The Minor Counties Championship 1903

130 DEVON 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3 (lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixteenth out of seventeen Won: v Dorset at Exeter Lost: v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Wiltshire at Exeter, v Wiltshire at Chippenham, and v Glamorgan at Exeter Drawn – lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Cardiff, and v Monmouthshire at Exeter Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Dorset at Poole. Captain: T C G Sandford (5 matches) – H F Brunskill captained the side for the three matches in which T C G Sandford did not play Wicket-keepers: T Davies (8 matches) Debutants: 10 (L Aggett, D C Boles, R G Cruwys, W Griffiths, H Harris, Rev G L A Heslop, C L Morgan, A K N Oxenham, J R P Sandford and W Stradling) Final season for team: 9 (L Aggett, W Griffiths, Dr J N Martin, C L Morgan, A K N Oxenham, R B Rickman, J R P Sandford, W Stradling and G C Vicary) Hon Secretary: Rev S W Featherstone Professionals: 6 (L Aggett, W H Aston, T Davies, W Griffiths, H Harris and W F Light) Home ground 1: The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter (4 matches). Notes: The county dropped back to sixteenth place, having been ninth equal in 1902. Only one match was won against Dorset at Exeter, compared with the two victories achieved in the previous year. The same opponents were met as in 1902. Off the field, the Rev Samuel Featherstone succeeded Col James Fellowes as Hon Secretary. No career milestones were passed during the season. Of those players making their debut for the county, C L Morgan had played one championship match for Hertfordshire in 1897. Further research on Devon cricketers has revealed that Aston’s full initials are W H not just H. MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1903 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 1903 was the last or only season that these 9 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 Aggett, L + 1 2 0 33 33 16.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W Ashford 3 4 0 7 9 2.25 - - 2 - - 56 16 138 6 23.00 2-34 - - Aston, W H 6 10 1 41* 205 22.77 - - 2 1 - 154.5 49 337 27 12.48 6-22 - 3 D C Boles + 4 7 2 17 48 9.60 - - 2 2 - 39 7 127 5 25.40 3-47 - - H F Brunskill 8 15 0 38 179 11.93 - - 4 2 - - - - - - - - - Rev E B Brutton 2 3 0 96 112 37.33 - 1 - 3 - 35.5 16 71 5 14.20 3-51 - - Rev J H H Copleston 5 9 1 64* 143 17.87 - 1 - 5 - 4 1 10 1 10.00 1-10 - - L G Cruwys 4 6 0 21 53 8.83 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R G Cruwys + 3 5 0 16 35 7.00 - - 2 1 - 4 1 5 0 - - - - Davies, T 8 13 3 33 102 10.20 - - 4 8 6 - - - - - - - - H A Francis 4 7 1 28* 68 11.33 - - 2 - - 5 1 41 0 - - - - Griffiths, W + 2 4 0 12 15 3.75 - - 2 - - 4 0 21 1 21.00 1-21 - - Harris, H + 3 5 0 7 12 2.40 - - 2 1 - 40 5 205 6 34.16 4-101 - - Rev G L A Heslop + 2 3 1 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - A Hingston 4 7 0 46 110 15.71 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Light, W F 8 15 1 64 179 12.78 - 1 2 5 - 146 27 461 23 20.04 4-43 - - J N Martin 3 6 0 31 87 14.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C L Morgan + 1 2 0 56 73 36.50 - 1 - - - 20.1 2 63 4 15.75 4-55 - - J F Orchard 2 3 0 29 48 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A K N Oxenham + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R B Rickman 2 3 1 5 11 5.50 - - - 1 - 6.3 0 22 5 4.40 5-22 - 1 J R P Sandford + 2 3 1 7* 10 5.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - T C G Sandford 5 10 1 96 248 27.55 - 2 1 6 - 29 5 95 6 15.83 3-19 - - W Stradling + 2 4 1 4 9 3.00 - - 1 1 - 17 4 37 7 5.28 6-28 - 1 G C Vicary 3 5 3 28* 47 23.50 - - 1 1 - 34 6 125 4 31.25 2-17 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 162 - - - - - - - - 121 1 - - - - Total 88 153 17 96 2003 14.72 0 6 33 41 6 595.2 140 1879 101 18.60 6-22 0 5 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Devon in the Championship in 1903. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Aggett, L 1903 1 2 0 33 33 16.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Griffiths, W 1903 2 4 0 12 15 3.75 - - 2 - - 24 21 1 21.00 1-21 - - J N Martin 1901 12 20 1 63* 209 11.00 - 1 6 2 - - - - - - - - C L Morgan 1903 1 2 0 56 73 36.50 - 1 - - - 121 63 4 15.75 4-55 - - A K N Oxenham 1903 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - R B Rickman 1901 3 5 1 5 13 3.25 - - 1 1 - 57 44 6 7.33 5-22 - 1 J R P Sandford 1903 2 3 1 7* 10 5.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W Stradling 1903 2 4 1 4 9 3.00 - - 1 1 - 102 37 7 5.28 6-28 - 1 G C Vicary 1902 5 9 4 28* 56 11.20 - - 2 1 - 270 152 6 25.33 2-17 - - (9 players)