Minor Counties Championship 1907

76 MATCH NUMBER 44 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V DEVON At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 July 1907 Result: Devon won by nine wickets Points: Devon 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 1(W P Lewis); Devon none First day score: Monmouthshire 128 and 5-0 wicket (A J Silverlock 4*, E S Phillips 1*); Devon 236 Monmouthshire G Abraham b Aston 0 (8) not out 14 Silverlock, A J c Davies b Aston 42 (1) b Hawksworth 49 G L Robathan c Brunskill b Light 16 (3) c Brunskill b Light 21 + Diver, E J c Davies b Light 13 (4) run out 23 W P Lewis c Light b Aston 6 (9) c Gwynn b Hawksworth 0 * E S Phillips b Aston 2 (2) st Davies b Hawksworth 12 M David c Davies b Light 8 (5) c Sturt b Aston 7 F G Phillips c Cruwys b Aston 15 (6) c Light b Hawksworth 4 T B Williams c Davies b Hawksworth 15 (7) c Gwynn b Aston 21 W A Williams b Aston 4 (10) b Hawksworth 0 Steeples, R not out 2 absent hurt - Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 2 2 Total 128 153 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 50 68 80 82 88 92 122 122 128 Second innings 20 66 96 112 118 118 150 150 153 - Aston 24.3 7 53 6 - - (1) 27 6 85 2 - - Hawksworth 9 1 29 1 - - (3) 19.5 7 37 5 - - Light 15 4 41 3 - - (2) 11 1 27 1 - - Cruwys (4) 1 0 2 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 48.3 12 128 10 0 0 58.5 14 153 9 0 0 Devon R G Cruwys c Lewis b Silverlock 18 (1) not out 22 C V L Hooman c and b W A Williams 97 (2) c David b Silverlock 13 W F Sturt c Diver b W A Williams 38 (3) not out 11 H V I Watts st Diver b Silverlock 10 W S Gwynn b W A Williams 12 J F Shelley c Robathan b F G Phillips 16 * H F Brunskill b W A Williams 23 Light, W F b W A Williams 5 + Davies, T c and b F G Phillips 2 Hawksworth, G M not out 0 Aston, H R c Abraham b F G Phillips 5 Extras b 8, lb 1, nb 1 10 0 Total 236 (1 wicket) 46 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 59 162 167 177 189 211 218 227 231 236 Second innings 26 - - - - - - - - - Steeples 11 1 38 0 - - W A Williams 26 3 80 5 - - (1) 7 0 31 0 - - Silverlock 17 2 62 2 - - (2) 6 2 15 1 - - F G Phillips 8.2 0 46 3 - 1 Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 62.2 6 236 10 0 1 13 2 46 1 0 0 Notes: Devon won this return match by 9 wickets at 5.20 pm on the second day. Bad light ended play early on the first day and rain prevented a start on the second day before 2.00 pm. The match between the two sides at Exeter in June had also been won by Devon. For the winners, there were 11 fours in Hooman’s 97. Steeples strained his leg when bowling in the Devon first innings and left the field with the score at 177 for 4 wickets. He took no further part in the match. In the Devon first innings Hooman and Sturt added 103 for the second wicket. In the Monmouthshire first innings, Silverlock’s 42 included 4 fours. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; County Observer and Monmouthshire Advertiser 27 July; South Wales Argus 24,25,26 July; South Wales Weekly Argus 27 July; South Wales Daily News 25,26 July; Western Daily Mercury 25,26 July; Western Mail 25,26 July; Western Morning News 25,26 July; The Sportsman 25,26 July.