The Minor Counties Championship 1902

91 MATCH NUMBER 68 : DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Monday 25, Tuesday 26 August 1902 Result: Devon won by ten wickets Points: Devon 3 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 116; Devon 210-7 wickets (H A Francis 81*, H F Brunskill 13*) Monmouthshire E S Phillips b Light 0 (1) b Light 2 Silverlock, A J b Jennings 8 (2) c Jennings b Hedley 82 P C Phillips b Jennings 6 (4) c Brunskill b Light 0 Dr A L Tatham not out 27 (3) b Aston 5 G L Robathan b Jennings 0 (5) b Hedley 39 * L F Stedman c and b Jennings 22 (6) c Jennings b Hedley 15 R B Griffiths c Sandford b Light 3 (7) c Aston b Hedley 23 A J R Butler b Jennings 6 (8) b Hedley 3 Steeples, R b Jennings 13 (9) b Aston 14 + Mayes, T c and b Francis 15 (10) not out 0 F Holmes run out 11 (11) c Brunskill b Hedley 0 Extras b 5 5 b 2, lb 1 3 Total 116 186 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 14 14 15 18 48 49 68 86 116 Second innings 11 28 35 117 138 147 165 186 186 186 Light 19 2 46 2 - - (1) 21 4 49 2 - - Jennings 26.2 7 50 6 - - (2) 7 1 20 0 - - Sandford 5 2 8 0 - - (7) 3 1 12 0 - - Francis 3 1 7 1 - - (5) 10 1 29 0 - - Aston (3) 10 4 18 2 - - Brutton (4) 5 0 13 0 - - Hedley (6) 14 3 42 6 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 53.2 12 116 10 0 0 70 14 186 10 0 0 Devon A Hingston b Steeples 1 (1) not out 4 * T C G Sandford c Stedman b Silverlock 5 (2) not out 5 Light, W F b Steeples 1 J F Orchard b Silverlock 6 Maj W C Hedley b Stedman 34 H A Francis not out 117 Rev E B Brutton st Mayes b P C Phillips 48 Aston, H lbw b P C Phillips 5 H F Brunskill b Steeples 14 + Davies, T c E S Phillips b Steeples 41 Jennings, D J b Griffiths 4 Extras b 14, lb 3, nb 1 18 0 Total 294 (no wicket) 9 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 6 9 19 65 165 177 211 284 294 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Silverlock 24 4 58 2 - - Steeples 24 5 45 4 - - (1) 0.5 0 9 0 - - Griffiths 18 1 63 1 - - Stedman 15 5 36 1 - - Mayes 4 1 15 0 - - Holmes 4 1 14 0 - - P C Phillips 12 0 45 2 - 1 Extras - - 18 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 101 17 294 10 0 1 0.5 0 9 0 0 0 Notes: Devon won this return match by ten wickets on the second day, thus reversing the defeat when the two teams met at Newport in July. For the victors, there were 7 fours, 6 threes and 18 twos in Francis’s 117 not out, scored in 2¼ hours. He was involved in two major partnerships putting on exactly 100 for the sixth wicket with Brutton, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season, and adding 73 for the ninth wicket with Davies, which was also the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Silverlock’s 82 for Monmouthshire took 2 hours and 5 minutes and included 1 five and 2 fours. The match was played in ‘glorious fine weather’. [Missing: Umpires; time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 26,27 August; Western Morning News 26,27 August; South Wales Argus 25,26 August; South Wales Daily News 26,27 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 30 August; Star of Gwent 29 August; Western Mail 26,27 August; The Sportsman 25,26,27 August.