Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 40 : DEVON V DORSET At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 July 1913 Result: Dorset won by four wickets Points: Dorset 5 Toss: Dorset Umpires: C E Brown and G L R Hutchings Debutants: Devon 1 (E G Butcher); Dorset 5 (E J Freeman, J K Manger, P L Barrow, H W F B Farrer, E A McIntyre) First day score: Dorset 389; Devon 167-9 wickets (T Davies 10*) Dorset F A S Sewell c Robinson b Butcher 61 (1) c Reed b Preedy 27 Freeman, E J b Wreford 4 (2) c Davies b Wreford 0 R M Manser c Davies b Wreford 0 (3) c Preedy b Wreford 49 J K Manger c Reed b Wreford 44 (4) c Davies b Preedy 19 G M Gordon lbw b Light 12 (8) not out 8 J A Parke c Carroll b Wreford 43 * C P Goodden b Light 91 (6) c Preedy b Wreford 4 P P Hope c Reed b Light 43 (7) not out 3 P L Barrow st Davies b Light 19 + H W F B Farrer b Light 50 (5) c Preedy b Wreford 0 E A McIntyre not out 7 Extras b 4, lb 6, nb 5 15 b 8, nb 1 9 Total (all out) 389 (6 wickets) 119 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 36 110 117 141 196 273 302 372 389 Second innings 0 69 101 107 108 110 - - - - Wreford 26 1 140 4 - 4 (1) 11.1 1 36 4 - 1 Light 27.3 2 96 5 - 2 (2) 10 0 33 0 - - Preedy 10 1 66 0 - 1 (3) 9 3 30 2 - - Butcher 8 1 38 1 - 1 (4) 2 0 11 0 - - Robinson 5 1 11 0 - - Knight 2 0 13 0 - - Reed 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 80.3 6 389 10 0 8 32.1 4 119 6 0 1 Devon R Knight b Hope 6 (5) b McIntyre 12 Reed, S O lbw b Freeman 37 (1) c Sewell b Freeman 51 F H Carroll b Hope 35 (3) b McIntyre 19 E A Fulcher b Freeman 0 (4) b McIntyre 71 Light, W F c and b McIntyre 34 (6) c and b McIntyre 53 E G Butcher b Freeman 7 (7) c Goodden b Sewell 18 W Wreford b Sewell 23 (8) b McIntyre 19 + Davies, T not out 10 (2) b Sewell 11 Preedy, E A b McIntyre 0 (9) c Parke b McIntyre 62 Robinson, W H M b McIntyre 1 (10) run out 6 * J F Shelley absent injured 0 (11) not out 5 Extras b 12, w 1, nb 1 14 b 7, lb 3, w 1 11 Total (all out) 167 (all out) 338 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 70 70 94 94 145 165 165 167 - Second innings 24 69 89 112 210 235 266 266 280 338 Hope 15 4 60 2 - 1 (1) 8 0 45 0 1 - Sewell 13 1 41 1 1 - (2) 19 0 96 2 - - Freeman 13 3 36 3 - - (4) 15 0 45 1 - - McIntyre 9.2 5 16 3 - - (3) 28.5 2 140 6 - - Gordon (5) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 11 1 - - Total 50.2 13 167 9 1 1 71.5 2 338 10 1 0 Notes: Dorset won by 4 wickets on the second day, having made Devon follow on. For the winners there were 1 five and 7 fours in Sewell’s 61, 1 six and 10 fours in Goodden’s 91 and 8 fours in Farrer’s 50. McIntyre had figures of 9 wickets for 156 runs, including 6 for 140 in Devon’s second innings; 8 of his victims were dismissed without assistance from his fielders. In the first innings C P Gooden and P P Hope added 77 runs for the seventh wicket and C P Gooden and H W Farrer added 70 runs for the ninth wicket. For the losers there were 8 fours in Reed’s 51, 8 fours in Fulcher’s 71, 1 six and 7 fours in Light’s 53 and 10 fours in Preedy’s 62. Shelley had injured his hand attempting a catch the previous day and was unable to bat in Devon’s first innings. In their second innings he batted at number 11 and added 58 for the last wicket with Preedy, who hit 18 off one over from Sewell and was the beneficiary of a collection which raised almost £3. Light took 5 wickets for 96 runs in Dorset’s first innings. Davies caught 3 batsmen and stumped another in the match. Preedy took 3 catches in Dorset’s second innings and Reed 3 in the match. Devon fielded 5 professionals which was the largest number that they ever played in one match. [Missing: Precise time completed.] Source: Devon Scorebook; Devon Annual Handbook; Western Daily Mercury 31 July, 1 August; Western Morning News 31 July, 1 August; Dorset County Chronicle 7 August; East Dorset Herald 7 August; The Sportsman 1 August; Sporting Life 1 August; Cricket 9 August, p 490. 73