Minor Counties Championship 1907

162 DEVON 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Second out of five in West Division Won: v Monmouthshire at Exeter, v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Cornwall at Truro and v Dorset at Blandford Forum Lost: v Glamorgan at Exeter and v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Cornwall at Exeter and v Dorset at Devonport Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H F Brunskill (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: T Davies (8 matches) Debutants: 2 (Maj J G Blackburne and Capt S T Hayley) Final season: 5 (R J Bamberger, Maj J G Blackburne, H F Brunskill, Lt R H Clarke and Capt S T Hayley) Hon Secretary: Rev S W Featherstone Professionals: 4 (W H Aston, T Davies, G M Hawksworth and W F Light) Home grounds 2 : The United Services Ground, Mount Wise, Devonport (1 match); and The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter (3 matches) Notes: Having finished second overall in 1906 Devon were runners up in the West Division. The fixture list reduced from ten to eight matches with Berkshire no longer met. Charles Hooman was the main run scorer with 415 at 34.58 followed by Robert Cruwys with 328 runs at 29.81 which was a considerable decline on his 605 runs at 40.33 in 1906. The bowling of Harry Aston, 46 wickets at 22.91 was not so effective as in 1906 when he took 63 wickets at 14.28. His main support was from his fellow professional George Hawksworth who obtained 39 wickets at 11.33. 1907 was the final season for Hubert Brunskill who had captained the team from 1904. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Gerald Harrison, two hundred wickets by Billy Light and one hundred dismissals by T Davies. DEVON MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 2 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 5 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 W Ashford 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - - - 11.1 1 39 2 19.50 1-10 - - Aston, W H 8 13 6 27 121 17.28 - - 1 9 - 372.1 72 1054 46 22.91 6-53 - 4 R J Bamberger 1 2 0 10 12 6.00 - - - - - 2 0 9 1 9.00 1-9 - - Maj J G Blackburne + 5 8 0 50 100 12.50 - 1 1 5 - 20.3 3 78 2 39.00 1-21 - - H F Brunskill 8 13 1 29* 181 15.08 - - - 11 - 8 0 45 1 45.00 1-13 - - Lt R H Clarke 2 3 1 6* 6 3.00 - - 2 - - 69 11 208 6 34.66 3-55 - - R G Cruwys 7 12 1 79 328 29.81 - 2 1 8 - 67 12 192 6 32.00 3-59 - - Davies, T 8 12 2 14 70 7.00 - - 2 14 10 - - - - - - - - H C Featherstone 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W S Gwynn 5 9 1 39 117 14.62 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - Lt G C Harrison 4 6 0 43 83 13.83 - - 1 4 - 3 0 19 0 - - - - Hawksworth, G M 6 9 4 41 143 28.60 - - - 2 - 217.5 76 442 39 11.33 6-40 2 5 Capt S T Hayley + 1 2 0 38 38 19.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - C V L Hooman 7 12 0 144 415 34.58 1 2 2 2 - 42.3 9 184 4 46.00 2-13 - - Light, W F 8 12 1 71 289 26.27 - 2 1 6 - 217 54 604 21 28.76 4-63 - - J F Shelley 5 7 0 34 101 14.42 - - 2 2 - 8 0 54 1 54.00 1-43 - - W F Sturt 5 9 2 61* 227 32.42 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - H V I Watts 6 10 0 37 158 15.80 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 147 - - - - - - - - 126 6 - - - - Total 88 142 19 144 2538 20.63 1 8 16 72 10 1038.1 238 3054 135 22.62 6-40 2 9 (18 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Devon in the Championship in 1907. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I R J Bamberger 1905 9 12 2 36* 82 8.20 - - 3 - - 420 170 8 21.25 2-11 - - Maj J G Blackburne 1907 5 8 0 50 100 12.50 - 1 1 5 - 123 78 2 39.00 1-21 - - H F Brunskill 1902 54 89 7 124 1676 20.43 1 8 8 49 - 276 146 5 29.20 2-8 - - Lt R H Clarke 1906 10 15 2 37* 156 12.00 - - 3 2 - 1624 713 32 22.28 5-48 - 1 Capt S T Hayley 1907 1 2 0 38 38 19.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - (5 players)