Minor Counties Championship 1908

99 MATCH NUMBER 66 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V CARMARTHENSHIRE – WEST DIVISION At The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 7, Saturday 8 August 1908 Result: Monmouthshire won by an innings and 25 runs Points: Monmouthshire 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 2 (K C Raikes, C L S Stanton); Carmarthenshire none First day score: Monmouthshire 280; Carmarthenshire 135 and 28-3 wickets (I Evans 10*) Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Williams b Gee 142 * E S Phillips b Gee 28 G L Robathan c Davies b Gee 17 N C Phillips c Davies b Gee 32 G Abraham b Howell 18 Diver, E J b Gee 1 L H Weight b Gee 0 F G Phillips b Gee 3 K C Raikes c Thomas b Gee 23 Steeples, R c Gee b Williams 3 + C L S Stanton not out 8 Extras 5 Total 280 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 49 97 149 198 199 199 203 268 268 280 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Howell 20 0 108 1 - - Williams 11.2 1 50 1 - - Gee 21 3 76 8 - - John 3 0 23 0 - - Hughes-Morgan 3 0 18 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 58.2 4 280 10 - - Carmarthenshire (Followed on) I Evans c N C Phillips b Steeples 6 (2) c F G Phillips b Silverlock 23 H Howell c Robathan b F G Phillips 13 (3) c Robathan b Steeples 13 S H Lockyer b Steeples 0 (4) c N C Phillips b Weight 5 Dr R L Thomas c Silverlock b F G Phillips 0 (5) b Steeples 0 + Davies, W b Steeples 55 (6) st Stanton b Silverlock 35 H John c Silverlock b F G Phillips 0 (7) b Steeples 13 E F Longcroft c Robathan b Steeples 3 (8) run out 7 J E Morgan b Steeples 2 (9) b Steeples 5 E Gee not out 17 (1) c Robathan b Steeples 0 * Capt D Hughes-Morgan c N C Phillips b Silverlock 13 (11) c Stanton b Raikes 6 I Williams b Silverlock 17 (10) not out 9 Extras nb 1 9 nb 1 4 Total 135 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 18 19 19 20 93 135 Second innings 28 28 67 86 96 103 111 120 Steeples 14 2 45 5 - - (1) 18 5 35 5 - - F G Phillips 18 0 76 3 - 1 (3) 7 3 22 0 - 1 Silverlock 4.3 0 5 2 - - (5) 11 0 40 2 - - Weight (2) 5 1 19 1 - - Raikes (4) 0.4 0 0 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 36.3 2 135 10 0 1 41.4 9 120 10 0 1 Notes: Monmouthshire won this return match by an innings and 25 runs at 12.45 pm on the second day, after Carmarthenshire had followed on 145 runs behind. For the winners, there were 1 five and 24 fours in Silverlock’s 142, an innings of 165 minutes. In the Monmouthshire innings, Silverlock and Raikes added 65 runs for the eighth wicket. Steeples took 10 wickets in the match for 80 runs. For the losers, Gee took 8 wickets for 76 runs in the Monmouthshire innings. There were 5 fours in Davies’s 55. [Missing: Uumpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: South Wales Argus 7,8 August; South Wales Echo 7,8 August; South Wales Press 12 August; South Wales Daily News 8,10 August; Western Mail 8,10 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August; Cricket 20 August, p 366.