The Minor Counties Championship 1902

55 MATCH NUMBER 32 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V DEVON At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 July 1902 Result: Monmouthshire won by 217 runs Points: Monmouthshire 3 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 2 (H J Fentiman, M Stratton); Devon 4 (M C Allenby, H F Brunskill, J Freeman, W F Light) First day score: Monmouthshire 194; Devon 175 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J not out 112 (1) c Roles b Light 88 E S Phillips c Davies b Light 22 (2) c and b Light 10 F Rees c and b Light 6 (3) retired hurt 78 P C Phillips c Roles b Light 9 (4) c Brunskill b Aston 78 * L F Stedman c Aston b Light 6 (6) c Allenby b Aston 0 W E C Hudden b Aston 15 (5) b Aston 20 M Stratton b Aston 3 (8) not out 0 S H Williams b Light 0 H J Fentiman c Higginbotham b Light 2 Steeples, R b Aston 7 (7) b Light 0 + Mayes, T c Freeman b Aston 0 Extras b 5, lb 7 12 b 22, lb 1 23 Total 194 (6 wickets declared) 297 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 53 74 91 138 156 159 165 186 194 Second innings 15 144 292 297 297 297 - - - - Roles 8 0 28 0 - - (3) 6 1 24 0 - - Aston 25.1 9 54 4 - - (2) 13 0 57 3 - - Light 24 1 84 6 - - (1) 22.2 0 113 3 - - Brunskill 6 0 16 0 - - (4) 7 1 23 0 - - Allenby (5) 12 0 46 0 - - Higginbotham (6) 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 23 0 - - Total 63.1 10 194 10 0 0 62.2 2 297 6 0 0 Devon A Hingston b Fentiman 59 (3) c Hudden b Steeples 0 L G Cruwys b Steeples 15 (2) c Mayes b Silverlock 14 M C Allenby c Mayes b Steeples 0 (4) c Steeples b Silverlock 2 Light, W F b Steeples 28 (5) not out 33 H F Brunskill b Steeples 7 (6) b Steeples 4 Aston, H b Steeples 17 (7) c P C Phillips b Steeples 9 * Capt C E Higginbotham b Steeples 16 (1) c Mayes b Silverlock 16 + Davies, T c Silverlock b Fentiman 0 absent hurt - J Freeman not out 18 (8) c Mayes b Silverlock 0 H V I Watts b Fentiman 0 (9) lbw b Silverlock 4 Roles, - c Mayes b Steeples 1 (10) b Silverlock 12 Extras b 12, lb 2 14 b 5 5 Total 175 99 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 32 32 101 121 124 143 152 165 168 175 Second innings 27 34 34 53 64 76 77 81 99 - Steeples 24.3 4 83 7 - - (1) 14 2 42 3 - - Silverlock 9 1 26 0 - - (2) 13.2 1 52 6 - - Stedman 7 1 28 0 - - Fentiman 13 3 24 3 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 53.3 9 175 10 0 0 27.2 3 99 9 0 0 Notes: Monmouthshire won by 217 runs. It was their only win of the season. For the winners, Silverlock carried his bat in the first innings scoring 112 not out including 1 six, 12 fours, 6 threes and 8 twos. His second innings 88 contained 1 five and 11 fours and was scored in 80 minutes. Rees scored 78 with 10 fours and P C Phillips 78 with 9 fours. Steeples took 10 wickets for 125 runs, including 7 for 83 in the Devon first innings. In the home team’s second innings, Silverlock and Rees put on 129 for the second wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Rees, P C Phillips and Hudden put on 148 for the third wicket, of which 108 was added by the first two batsmen, until at lunch it was found that Rees had a broken finger and he did not resume his innings, and Hudden took his place taking the third wicket partnership to 148. The 197 runs conceded by Light in the match were the second highest of the season by a bowler. For Devon, Hingston’s innings of 59 contained 5 fours. Early in the Monmouthshire second innings, Hingston took over the wicket-keeping duties from Davies who was suffering with a badly bruised thumb and M Stratton acted as the substitute fielder. In the Devon second innings, A J Gould was the substitute fielder for Rees. Silverlock’s run aggregate of 200 was the second highest in a match during the season. The 5 catches held by Mayes were the most by a wicket-keeper in a match during the season and equalled the Championship record acheived on seven previous occasions. When Silverlock had scored 66 in the Monmouthshire first innings, he reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; in Monmouthshire 1 st inns duration of Silverlock’s 112 not out; time completed; initials of Roles.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; South Wales Argus 23,24 July; South Wales Weekly Argus 26 July; Star of Gwent 25 July; South Wales Daily News 24,25 July; South Wales Daily Telegraph 23,24 July; South Wales Times 25 July; Western Mail 24,25 July; Western Daily Mercury 23,24,25 July; Western Morning News 24,25 July; The Sportsman 24,25 July.