made to the fixture list as Cornwall replaced Kent 2nd XI. The captain Cecil Gooden batted well scoring 472 runs at 33.71. The debutant Edward McIntyre took 46 wickets at 18.82 runs each. He was supported by Herbert Cummins with 28 wickets at 13.14. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by Cecil Gooden and 100 wickets by Charles Webb. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Dorset during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 8 players appeared for Dorset in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I P L Barrow + 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Biddiscombe, A E + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R D Busk 6 11 2 30 114 12.66 - - - 9 - 75 11 259 14 18.50 4-40 - - H C B Cummins 6 12 1 28 101 9.18 - - - 2 - 125.1 21 368 28 13.14 5-38 - 2 H W F B Farrer + 7 14 4 55* 202 20.20 - 2 2 18 1 - - - - - - - - Freeman, E J + 7 14 0 58 221 15.78 - 1 1 7 - 52 5 186 6 31.00 3-36 - - C P Goodden 8 16 2 91 472 33.71 - 5 2 7 - 9 3 19 1 19.00 1-10 - - G M Gordon 4 8 1 90 151 21.57 - 1 1 2 - 5 1 11 0 - - - - P P Hope 6 12 1 43 184 16.72 - - 1 1 - 78 8 334 12 27.83 5-76 - 1 Capt W H MacAlpine-Leny 1 2 0 10 18 9.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E A McIntyre + 7 13 3 48* 138 13.80 - - 2 6 - 229 29 866 46 18.82 6-78 1 4 J K Manger + 8 16 1 44 216 14.40 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - R M Manser 5 10 0 49 102 10.20 - - 4 5 - - - - - - - - - J A Parke 4 7 1 43 113 18.83 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - F A S Sewell 4 8 0 68 299 37.37 - 3 - 1 - 85 8 354 9 39.33 3-23 - - R G Stone + 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Walby, E C 7 14 2 69 323 26.91 - 3 1 4 - 106.2 16 311 17 18.29 5-43 - 1 C J B Webb 5 10 1 83 220 24.44 - 1 1 4 - 108 15 318 20 15.90 5-46 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 160 - - - - 1 - - - 248 4 - - - - Total 88 170 19 91 3060 20.26 0 16 18 75 1 872.3 117 3274 157 20.85 6-78 1 9 (18 players) (6 ball overs) Note: in match 82 the runs conceded by the Dorset bowlers in the Wiltshire second innings are 4 runs short. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last appearance for Dorset in the Championship in 1913 Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Biddiscombe, A E 1913 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - H C B Cummins 1908 38 66 7 85 1007 17.06 - 2 3 16 - 4731 2228 135 16.50 6-27 - 5 G M Gordon 1908 35 61 2 129 1253 21.23 2 7 7 18 1 1366 983 30 32.76 5-17 - 1 P P Hope 1911 8 16 2 43 202 14.42 - - 2 4 - 504 372 12 31.00 5-76 - 1 Capt W H MacAlpine-Leny 1906 13 21 0 41 315 15.00 - - 2 19 7 - - - - - - - J K Manger 1913 8 16 1 44 216 14.40 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - J A Parke 1912 12 19 1 43 219 12.16 - - 6 7 - 48 20 1 20.00 1-4 - - F A S Sewell 1902 66 112 4 92 2379 22.02 - 12 6 33 - 6598 3774 182 20.73 9-56 4 12 (8 players) 158