minc4988	Devon v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Sandhills, Instow on 6th, 7th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 3; Dorset 1
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, CE Dunn
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NCF Bloy	b Dovey	46
CE Wensley	b Jowett	10
CT Reichwald	c Pullen b Dovey	3
BG Lang	c Pullen b Jowett	48
NF Borrett	b Alexander	104
JG Turner	c Walford b Dovey	0
DB Vaughan	lbw b Dovey	0
P Atkinson	c Thompson b Deane	6
ED Forward	b Deane	6
JH Rodgers	not out	12
DF Pring	b Dovey	7
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-56, 3-83, 4-159, 5-160, 6-160, 7-199, 8-230, 9-238, 10-256 (96.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deane	16	4	32	2	-	-
Alexander	20	3	47	1	-	-
Dovey	32.1	15	44	5	-	-
Jowett	19	1	86	2	-	-
Bridge	8	0	30	0	-	-
Pullen	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c and b Vaughan	10
GES Woodhouse	not out	81
DE Lawes	b Vaughan	32
GW Thompson	b Vaughan	1
DJW Bridge	c Bloy b Atkinson	53
RGH Pullen	did not bat
HG Hunt	did not bat
APF Alexander	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
PA Deane	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-84, 3-86, 4-187 (66 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Atkinson	24	10	37	1	-	-
Vaughan	21	5	41	3	-	-
Forward	13	1	47	0	-	-
Pring	7	1	51	0	-	-
Borrett	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NCF Bloy	c Walford b Alexander	12
CE Wensley	c Woodhouse b Deane	2
CT Reichwald	c Bridge b Dovey	9
BG Lang	lbw b Jowett	13
NF Borrett	b Dovey	44
JG Turner	b Dovey	27
DB Vaughan	b Dovey	1
P Atkinson	c Bridge b Dovey	2
ED Forward	c Woodhouse b Bridge	22
JH Rodgers	not out	2
DF Pring	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 54.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-28, 3-32, 4-74, 5-105, 6-109, 7-113, 8-134, 9-148 (54.1 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deane	18	2	34	1	-	-
Alexander	12	2	46	1	-	-
Dovey	18	7	35	5	-	-
Jowett	6	2	19	1	-	-
Bridge	0.1	0	0	1	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Reichwald b Vaughan	29
GES Woodhouse	b Atkinson	30
DE Lawes	c Forward b Vaughan	10
GW Thompson	not out	24
DJW Bridge	b Borrett	23
PA Deane	not out	2
RGH Pullen	did not bat
HG Hunt	did not bat
APF Alexander	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 33 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-69, 3-72, 4-107

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Atkinson	14	4	37	1	-	-
Vaughan	13	2	45	2	-	-
Reichwald	3	0	18	0	-	-
Borrett	2	0	6	1	-	-
Bloy	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BG Lang made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Rodgers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BG Lang made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ED Forward made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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