Minor Counties Championship 1908

168 DEVON 1908 Championship matches: Played 8, won 6, lost 2, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Joint first out of five in West Division Won: v Monmouthshire at Exeter, v Glamorgan at Exeter, v Cornwall at Camborne, v Cornwall at Exeter, v Carmarthenshire at Llanelly and v Carmarthenshire at Exeter Lost: v Glamorgan at Swansea and v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: L Tamworth (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: T Davies (7 matches) – it is not known who kept wicket in the match against Monmouthshire at Exeter Debutants: 6 (Lt W F Christian, R F Coate, L H W Crockwell, J Hatton, V H B Majendie and L Tamworth) Final season: 4 (L G Cruwys, J Hatton, G M Hawksworth and V H B Majendie) Hon Secretary: Rev S W Featherstone Professionals: 5 (W H Aston, T Davies, J Hatton, G M Hawksworth and W F Light) Home ground 1 : The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter (4 matches) Notes: Devon had a successful season rising to finish equal first with Glamorgan and Monmouthshire in their division, however it was the latter two counties who played for the right to take part in the play offs. Carmarthenshire were new opponents in place of Dorset. John Shelley was the leading run scorer with 505 runs at 36.07. The two professionals Harry Aston and George Hawksworth bowled well with 43 wickets at 16.83 and 36 wickets at 16.63 respectively. Billy Light gave a good all-round performance with 323 runs at 23.07 and 25 wickets at 14.84. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by T Davies, three hundred wickets and fifty catches by Harry Aston and one hundred wickets by George Hawksworth. DEVON MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 4 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 Dr W Ashford 2 4 2 5* 11 5.50 - - 1 - - 37.4 10 92 10 9.20 9-35 1 1 Aston, W H 8 15 8 27* 141 20.14 - - 1 9 - 248.2 45 724 43 16.83 6-42 1 3 Lt W F Christian + 2 4 0 39 79 19.75 - - - 1 - 33 6 88 10 8.80 5-29 - 1 R F Coate + 2 4 1 13* 47 15.66 - - - 3 - 76.1 11 251 14 17.92 5-50 - 1 L H W Crockwell + 2 3 0 2 2 0.66 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - L G Cruwys 1 2 0 11 16 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R G Cruwys 4 6 0 67 133 22.16 - 1 - 4 - 11 2 59 0 - - - - Davies, T 7 13 1 36 155 12.91 - - 3 12 4 - - - - - - - - H C Featherstone 8 15 1 81 226 16.14 - 1 2 10 - 8.4 1 34 4 8.50 3-12 - - Hatton, J + 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - 11 1 59 1 59.00 1-30 - - Hawksworth, G M 7 12 1 64 231 21.00 - 1 1 8 - 246 77 599 36 16.63 8-14 - 3 L Heathcoat-Amory 1 2 0 12 23 11.50 - - - - - 5 0 22 1 22.00 1-22 - - C V L Hooman 4 7 0 54 180 25.71 - 2 1 9 - 4 1 11 1 11.00 1-11 - - Light, W F 8 14 0 118 323 23.07 1 - 1 3 - 117 29 371 25 14.84 7-54 - 1 V H B Majendie + 1 2 0 21 32 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J F Orchard 6 10 0 71 225 22.50 - 1 - 1 - 0.4 0 6 1 6.00 1-6 - - J F Shelley 8 15 1 122 505 36.07 1 3 1 3 - 4 1 7 0 - - - - W F Sturt 7 13 0 39 114 8.76 - - 5 4 - 11 2 18 0 - - - - L Tamworth + 8 14 2 47 161 13.41 - - 4 9 - 2 0 5 1 5.00 1-5 - - H V I Watts 1 2 0 57 76 38.00 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 150 - - - - - - - - 111 4 - - - - Total 88 159 17 122 2839 19.99 2 10 22 78 4 815.3 186 2457 151 16.27 9-35 2 10 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Devon 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 G Cruwys 1901 13 22 2 35 247 12.35 - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - Hatton, J 1908 1 2 0 6 9 4.50 - - - - - 66 59 1 59.00 1-30 - - Hawksworth, G M 1906 23 35 7 64 556 19.85 - 2 4 11 - 4606 1648 116 14.20 8-14 2 11 V H B Majendie 1908 1 2 0 21 32 16.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (4 players)