The Minor Counties Championship 1905

60 MATCH NUMBER 34 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V DEVON At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 28, Saturday 29 July 1905 Result: Match drawn – Monmouthshire won on first innings Points: Monmouthshire 2 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: C E Brown and C Hughes Debutants: Monmouthshire 1 (B Phillips); Devon none First day score: Monmouthshire 475-8 wickets declared; Devon 23-1 wicket (E A Fulcher 13*, Lt G C Harrison 0*) Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Aston b Light 8 * P C Phillips b Jackson 26 E S Phillips c Davies b Light 162 + Diver, E J c Davies b Aston 13 Dr A L Tatham b Bamberger 62 G L Robathan not out 103 T B Williams c Davies b Light 3 R B Griffiths c Harrison b Scott 5 Steeples, R c Fulcher b Scott 26 W A Williams not out 48 B Phillips Extras b 10, lb 7, w 2 19 Total (8 wickets declared) 475 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 87 105 265 306 315 334 387 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Aston 39.5 7 161 1 - - Light 38 6 148 3 - - Scott 18 3 71 2 2 - Bamberger 13 1 37 1 - - Jackson 8 0 39 1 - - Extras - - 19 0 - - Total 116.5 17 475 8 2 0 Devon (Followed on) R G Cruwys c Griffiths b Steeples 10 (3) lbw b B Phillips 5 E A Fulcher b Steeples 15 (2) b B Phillips 15 Lt G C Harrison c W A Williams b Steeples 13 (4) not out 65 R T Arundell c T B Williams b Silverlock 0 (5) st Diver b B Phillips 34 * H F Brunskill not out 51 (1) c Diver b B Phillips 26 Light, W F b Steeples 3 + Davies, T b W A Williams 28 H S Jackson b Griffiths 4 Aston, W H c W A Williams b Silverlock 18 R J Bamberger b Steeples 4 Hon D Scott b Steeples 0 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 b 1 1 Total 156 (4 wickets) 146 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 37 38 40 50 102 113 151 156 156 Second innings 31 39 64 146 - - - - - - Steeples 21 6 55 6 - - W A Williams 9 1 36 1 - - (2) 13 2 39 0 - - Griffiths 7 2 21 1 - - (4) 8 1 25 0 - - Silverlock 14 2 34 2 - - (1) 10 1 35 0 - - B Phillips (3) 11.3 1 46 4 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 51 11 156 10 0 0 42.3 5 146 4 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with Monmouthshire winning on first innings. Rain prevented play on the second day between lunch and 4.35 pm. For the home team, E S Phillips scored 162 with 18 fours, 10 threes and 11 twos in 220 minutes, Robathan scored 103 not out with 13 fours, 1 three and 8 twos, and Tatham 62 with 2 fives and 6 fours. In the Monmouthshire innings, E S Phillips and Tatham added 160 runs for the fourth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season, Robathan and Steeples 53 for the eighth wicket, and Robathan and W A Williams 88 unbroken for the ninth wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Devon, Harrison scored 65 not out with 7 fours and Brunskill 51 not out with 5 fours. A bad strain prevented Steeples bowling in the Devon second innings and Garnet Williams fielded as the Monmouthshire substitute in the Devon second innings. The Monmouthshire total of 475-8 declared was the second highest of the season. E S Phiilps’s innings of 162 was the third highest of the season. The 161 runs conceded by Aston in the Monmouthshire innings were the highest of the year. When he had scored 112 in the Monmouthshire innings, E S Phillips reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: In Monmouthshire innings duration of Robathan’s 103 not out.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; South Wales Argus 28,29,31 July; South Wales Daily News 29,31 July; Western Mail 29,31 July; Devon and Exeter Gazette 31 July; Western Daily Mercury 29,31 July; Western Morning News 29,31 July; Sporting Life 29,31 July; The Sportsman 29,31 July.