minc908	Dorset v Surrey Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (South Division)
Venue	The Recreation Ground, Dorchester on 1st, 2nd July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey Second XI won by 10 wickets
Points	Dorset 0; Surrey Second XI 5
Umpires	R Barber, G Perkins
Close of play day 1	Surrey Second XI (1) 90/7 (Meads 1*, Platt 0*)

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PFC Williams	c Meads b Platt	5
WH Arundell	st Vigar b Smith	21
P Crimmins	c Meads b Smith	19
WH Budge	st Vigar b Meads	11
GM Gordon	c and b Platt	56
TH Fowler	c and b Smith	76
CP Goodden	st Vigar b Platt	5
HM Greenhill	c Vigar b Platt	0
+E Chester-Master	st Vigar b Meads	23
CF Stacey	not out	22
SW Talbot	c Blacklidge b Smith	4
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-34, 3-54, 4-83, 5-135, 6-?, 7-?, 8-204, 9-?, 10-248 (97.3 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	33	9	82	4	-	-
Smith	42.3	7	93	4	1	-
Meads	12	3	28	2	-	-
Blacklidge	7	1	24	0	-	-
Abel	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Slater	b Talbot	9
A Baker	b Gordon	30
HS Wrinch	b Talbot	8
WJ Abel	b Talbot	0
HS Harrison	run out	13
HG Blacklidge	lbw b Gordon	8
*AWF Rutty	b Gordon	15
JW Meads	lbw b Gordon	8
GJW Platt	c Talbot b Greenhill	79
+HE Vigar	c Budge b Talbot	24
FE Smith	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-31, 3-51, 4-61, 5-61, 6-83, 7-90, 8-?, 9-201, 10-213 (59.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Talbot	22	5	56	4	-	-
Stacey	22	2	82	0	-	-
Gordon	13	2	46	4	-	-
Greenhill	2.3	0	12	1	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PFC Williams	c Baker b Platt	10
WH Arundell	b Platt	0
P Crimmins	st Vigar b Platt	0
WH Budge	c Vigar b Platt	4
GM Gordon	c Meads b Platt	1
TH Fowler	not out	9
CP Goodden	b Platt	3
HM Greenhill	b Platt	0
+E Chester-Master	b Platt	2
CF Stacey	c Smith b Platt	2
SW Talbot	c Baker b Platt	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-31 (30.4 ov)

Surrey Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	15.4	7	15	10	-	-
Smith	15	6	16	0	-	-

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Surrey Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Baker	not out	17
GJW Platt	not out	44
PH Slater	did not bat
HS Wrinch	did not bat
WJ Abel	did not bat
HS Harrison	did not bat
HG Blacklidge	did not bat
*AWF Rutty	did not bat
JW Meads	did not bat
+HE Vigar	did not bat
FE Smith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(no wicket, 11.2 overs)	67

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stacey	6	1	28	0	-	-
Gordon	5.2	1	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GM Gordon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Fowler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Chester-Master made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PH Slater made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Meads made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJW Platt (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJW Platt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 3-58)
--> SW Talbot achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Surrey Second XI first innings (previous best was 4-71)
--> GJW Platt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings (previous best was 4-82)
--> GJW Platt achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Surrey 2nd XI won by 10 wickets on the second day. For the winners, Platt achieved the unusual feat of taking all 10 wickets in the Dorset second innings for just 15 runs, and 14 in the match for 97 runs. It was the only instance during the season when a bowler took all ten wickets in an innings. Platt also scored 123 runs in the match for once out, including an innings of 79 in the Surrey first innings. For the losers, Fowler scored 76 and Gordon 56. The Dorset second innings total of 31 was the lowest of the season. Newspaper reports suggest there was no significant deterioration in the wicket over the two days. This was the first championship match played at this venue.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; large partnerships; in the Dorset first innings boundaries in Fowler's 76
and Gordon's 56; Dorset second innings batting order; in Surrey first innings boundaries in Platt's 79; precise time completed.]
Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 29 July; East Dorset Herald 29 July; Poole Sun 1,4 July; Surrey Year Book 1908, p 112; Sporting Life 2,3 July; The Sportsman 2,3 July; Cricket 9 July, p 258.

 

 

 

 

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