The Minor Counties Championship 1902

123 DEVON 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Ninth equal with Oxfordshire and Yorkshire 2 nd XI out of sixteen Won: v Dorset at Sherborne, and v Monmouthshire at Exeter Lost: v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Wiltshire at Swindon, v Wiltshire at Exeter, and v Glamorgan at Exeter Drawn – won on first innings: none Drawn – lost on first innings: none Drawn – no decision on first innings v Dorset at Exeter. Captain: T C G Sandford (6 matches) – Capt C E Higginbotham (2 matches) captained the side in the two matches in which T C G Sandford did not play Wicket-keepers: T Davies (7 matches) and Dr W G Gray (1 match) Debutants: 10 (M C Allenby, H F Brunskill, J Freeman, Dr W G Gray, L Heathcoat-Amory, Maj W C Hedley, W F Light, W Linnell, B H Marriott Smith and G C Vicary) Final season: 6 (J Freeman, Dr W G Gray, Maj W C Hedley, Capt C E Higginbotham, B H Marriott Smith and – Roles.) Hon Secretary: Col J Fellowes Professionals: 5 (H Aston, T Davies, D J Jennings, W F Light and – Roles) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter - new ground (4 matches). Notes: Devon won their first two matches in the Championship, having entered the competition the previous year. The margin of victory for the first win against Dorset at Sherborne was a new championship record. The season saw the new county ground at Exeter holding matches for the first time. Dorset replaced Surrey 2 nd XI in the fixture list. The initials of the professional Roles, who was playing his final season remain unknown. MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 10 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1902 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Devon in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I M C Allenby + 2 4 0 54 81 20.25 - 1 1 2 - 12 0 46 0 - - - - W Ashford 3 5 1 12 22 5.50 - - - 2 - 42 7 143 8 17.87 4-72 - - Aston, H 6 10 1 116* 220 24.44 1 - - 7 - 128.2 30 376 27 13.92 5-30 - 2 H F Brunskill + 8 13 3 77 159 15.90 - 1 - 5 - 28 5 74 2 37.00 2-8 - - Rev E B Brutton 3 4 0 48 49 12.25 - - 2 - - 28.4 8 63 6 10.50 6-33 - 1 J H H Copleston 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - 4 4 - 2 0.00 2-0 - - L G Cruwys 4 8 1 22 98 14.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Davies, T 7 10 3 41 123 17.57 - - 2 8 2 - - - - - - - - H A Francis 4 6 1 117* 275 55.00 1 2 1 1 - 19.5 5 46 3 15.33 2-3 - - J Freeman + 2 4 1 18* 30 10.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Dr W G Gray + 1 2 0 3 6 3.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - L Heathcoat-Amory + 1 2 0 15 15 7.50 - - 1 1 - 19 2 53 2 26.50 2-53 - - Maj W C Hedley + 3 4 0 34 55 13.75 - - - 1 - 61 21 122 13 9.38 6-38 - 2 Capt C E Higginbotham 2 4 0 24 65 16.25 - - - 2 - 2 0 11 0 - - - - A Hingston 7 12 1 178 321 29.18 1 1 3 1 - - - - - - - - - Jennings, D J 3 3 0 7 15 5.00 - - - 4 - 60.2 16 143 10 14.30 6-50 - 1 Light, W F + 8 13 1 92 296 24.66 - 2 1 12 - 287.2 86 777 43 18.06 6-21 1 4 W Linnell + 2 2 0 10 19 9.50 - - - - - 28 6 72 2 36.00 1-7 - - B H Marriott Smith + 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - 13 7 22 0 - - - - J N Martin 2 3 0 4 5 1.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J F Orchard 6 9 0 99 190 21.11 - 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Roles, - 2 4 1 12 14 4.66 - - - 3 - 28 2 102 1 102.00 1-50 - - T C G Sandford 6 10 1 28 85 9.44 - - - 3 - 38 17 79 2 39.50 1-5 - - G C Vicary + 2 4 1 4 9 3.00 - - 1 - - 11 3 27 2 13.50 2-27 - - H V I Watts 2 4 0 4 5 1.25 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 117 - - - - - - - - 114 3 - - - - Total 88 142 16 178 2297 18.23 3 8 18 55 3 810.3 219 2270 126 18.01 6-21 1 10 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Devon in the Championship in 1902. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J Freeman 1902 2 4 1 18* 30 10.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - Dr W G Gray 1902 1 2 0 3 6 3.00 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - Maj W C Hedley 1902 3 4 0 34 55 13.75 - - - 1 - 366 122 13 9.38 6-38 - 2 Capt C E Higginbotham 1901 4 6 0 24 80 13.33 - - 1 4 - 12 11 0 - - - - B H Marriott Smith 1902 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 - - - - - 78 22 0 - - - - Roles, - 1901 10 17 3 25 119 8.50 - - 1 6 - 1858 1089 46 23.67 8-78 1 3 (6 players)