minc435	Dorset v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1902
Venue	Recreation Ground, Blandford on 13th, 14th August 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 0; Hertfordshire 1
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 141 all out

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE White	lbw b Bowley	3
AJ Golding	b Bowley	28
CT Rudd	b Bowley	2
HJ Hill	lbw b Bowley	0
A Butcher	b Burney	43
GG Dumbelton	c and b Bowley	40
GO Bigge	c FAS Sewell b Burney	10
EHE Morgan	b Burney	2
*+CD Fastnedge	c Bowley b Hunt	5
WJ Rudd	not out	0
WE Coleman	absent ill
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-141 (57 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bowley	21	4	51	5	-	-
Hunt	10	4	19	1	-	-
Smith-Marriott	4	1	11	0	1	-
FAS Sewell	4	0	26	0	-	-
CE Kindersley	10	5	10	0	-	-
Burney	8	2	16	3	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ER Kindersley	b Coleman	5
CAS Sewell	c Hill b White	30
CE Kindersley	b Coleman	0
FAS Sewell	c Fastnedge b White	10
AB Burney	b Coleman	3
HE Forrester	b White	2
RE Smart	lbw b White	34
HJD Hunt	b Coleman	0
WJ Smith-Marriott	lbw b White	0
+RSK Blucke	b Coleman	10
T Bowley	not out	39
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-79, 10-140 (55 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	25	8	44	5	-	-
White	27	5	83	5	-	-
Golding	2	0	3	0	-	-
WJ Rudd	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AB Burney made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Smith-Marriott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Smith-Marriott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CAS Sewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Bowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Bowley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-75)
--> WE Coleman reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Dorset 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 drawn return match was heavily influenced by the weather, with frequent interruptions of play by rain on both days. Only the Hertfordshire innings could be completed on the first day, and heavy rain after the completion of the Dorset innings on the second day caused the game to be abandoned. The game between the two sides at Broxbourne in July had been won by Hertfordshire. A tenth-wicket partnership of 61 runs between Smart and Bowley took the Dorset total to just two runs short of a first innings lead. It was the closest Dorset came all season to gaining a Championship point. Coleman was ill and did not bat on the first day, but bowled successfully on the second.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets.]
Sources: Dorchester Telegram 26 August; Dorset County Chronicle 21 August; Herts Advertiser 23 August; Watford Observer 23 August; The Sportsman 16 August.