minc1261	Devon v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1911 (South and West Division)
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 9th, 10th August 1911 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 1; Dorset 3
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 205/8 (Bolton 14*, Harrison 19*)

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Orchard	b Gordon	63
EC Ball	lbw b Sewell	29
FH Carroll	lbw b Webb	45
*LC Garratt	b Gordon	0
WF Light	c Knight b Sewell	46
+T Davies	lbw b Webb	0
JF Shelley	b Cummins	0
E Tate	b Cummins	7
RJ Russell	st Hardy b Sewell	3
WHM Robinson	b Sewell	0
D Scott	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-98, 3-106, 4-177, 5-182, 6-187, 7-197, 8-205, 9-205, 10-205 (53.2 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cummins	14.2	1	44	2	-	-
Sewell	13	0	65	4	-	-
Webb	13	3	35	2	-	-
Patey	3	0	11	0	1	-
Gordon	10	2	38	2	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FAS Sewell	c Shelley b Light	39
+JW Hardy	c Carroll b Scott	32
WT Knight	b Light	15
GM Gordon	c Tate b Ball	34
*CP Goodden	b Light	0
HCB Cummins	b Light	49
RM Manser	b Robinson	0
RHD Bolton	b Robinson	30
CJB Webb	b Light	6
AM Harrison	not out	25
MHR Patey	b Robinson	4
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-83, 3-93, 4-97, 5-150, 6-151, 7-183, 8-186, 9-232, 10-242 (76.1 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Russell	10	4	34	0	-	-
Scott	11	1	43	1	1	1
Tate	10	3	26	0	-	-
Robinson	23.1	7	49	3	-	-
Light	19	4	62	5	-	-
Ball	3	0	20	1	1	1

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Orchard	lbw b Gordon	12
EC Ball	run out	65
FH Carroll	c Knight b Sewell	1
WF Light	b Cummins	39
*LC Garratt	b Cummins	2
+T Davies	lbw b Sewell	6
JF Shelley	c Knight b Sewell	8
E Tate	not out	33
RJ Russell	b Cummins	3
WHM Robinson	b Cummins	4
D Scott	b Cummins	46
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-46, 3-116, 4-124, 5-125, 6-141, 7-142, 8-147, 9-151, 10-231 (66.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cummins	26.1	9	57	5	-	-
Sewell	26	3	85	3	-	-
Gordon	6	1	37	1	-	-
Webb	5	0	23	0	-	-
Patey	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FAS Sewell	lbw b Scott	34
+JW Hardy	b Robinson	4
WT Knight	lbw b Robinson	14
*CP Goodden	b Light	0
GM Gordon	b Light	0
CJB Webb	run out	0
HCB Cummins	c Davies b Robinson	20
RHD Bolton	c Davies b Tate	81
RM Manser	not out	15
AM Harrison	c and b Tate	0
MHR Patey	not out	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 59 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-28, 3-29, 4-29, 5-84, 6-112, 7-114, 8-172, 9-172

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Light	21	4	65	2	-	-
Robinson	20	9	48	3	-	-
Tate	10	3	23	2	-	-
Scott	4	1	11	1	-	-
Russell	1	0	8	0	-	-
Shelley	3	1	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Russell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Hardy (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RHD Bolton (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Tate (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Scott (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RHD Bolton (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WHM Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 2-27)
--> HCB Cummins reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Devon second innings
--> WHM Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset second innings (previous best was 3-49)

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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.
This return match was won on first innings by Dorset, as they had also done at Sherborne the previous week. Having been set 195 to win, Dorset finished 22 short with their last pair at the wicket. For Devon Orchard scored 63 and Ball 65. Light took 5 wickets for 62 runs in the first Dorset innings. In the Devon second innings Tate and Scott added 80 for the last wicket. For Dorset Bolton scored 81 and Cummins took 5 wickets for 57 runs in the second Devon innings.
[Missing: Umpires; in Devon first innings boundaries in Orchard's 63; in Devon second innings boundaries in Ball's 65 and batting order; in Dorset's second innings boundaries in Bolton's 81 and part batting order.]
Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 17 August; Western Morning News 10,11 August; The Sportsman DATE?????; Cricket 26 August, p 465.

 

 

 

 

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