The Minor Counties Championship 1902

130 MONMOUTHSHIRE 1902 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position thirteenth out of sixteen Won: v Devon at Newport Lost: v Wiltshire at Newport, v Glamorgan at Swansea, v Devon at Exeter., and v Wiltshire at Swindon Drawn – won on first innings: v Berkshire at Newport, and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn – lost on first innings: none Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Glamorgan at Newport. Captain: L F Stedman (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: T Mayes (6 matches) and A Williams (2 matches) Debutants: 6 (H J Fentiman, R B Griffiths, J F McKay, M Stratton, A Williams, and S H Williams) Final season: 3 (H J Fentiman, F Holmes and A Williams) Hon Secretary: A J R Butler Professionals: 3 (T Mayes, A J Silverlock and R Steeples) Home ground 1: Newport Cricket Club, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport (4 matches). Notes: Monmouth fell from twelth equal in 1901 to thirteenth place. The same opponents were met as in 1901. An interesting feature of the season was that Monmouthshire batted first in all eight matches they played. The toss was won on six occasions and they were put in to bat on the other two. Career milestones passed during the season were one thousand runs by A J Silverlock, and one hundred wickets by both A J Silverlock and R Steeples. MONMOUTHSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1902 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Monmouthshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1902 was the last or only season that these 3 players appeared for Monmouthshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I A J R Butler 4 7 1 24 61 10.16 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H J Fentiman + 2 3 1 6 10 5.00 - - - - - 15 3 38 4 9.50 3-24 - - A J Gould 2 3 0 37 61 20.33 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R B Griffiths + 5 9 1 31 123 15.37 - - 1 2 - 33 6 110 1 110.00 1-63 - - F Holmes 5 8 0 11 23 2.87 - - 4 2 - 24 1 94 4 23.50 2-31 - - W E C Hudden 4 7 0 33 82 11.71 - - 1 4 - 3 1 7 0 - - - - G L Lloyd 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J F McKay + 1 2 0 9 13 6.50 - - - - - 2 0 18 0 - - - - Mayes, T 6 10 3 15 60 8.57 - - 1 9 3 8 1 37 1 37.00 1-22 - - E S Phillips 6 11 1 22 72 7.20 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - P C Phillips 8 15 0 78 261 17.40 - 1 2 5 - 12 0 45 2 22.50 2-45 - - F Rees 3 5 1 78* 136 34.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - G L Robathan 4 7 0 46 131 18.71 - - 1 2 - 3 1 12 0 - - - - J R Rowlands 2 3 0 12 24 8.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Silverlock, A J 8 15 1 112* 676 48.28 1 6 1 6 - 182.4 31 573 36 15.91 7-41 1 3 L F Stedman 8 14 1 42 171 13.15 - - 1 5 - 115.2 24 332 16 20.75 4-34 - - Steeples, R 8 14 3 14* 94 8.54 - - 4 4 - 239.2 39 680 45 15.11 7-73 2 3 M Stratton + 2 4 1 3 5 1.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Dr A L Tatham 6 11 2 30 177 19.66 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A Williams + 2 3 1 10 11 5.50 - - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - S H Williams + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 148 - - - - 1 - - - 179 2 - - - - Total 88 154 17 112* 2343 17.10 1 8 23 47 5 637.2 107 2125 111 19.14 7-41 3 6 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last appearance for Monmouthshire 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 H J Fentiman 1902 2 3 1 6 10 5.00 - - - - - 90 38 4 9.50 3-24 - - F Holmes 1901 10 16 0 20 67 4.18 - - 7 4 - 312 241 10 24.10 4-78 - - A Williams 1902 2 3 1 10 11 5.50 - - - 2 2 - - - - - - - (3 players)