The Minor Counties Championship 1905

84 MATCH NUMBER 58 : DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The United Services Cricket Ground, Mount Wise, Devonport on Friday 11, Saturday 12 August 1905 Result: Devon won by 151 runs Points: Devon 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Devon 35 and 191-8 wickets (D C Boles 23*, T Davies 9*); Monmouthshire 130 Devon R G Cruwys c and b Stedman 6 (1) c Tatham b Steeples 9 Lt G E Leggett b Stedman 9 (2) b Williams 34 Lt G C Harrison run out 1 (3) b Silverlock 22 H V I Watts c Diver b Stedman 4 (4) b Silverlock 3 * H F Brunskill c Stedman b Steeples 2 (5) c Steeples b Silverlock 68 W F Sturt st Diver b Stedman 0 (6) c P C Phillips b Williams 4 R T Arundell b Steeples 7 (7) b Williams 0 D C Boles c Diver b Steeples 0 (8) b Williams 31 Light, W F not out 6 (9) c P C Phillips b Stedman 1 + Davies, T b Steeples 0 (10) not out 57 Aston, W H c E S Phillips b Steeples 0 (11) c Robathan b Griffiths 42 Extras 0 b 22, lb 7 29 Total 35 300 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 14 18 22 22 22 29 35 35 35 Second innings 19 53 63 103 117 117 167 172 207 300 Steeples 9 1 20 5 - - (1) 16 7 36 1 - - Stedman 9 3 15 4 - - (2) 25 6 80 1 - - Silverlock (3) 20 4 62 3 - - Williams (4) 24 8 54 4 - - Griffiths (5) 7 0 39 1 - - Extras - - 0 1 - - - - 29 0 - - Total 18 4 35 10 0 0 92 25 300 10 0 0 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J b Aston 0 (2) c Davies b Aston 25 * P C Phillips b Light 24 (1) b Light 1 E S Phillips b Aston 0 (3) b Light 2 + Diver, E J b Light 6 (4) c Sturt b Light 10 Dr A L Tatham b Aston 8 (5) c Aston b Light 9 G L Robathan b Light 52 (6) b Aston 0 J H Stratton b Aston 1 (7) b Light 0 R B Griffiths b Light 8 (8) lbw b Light 0 L F Stedman run out 18 (9) c Davies b Aston 3 Steeples, R not out 4 (10) b Aston 1 W A Williams b Light 0 (11) not out 2 Extras b 3, lb 6 9 b 1 1 Total 130 54 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 6 32 33 41 51 70 126 130 130 Second innings 6 16 38 38 38 43 43 48 52 54 Aston 20 2 57 4 - - (1) 14.2 6 32 4 - - Light 19.3 6 42 5 - - (2) 14 5 21 6 - - Boles 4 1 14 0 - - Sturt 4 1 8 0 - - Extras - - 9 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 47.3 10 130 10 0 0 28.2 11 54 10 0 0 Notes: Devon won this return match by 151 runs shortly before lunch on the second day after a reversal of fortune. The result was to prove a setback to Monmouthshire’s efforts to win the Championship. The match between the two sides at Newport in July had been drawn. On the first day, Devon were bowled out for 35 before lunch and ended play only 96 runs ahead with two wickets remaining. For the winners, Light took 11 wickets in the match for 63 runs and Aston 8 for 89. There were 8 fours in Brunskill’s 68 and 1 six and 8 fours in Davies’s 57 not out. In the Devon second innings, Brunskill and Boles put on 50 runs for the seventh wicket, and Davies and Aston 93 for the last wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For the visitors, Robathan’s 52 contained 6 fours. In the Monmouthshire first innings, Robathan and Stedman put on 56 runs for the eighth wicket. The Devon first innings total of 35 was the second lowest of the season. Newspaper accounts report that over five thousand spectators were present on the first day. In the Monmouthshire first innings, all ten batsmen dismissed were bowled. When he had scored 3 in the Monmouthshire first innings, Tatham reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. The same milestone was reached by Brunskill when he had scored 13 in the Devon second innings. [In the Monmouthshire first innings, there are conflicting versions for the fall of the third and fifth wickets. The one adopted is judged to be the most probable.] [Missing: Umpires; precise time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 12,14 August; Western Morning News 12,14 August; County Observer and Monmouthshire Advertiser 19 August; South Wales Argus 11,12,14 August; South Wales Daily News 12,14 August; South Wales Echo 11,12 August; Western Mail 12,14 August; Sporting Life 12,14 August; The Sportsman 12,14 August.