minc475	Dorset v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Poole Park, Poole on 15th, 16th July 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 1; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	R Barber, AG Eldridge
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 107 all out

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PTP Knott	b Grose	0
HJD Hunt	run out	25
P Crimmins	c Brown b Fereday	42
*W Andrew	b Hodgkinson	12
AK Gibson	c Grose b Hodgkinson	38
G Battrick	c Stratton b Grose	6
AF Fellowes	b Grose	4
HP Ellis	b Grose	0
CP Turle	c Poole b Grose	7
JFA Barnard	c Burns b Grose	23
WAH Chessall	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-71, 3-71, 4-83, 5-102, 6-113, 7-113, 8-130, 9-161, 10-174 (72.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grose	22.2	2	63	6	-	2
Briggs	5	0	12	0	-	-
Fereday	24	6	52	1	-	-
Crane	2	1	1	0	-	-
Hodgkinson	19	6	36	2	3	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Briggs	b Crimmins	22
W Brown	c Knott b Hunt	3
*HD Stratton	b Fellowes	37
A Hollowood	b Battrick	13
JB Fereday	c Knott b Fellowes	5
H Eagland	b Battrick	0
GW Crane	b Battrick	2
JN Burns	c Knott b Battrick	0
+J Poole	not out	10
TA Grose	b Battrick	1
G Hodgkinson	lbw b Fellowes	9
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-49, 3-74, 4-79, 5-84, 6-86, 7-86, 8-89, 9-94, 10-107 (50.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hunt	16	5	20	1	-	-
Andrew	7	0	30	0	-	-
Crimmins	7	1	11	1	-	-
Battrick	11	3	22	5	-	2
Barnard	3	1	8	0	-	-
Fellowes	6.1	3	11	3	1	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*W Andrew	not out	42
HJD Hunt	b Hodgkinson	5
P Crimmins	c Poole b Eagland	24
AK Gibson	not out	8
+PTP Knott	did not bat
G Battrick	did not bat
AF Fellowes	did not bat
HP Ellis	did not bat
CP Turle	did not bat
JFA Barnard	did not bat
WAH Chessall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	13
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 32 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-72

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grose	6	4	11	0	1	-
Hodgkinson	9	3	21	1	1	3
Fereday	8	1	14	0	-	-
Eagland	6	0	22	1	-	1
Stratton	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JN Burns	c Ellis b Battrick	13
+J Poole	not out	20
GW Crane	not out	12
P Briggs	did not bat
W Brown	did not bat
*HD Stratton	did not bat
A Hollowood	did not bat
JB Fereday	did not bat
H Eagland	did not bat
TA Grose	did not bat
G Hodgkinson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 11 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Burns)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battrick	6	1	24	1	-	2
Andrew	2	0	15	0	-	-
Chessall	2	0	6	0	-	-
Crimmins	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AF Fellowes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HP Ellis made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WAH Chessall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Hodgkinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HP Ellis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Hodgkinson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HJD Hunt (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AK Gibson (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Andrew (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Grose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings (previous best was 4-54)
--> TA Grose achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Dorset first innings
--> G Battrick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 1-27)
--> G Battrick achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first 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.
This rain-restricted return game, which was the inaugural championship match played at the new County Ground, was drawn, the Dorset declaration leaving Staffordshire a victory target of 160 runs in three-quarters of an hour. Rain limited play on the second day to around 2 hours. Staffordshire had won the match between the two sides at Stoke the previous month. 500 spectators were reported to be present on the first day. The point gained by Dorset was the only one during the season. [An alternative version of this score based on Dorset sources gives, in the Staffordshire second innings, Burns caught by Barnard not Ellis.]
[Missing: In Dorset second innings who bowled missing wide.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Dorset County Chronicle 23 July; Poole Herald 23 July; Staffordshire Advertiser 18 July; Staffordshire Sentinel 15,16,18 July; Birmingham Daily Post 16,17 July.

 

 

 

 

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