Minor Counties Championship 1908

166 CARMARTHENSHIRE 1908 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 7, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fifth out of five in West Division Won: None Lost: v Monmouthshire at Llanelly, v Glamorgan at Neath, v Glamorgan at Llanelly, v Devon at Llanelly, v Devon at Exeter, v Cornwall at Camborne and v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Cornwall at Llandovery Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: Capt D Hughes-Morgan (6 matches) – B P Rees captained the side in one match in which Capt D Hughes-Morgan did not play. It is not known who captained the side in the match against Devon at Llanelly Wicket-keepers: W Davies (7 matches) - it is not known who kept wicket in the match against Devon at Exeter Debutants: 26 (all the players) Final season: 9 (L B Blake, Capt – Foster, E E Light, J E Morgan, T R Nicholls, H B Roderick, Dr R L Thomas, H V Watkins and I Williams) Hon Secretary: C Haydn Williams Professionals: 3 (W Davies, E E Light and T Soar) Home grounds 2: Stradey Park, Llanelly (3 matches); and Llandovery College Ground, Llandovery (1 match) Notes: In their first season in the Championship Carmarthenshire fared badly losing seven of their eight matches. The only batsman to score more than 200 runs was W Davies with 231 at 16.50. The most successful bowler was Hugh Howell with 27 wickets at 24.14. His only real support came from E Gee with 19 at 26.89 snd T Soar with 18 at 21.00. CARMARTHENSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 26 players who made their Championship debut for Carmarthenshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 9 players appeared for Carmarthenshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I L B Blake + 3 6 1 8 23 4.60 - - 1 1 - 7.1 1 23 2 11.50 2-16 - - C A Bowen + 4 8 1 64 155 22.14 - 1 1 3 - 3 0 20 0 - - - - D H Davies + 2 4 0 24 37 9.25 - - 1 - - 10 0 41 0 - - - - J T Davies + 2 4 1 17* 29 9.66 - - 1 1 - 24 6 86 2 43.00 1-26 - - Davies, W + 7 14 0 55 231 16.50 - 1 1 6 4 - - - - - - - - E Evans + 1 2 1 4 4 4.00 - - - - - 12 1 29 1 29.00 1-29 - - I Evans + 3 6 0 52 120 20.00 - 1 1 - - 8 1 53 0 - - - - Capt - Foster + 1 2 0 11 20 10.00 - - - 1 - 13 5 32 1 32.00 1-32 - - E Gee + 6 12 3 33* 108 12.00 - - 3 5 - 143.2 22 511 19 26.89 8-76 - 2 H Howell + 7 14 0 31 131 9.35 - - 2 5 - 210.4 38 652 27 24.14 6-83 - 2 Capt D Hughes-Morgan +6 12 3 17 69 7.66 - - 4 2 - 40.5 2 189 8 23.62 4-39 - - H E John + 7 14 0 23 96 6.85 - - 6 1 - 20 1 92 1 92.00 1-16 - - D T M Jones + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - A Lewis + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 5 1 30 0 - - - - C P Lewis + 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Light, E E + 3 6 2 2 4 1.00 - - 1 - - 50 6 211 4 52.75 2-67 - - S H Lockyer + 4 8 0 38 104 13.00 - - 2 5 - 2 0 15 0 - - - - E F L Longcroft + 6 12 0 73 138 11.50 - 1 4 5 - 4 0 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - J E Morgan + 3 6 1 38* 45 9.00 - - 3 2 - 2 0 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - T R Nicholls + 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - B P Rees + 2 4 0 33 50 12.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - H B Roderick + 2 4 0 10 13 3.25 - - 2 - - 5 0 12 0 - - - - Soar, T + 3 6 2 40* 58 14.50 - - 2 2 - 97.2 15 378 18 21.00 6-136 - 1 Dr R L Thomas + 7 14 1 37 136 10.46 - - 3 3 - 21 5 74 2 37.00 2-10 - - H V Watkins + 2 3 0 4 6 2.00 - - 1 - - 8 1 46 0 - - - - I Williams + 2 4 1 17 26 8.66 - - 2 1 - 17.2 2 66 4 16.50 3-16 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 146 - - - - - - - - 122 4 - - - - Total 87 173 17 73 1779 11.40 0 4 45 47 4 703.4 107 2723 95 28.66 8-76 0 5 (26 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 10 Carmarthernshire played with ten men. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 9 players made their last appearance for Carmarthenshire in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I L B Blake 1908 3 6 1 8 23 4.60 - - 1 1 - 43 23 2 11.50 2-16 - - Capt Foster 1908 1 2 0 11 20 10.00 - - - 1 - 78 32 1 32.00 1-32 - - Light, E E 1908 3 6 2 2 4 1.00 - - 1 - - 300 211 4 52.75 2-67 - - J E Morgan 1908 3 6 1 38* 45 9.00 - - 3 2 - 12 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - T R Nicholls 1908 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - H B Roderick 1908 2 4 0 10 13 3.25 - - 2 - - 30 12 0 - - - - Dr R L Thomas 1908 7 14 1 37 136 10.46 - - 3 3 - 126 74 2 37.00 2-10 - - H V Watkins 1908 2 3 0 4 6 2.00 - - 1 - - 48 46 0 - - - - I Williams 1908 2 4 1 17 26 8.66 - - 2 1 - 104 66 4 16.50 3-16 - - (9 players)