The Minor Counties Championship 1903

93 MATCH NUMBER 70 : DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Monday 24 [no play], Tuesday 25 August 1903 Result: Match drawn – Monmouthshire won on first innings Points: Monmouthshire 1 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 1 (W Stradling); Monmouthshire none First day score: No play – rain Devon H F Brunskill c Stedman b Steeples 15 (1) c and b Steeples 5 D C Boles c Lloyd b Silverlock 3 (2) run out 17 * T C G Sandford b Steeples 7 (5) st N C Phillips b Silverlock 26 Light, W F b Steeples 2 (3) b Steeples 1 Rev J H H Copleston st N C Phillips b Silverlock 5 (4) b Silverlock 4 W Stradling c and b Silverlock 2 (7) b Steeples 4 Aston, W H c N C Phillips b Steeples 12 (6) b Silverlock 33 A Hingston b Silverlock 8 (9) c E S Phillips b Steeples 1 G C Vicary c N C Phillips b Silverlock 1 (10) not out 8 R G Cruwys b Silverlock 0 (11) c Silverlock b F G Phillips 0 + Davies, T not out 1 (8) c Williams b Silverlock 33 Extras b 2, lb 4 6 b 9, lb 6, nb 1 16 Total 62 148 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 21 23 34 37 38 48 51 51 62 Second innings 15 17 22 54 74 96 104 109 146 148 Steeples 13 5 19 4 - - (1) 17 7 27 4 - - Silverlock 12 1 37 6 - - (2) 23 4 56 4 - - Stedman (3) 8 0 42 0 - - F G Phillips (4) 3.1 0 7 1 - 1 Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 16 1 - - Total 25 6 62 10 0 0 51.1 11 148 10 0 1 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Hingston b Sandford 52 E S Phillips b Aston 28 A J Gould c Vicary b Light 6 + N C Phillips b Aston 4 F G Phillips b Aston 11 Dr A L Tatham b Aston 0 G Ll Lloyd b Light 0 S H Williams b Light 11 * L F Stedman b Aston 7 W E C Hudden not out 2 Steeples, R b Aston 0 Extras b 6, lb 4, w 2 12 Total 133 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 71 96 100 100 100 105 122 122 133 133 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Aston 13.5 6 22 6 - - Light 15 2 63 3 - - Boles 6 1 17 0 2 - Sandford 3 0 19 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 37.5 9 133 10 2 0 Notes: This return match was drawn, after the weather prevented any play on the first day. The match between the two sides at Newport in July had been won by Monmouthshire. Silverlock took 10 wickets in the match for 93 runs, and scored 52 with 2 sixes and 6 fours. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Gazette 26 August; Western Daily Mercury 25,26 August; Western Morning News 26 August; South Wales Argus 25 August; South Wales Daily News 26 August; Western Mail 26 August; The Sportsman 26 August.