Lee Savident played one match for Dorset in 2003, taking a single wicket
Dorset County Cricket Club was formed in 1896, and first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1897.[1] Their first appearance in List A cricket was in 1968, and in total they have played twenty matches, making two Gillette Cup, thirteen NatWest Trophy and five Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy appearances.[n 1] On five occasions the county progressed to the second round of the competition: in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004 and only once did it progress beyond to the third round, in 2000.[3] Minor counties teams were excluded from the competition from the 2006 season;[4] Dorset's last match was against Yorkshire in the first round of the 2004 competition.
In their twenty List A matches, 88 players have represented Dorset. Stuart Rintoul has appeared the most times for the county, playing in ten matches. Graeme Calway recorded the highest score in List A cricket for Dorset, scoring 105 runs against Hampshire in 1992. Jon Hardy, who also during his career played 142 first-class matches is Dorset's leading run-scorer, having scored 217 runs in his four appearances for the county.[5]Vyvian Pike's nine wickets for the county is the most by any player, as well as having the best bowling figures, having taken five wickets against Norfolk in 2000.[6]Martin Miller, who appeared for Dorset on seven occasions, has claimed the most dismissals as wicket-keeper, taking six catches and making two stumpings.[7] Five non-English players have appeared for Dorset; Guernsey's Lee Savident, Scotland's Ian Sanders and South Africa's Andrew Hodgson, Ian Stuart and Lloyd Ferreira.
The players in this list have all played at least one List A match. Dorset cricketers who have not represented the county in List A cricket are not included in the list. Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.
Key
List of players
List A captains
References
^"Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dorset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
^"Gillette Cup / NatWest Trophy / C&G Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
^"List A Matches played by Dorset". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^Briggs, Simon (4 December 2004). "Minor counties denied their day in sun". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^"ListA Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jon Hardy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^"Dorset v Norfolk, 2000 Natwest Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^"List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Martin Miller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
^"Player Profile: David Daniels". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: John Baker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Colin Roper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Michael Beale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Geoff Hunter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Harold Stephenson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Mark Hardwicke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Derek Hayward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Roger Miller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Michael Doggrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Peter Stuckey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Kenneth House". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: David Bulfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Timothy Hall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: David Robinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Alexander Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Andrew Marsh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Andrew Hodgson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Derek Shackleton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Richard Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Andrew Kennedy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Barry Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Simon Halliday". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Richard Scott". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Christopher Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Michael Wagstaffe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: David Ridley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Christopher Allen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Brian Shantry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Richard Merriman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Simon Turrill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Andrew Winfield Digby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Ian Sanders". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Graeme Galway". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Ian Stuart". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Steve Malone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Andrew Richardson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Anthony Foot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: John Claughton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Simon Legg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Stuart Rintoul". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Jonathan Hall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Sunil Sawney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Niel Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Giles Reynolds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: James Graham-Brown". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Shawn Fitzgerald". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Julian Shackleton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Richard Pyman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Alan Willows". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Darren McBride". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Derek Pepperell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Timothy Richings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Jon Hardy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Owen Parkin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Sean Walbridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Paul Garlick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Julian Cassell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Lloyd Ferreira". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Matthew Swarbrick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Timothy Lamb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Vyvian Pike". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Steve Forshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Neil Thurgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: David Miller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Peter Deakin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Charlie Holcomb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Martin Miller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Edward Elliot-Square". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Glyn Treagus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: David Kidner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Tom Hicks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Toby Sharpe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Matthew Keech". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Kristian Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Daniel Britton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Chris Park". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Ben Lawes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Andrew Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: James Elliot-Square". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: James Tizzard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Danny Kerry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Reginald Keates". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Damien Worrad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Joseph Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Lee Savident". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Matthew Mixer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Darren Cowley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^"Player Profile: Martin Ford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
Notes
^The Gillette Cup, NatWest Trophy and Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy were all the same competition, under different sponsorship guises.[2]