Minor Counties Championship 1914

DORSET 1914 Championship matches: Played 2, won none, lost 2, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Twenty first out of twenty one Won: None Lost: v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to the war: v Devon at Exeter, v Buckinghamshire at Poole, v Wiltshire at Melksham, v Devon at Sherborne, v Wiltshire at Wimborne and v Berkshire at Sherborne Captain: C P Goodden (2 matches) Wicket-keeper: H W F B Farrer (2 matches) Debutants: 5 (A D Cherry, E R B Farrer, H B Hartley, H W P Lye and W G Way) Final Season: 8 (A D Cherry, E R B Farrer, H W F B Farrer, H B Hartley, H W P Lye, E A McIntyre, W G Way and C J B Webb) Hon Secretary: W H Budge Professionals: 2 (E J Freeman and E C Walby) Home Grounds: None Notes: Dorset arranged all their matches from the end of July but were only able to play two matches. Both of these were lost and no points were gained. Buckinghamshire replaced Cambridgeshire in the fixture list. DORSET MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Dorset during the season. Names in bold indicate that 1914 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 2 4 0 12 34 8.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - R D Busk 1 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - 1 - 9 1 46 1 46.00 1-46 - - A D Cherry + 1 2 0 37 42 21.00 - - - - - 22.3 3 93 3 31.00 3-93 - - E Chester-Master 1 2 0 37 50 25.00 - - - - - 9 0 52 3 17.33 3-52 - - E R B Farrer + 2 4 0 20 33 8.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - H W F B Farrer 2 4 1 14 27 9.00 - - 1 5 2 - - - - - - - - Freeman, E J 2 4 1 42* 62 20.66 - - - 3 - 5 1 15 1 15.00 1-14 - - C P Goodden 2 4 0 28 47 11.75 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - H M Greenhill 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - Maj H B Hartley + 2 4 0 6 11 2.75 - - 2 - - 25 5 82 5 16.40 5-48 - 1 H W P Lye + 1 2 1 33* 35 35.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - E A McIntyre 2 4 0 27 65 16.25 - - - 1 - 40 4 159 3 53.00 2-100 - - Walby, E C 1 2 0 33 50 25.00 - - - 2 - 42.2 13 112 7 16.00 5-36 - 1 W G Way + 1 2 1 12 14 14.00 - - - - - 1 0 23 0 - - - - C J B Webb 1 2 0 12 22 11.00 - - - - - 23 3 85 6 14.16 6-64 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 35 - - - - - - - - 62 1 - - - - Total 22 44 4 42* 533 13.32 0 0 5 21 2 177.5 30 730 30 24.33 6-64 0 3 (15 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last appearance for Dorset in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I A D Cherry 1914 1 2 0 37 42 21.00 - - - - - 135 93 3 31.00 3-93 - - E R B Farrer 1914 2 4 0 20 33 8.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - H W F B Farrer 1913 9 18 5 55* 229 17.61 - 2 3 23 3 - - - - - - - Maj H B Hartley 1914 2 4 0 6 11 2.75 - - 2 - - 150 82 5 16.40 5-48 - 1 H W P Lye 1914 1 2 1 33* 35 35.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - E A McIntyre 1913 9 17 3 48* 203 14.50 - - 2 7 - 1614 1025 49 20.91 6-78 1 4 W G Way 1914 1 2 1 12 14 14.00 - - - - - 6 23 0 - - - - C J B Webb 1907 27 48 4 83 808 18.36 - 2 5 13 - 2964 1506 108 13.94 8-49 2 10 (8 players) 149