minc5197	Dorset v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	The Recreation Ground, Dorchester on 12th, 13th August 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 1; Devon 3
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HD Fairclough	c Dovey b Bridge	35
DH Cole	b Dovey	60
NCF Bloy	c Hardwicke b Dovey	5
NF Borrett	lbw b Dovey	28
R Smith	b Bridge	15
BH Lock	c Hardwicke b Dovey	0
CE Wensley	c Hebden b Bridge	3
NV Thomas	b Bridge	11
P Atkinson	c Doggrell b Bridge	10
+JA Bonner	not out	0
AE Smith	b Bridge	4
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-70, 3-124, 4-139, 5-139, 6-147, 7-148, 8-158, 9-172, 10-176 (92 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Doggrell	9	3	13	0	-	-
Alexander	13	3	29	0	-	-
Dovey	37	14	59	4	-	-
Bridge	33	10	70	6	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Bonner b AE Smith	28
GES Woodhouse	c Cole b R Smith	3
GGL Hebden	c Bonner b R Smith	20
GWL Courtenay	b Cole	15
M Hardwicke	c Fairclough b Cole	1
DA Bulfield	b Cole	0
DJW Bridge	b Cole	0
HG Hunt	run out	3
ME Doggrell	st Bonner b R Smith	15
RR Dovey	c Thomas b Cole	4
APF Alexander	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-32, 3-60, 4-62, 5-64, 6-68, 7-73, 8-81, 9-96, 10-97 (38 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AE Smith	10	1	29	1	-	-
Atkinson	4	0	15	0	-	-
R Smith	13	6	20	3	-	-
Cole	11	4	25	5	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HD Fairclough	c sub b Alexander	18
DH Cole	c sub b Alexander	2
NF Borrett	not out	23
NCF Bloy	not out	24
R Smith	did not bat
BH Lock	did not bat
CE Wensley	did not bat
NV Thomas	did not bat
P Atkinson	did not bat
+JA Bonner	did not bat
AE Smith	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 18 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-24

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alexander	7	1	23	2	-	-
Doggrell	3	0	9	0	-	-
Dovey	6	0	28	0	-	-
Bridge	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	b AE Smith	11
GGL Hebden	c R Smith b AE Smith	4
GWL Courtenay	b AE Smith	7
M Hardwicke	lbw b AE Smith	3
ME Doggrell	c Cole b R Smith	11
GES Woodhouse	not out	20
DA Bulfield	not out	21
DJW Bridge	did not bat
HG Hunt	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
APF Alexander	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 36 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19, 3-26, 4-27, 5-45

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AE Smith	9	2	16	4	-	-
Cole	10	1	16	0	-	-
R Smith	8	3	16	1	-	-
Fairclough	7	1	15	0	-	-
Borrett	1	0	5	0	-	-
Bloy	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Cole reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Dorset first innings

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