Minor Counties Championship 1907

50 MATCH NUMBER 18 : DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 June 1907 Result: Devon won by two wickets Points: Devon 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 2 (Maj J G Blackburne, Capt S T Hayley); Monmouthshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 175 and 45-5 wickets (Dr A L Tatham 12*, M David 4*); Devon 131 Monmouthshire M Stratton lbw b Aston 16 (1) c Aston b Light 22 Silverlock, A J c Aston b Ashford 25 (2) b Aston 2 E S Phillips c Blackburne b Light 3 (4) st Davies b Light 1 + Diver, E J st Davies b Hawksworth 43 (6) b Hawksworth 4 M David b Hawksworth 8 (7) b Aston 10 * Dr A L Tatham c and b Light 19 (5) b Aston 23 T B Williams c Harrison b Light 5 (8) not out 28 F G Phillips c Brunskill b Light 25 (3) run out 0 W A Williams c Gwynn b Aston 4 (10) c Brunskill b Hawksworth 7 L F Stedman b Hawksworth 8 (9) c Light b Hawksworth 9 Steeples, R not out 15 (11) c Davies b Ashford 3 Extras b 3, lb 1 4 0 Total 175 109 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 36 71 88 101 109 134 141 157 175 Second innings 5 5 6 33 40 60 67 98 106 109 Aston 20 6 54 2 - - (2) 18 4 50 3 - - Light 25 5 63 4 - 1 (1) 20 9 37 2 - - Hawksworth 13.5 6 25 3 - - (4) 5 2 12 3 - - Ashford 8 1 29 1 - - (3) 3.1 0 10 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 66.5 18 175 10 0 1 46.1 15 109 10 0 0 Devon W S Gwynn c David b Silverlock 17 (1) b Steeples 5 Maj J G Blackburne b Steeples 1 (5) c Silverlock b Stedman 25 Lt G C Harrison c and b Steeples 3 (3) c F G Phillips b W A Williams 1 H V I Watts c F G Phillips b Steeples 37 (4) b W A Williams 4 * H F Brunskill run out 23 (2) c F G Phillips b Steeples 2 Capt S T Hayley b Steeples 0 (6) b Stedman 38 Light, W F b Steeples 0 (7) c E S Phillips b Steeples 28 + Davies, T c David b Steeples 3 (8) c E S Phillips b Steeples 13 Aston, H R b Steeples 27 (9) not out 25 Hawksworth, G M not out 9 (10) not out 6 W Ashford c E S Phillips b Steeples 1 Extras b 10 10 b 4, lb 4 8 Total 131 (8 wickets) 155 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 15 49 70 70 70 92 120 123 131 Second innings 2 3 8 14 71 86 112 127 - - Steeples 17 3 50 8 - - (1) 15.5 1 54 4 - - Silverlock 11 1 39 1 - - (3) 4 0 18 0 - - Stedman 6 0 32 0 - - (4) 6 0 27 2 - - W A Williams (2) 9 1 31 2 - - F G Phillips (5) 4 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 34 4 131 10 0 0 38.5 2 155 8 0 0 Notes: Devon won this close match by 2 wickets mid-afternoon on the second day, after requiring in their second innings 154 runs for victory with over 4 hours to score them in. When Hawksworth joined Aston 27 runs were still needed. The winning runs were scored amid reported scenes of considerable excitement. For Monmouthshire, Steeples took 12 wickets in the match for 104 runs, including 8 for 50 in the Devon first innings. Diver top- scored with 43, an innings containing 4 fours. In Devon’s first innings, Steeples took the wickets of Watts, Hayley and Light with the 1st, 2nd and 4th balls of an over. [Missing: Umpires; precise time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 27,28 June; Western Daily Mercury 27,28 June; Western Morning News 27,28 June; Monmouthshire Beacon 5 July; South Wales Argus 26,27,28 June; South Wales Daily News 27,28 June; South Wales Weekly Argus 29 June; Western Mail 27,28 June; The Sportsman 26,27,28 June.