misc161857	Dorset v Devon
	Other matches in England 1896
Venue	Sherborne School, Sherborne on 7th, 8th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Devon won by 9 wickets
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 26/4 (Chambers 10*)

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Saxton	b Bowley	1
+TCG Sandford	lbw b Hughes	19
FD Conry	b Hughes	117		180	11	-
TW Mayo	b Hughes	12
*JHH Copleston	b Bowley	0
CV Beresford	b Bowley	5
JHS Hunt	b Hughes	82			5	1
LMR Deas	b Hughes	35
HE Brierley	not out	31
W Linnell	run out	4
DR Dempster	b Hughes	8
Extras		27
Total	(all out, 109 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-341 (109 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hughes	47	12	117	6	-	-
Bowley	45	16	125	3	-	-
Morres	6	2	17	0	-	-
Chambers	6	0	27	0	-	-
Seymour	3	1	19	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Seymour	lbw b Linnell	0
CAS Sewell	run out	3
CH Hodgson	b Linnell	3
CG Chambers	b Linnell	10
*+WH Manfield	st Sandford b Linnell	1
EI Ward	c Hunt b Linnell	18
T Bowley	b Linnell	12
DE Smith	not out	26
C Hughes	b Linnell	6
CP Turle	b Hunt	2
EH House	st Sandford b Dempster	18
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 33.1 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-6, 4-26, 5-29, 6-62, 7-67, 8-74, 9-81, 10-119 (33.1 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Linnell	15	4	38	7	-	-
Dempster	6.1	2	20	1	-	-
Deas	1	0	10	0	-	-
Hunt	9	1	24	1	-	-
Brierley	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Dorset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Hodgson	b Deas	21
DE Smith	lbw b Hunt	63
CAS Sewell	not out	70
CG Chambers	b Linnell	0
T Bowley	c Linnell b Dempster	4
HJ Seymour	b Hunt	0
EI Ward	b Linnell	7
*+WH Manfield	b Linnell	11
EH House	b Dempster	24
C Hughes	b Linnell	0
CP Turle	c and b Dempster	8
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-126, 3-126, 4-147, 5-150, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-216, 10-228 (90 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Linnell	29	12	58	4	-	-
Dempster	23	4	64	3	-	-
Deas	17	3	34	1	-	-
Copleston	2	0	6	0	-	-
Hunt	12	5	36	2	-	-
Brierley	7	3	9	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JHH Copleston	c Chambers b Hodgson	4
GS Saxton	not out	0
FD Conry	not out	3
+TCG Sandford	did not bat
TW Mayo	did not bat
CV Beresford	did not bat
JHS Hunt	did not bat
LMR Deas	did not bat
HE Brierley	did not bat
W Linnell	did not bat
DR Dempster	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket)	7
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Copleston)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Dorset full substitute: EI Ward for HFM Morres
--> Bowling in the Dorset first innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the Dorset second innings adds 1 run under

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