The Minor Counties Championship 1903

137 MONMOUTHSHIRE 1903 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 2, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Seventh out of seventeen Won: v Berkshire at Newport, and v Devon at Newport Lost: v Wiltshire at Newport, and v Wiltshire at Swindon CG Drawn – won on first innings: v Devon at Exeter, and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn – lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Glamorgan at Newport. Captain: L F Stedman (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: G Ll Lloyd (1 match), T Mayes (5 matches), and N C Phillips (1 match) – not known for one match Debutants: 6 (J E Armstrong, F W Barnes, F G Phillips, J R Williams, O Williams and W A Williams) Final season for team: 6 (J E Armstrong, F W Barnes, G Ll Lloyd, J R Rowlands, O Williams and S H Williams ) Hon Secretary: A J R Butler Professionals: 3 (T Mayes, A J Silverlock and R Steeples) Home ground 1: Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport. Notes: Finishing seventh, Monmouthshire had their most successful season since they qualified for the Championship in 1901. They had been twelfth equal in 1901 and thirteenth in 1902. The same opponents were met as in 1901 and 1902. Two matches were won compared with one each in the previous two seasons. No major career milestones were passed during the season. MONMOUTHSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 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 1903 was the last or only season that these 6 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 J E Armstrong + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F W Barnes + 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A J R Butler 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A J Gould 5 6 0 12 23 3.83 - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - - W E C Hudden 3 5 2 20 32 10.66 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - G Ll Lloyd 3 5 1 42* 87 21.75 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Mayes, T 5 5 1 1 1 0.25 - - 3 6 1 - - - - - - - - E S Phillips 7 11 1 95 246 24.60 - 1 - 6 - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips + 5 7 0 45 78 11.14 - - 1 2 - 29.1 8 78 4 19.50 2-18 - - N C Phillips 5 8 0 38 136 17.00 - - - 7 2 - - - - - - - - P C Phillips 3 2 0 14 18 9.00 - - - - - 2 0 22 0 - - - - F Rees 5 6 0 82 154 25.66 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - G L Robathan 1 2 0 8 8 4.00 - - 1 1 - 4 1 5 0 - - - - J R Rowlands 2 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Silverlock, A J 8 12 1 80 352 32.00 - 3 1 7 - 177 34 499 30 16.63 6-37 1 2 L F Stedman 8 10 2 13 61 7.62 - - 2 4 - 92.4 18 293 16 18.31 4-42 - - Steeples, R 8 9 4 7* 22 4.40 - - 4 4 - 222.1 68 492 51 9.64 7-27 2 5 M Stratton 3 3 0 13 29 9.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Dr A L Tatham 5 8 1 50* 143 20.42 - 1 2 4 - - - - - - - - - J R Williams + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - O Williams + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - S H Williams 4 6 0 30 58 9.66 - - 1 3 - 3 0 20 0 - - - - W A Williams + 3 4 1 41 52 17.33 - - 1 2 - 27 7 67 5 13.40 2-12 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 104 - - - - 1 - - - 153 4 - - - - Total 88 115 14 95 1624 16.07 0 6 21 56 3 557 136 1629 110 14.80 7-27 3 7 (23 players) (6 ball overs) Note: No Monmouthshire bowling analysis has yet been found in Match 7 v Glamorgan at Cardiff for the Glamorgan innings which has been derived from the Monmouthshire averages in Wisden. The notes to the match score explain what was done. The players concerned are P C Phillips, Silverlock, Stedman, Steeples and S H Williams. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Monmouthshire 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 J E Armstrong 1903 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - F W Barnes 1903 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - G Ll Lloyd 1897 19 32 2 58 543 18.10 - 2 4 9 - - - - - - - - J R Rowlands 1901 5 6 0 12 43 7.16 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - O Williams 1903 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - S H Williams 1902 5 7 0 30 58 8.28 - - 2 3 - 18 20 0 - - - - (6 players)