Minor Counties Championship 1908

20 THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1908 – THE SEASON’S RES ULTS AT A GLANCE - CONT N0 DAY DATE MTH VENUE BATTED FIRST BATTED SECOND RESULT 70 M,T 10,11 Luton Bedfordshire 280 & 74-2 Suffolk 129 & 223 Beds 8 wkts 71 M,T 10,11 Slough Dorset 258 & 192 Buckinghamshire 147 & 229 Dorset 74 runs 72 M,T 10,11 Cambridge Norfolk 275 & 150-3d Cambridgeshire 239 & 36-6 Drawn 73 M,T 10,11 Llandovery Cornwall 145 & 268-2d Carmarthenshire 118 & 92-8 Drawn 74 M,T 10,11 Bury Northumberland 170 & 49 Lancashire 2nd XI 174 & 49-4 Lancs 6 wkts 75 M,T 10,11 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire 312-7d Durham 208 Drawn 76 M,T 10,11 The Oval Wiltshire 440 Surrey 2nd XI 205 & 314 Drawn 77 W,T 12,13 Reading Berkshire 427 & 8-0 Dorset 459 Drawn 78 W,T 12,13 Cambridge Bedfordshire 230 & 212-5d Cambridgeshire 237 & 76-8 Drawn 79 W,T 12,13 Cardiff Cornwall 59 & 195 Glamorgan 162 & 93-1 Glam 9 wkts 80 W,T 12,13 Blackpool Durham 150 & 100 Lancashire 2nd XI 136 & 87 D'ham 27 runs 81 W,T 12,13 Reigate Surrey 2nd XI 469 Buckinghamshire 124 & 69 Surrey inns 276 run 82 W,T 12,13 Middlesbrough Northumberland 214 & 141 Yorkshire 2nd XI 116 & 151 N'land 88 runs 83 F,S 14,15 Reading Berkshire 209 & 114 Buckinghamshire 315 & 12-0 Bucks 10 wkts 84 F,S 14,15 Cambridge Cambridgeshire 390 & 68-2 Hertfordshire 521-5d Drawn 85 F,S 14,15 Newport Cornwall 210 & 112 Monmouthshire 244 & 80-6 Mon 4 wkts 86 F,S 14,15 Trowbridge Dorset 214 & 141 Wiltshire 332 & 25-0 Wilts 10 wkts 87 M,T 17,18 Newmarket Suffolk 516-6d Cambridgeshire 359 & 143-5 Drawn 88 M,T 17,18 Poole Dorset 324 Berkshire 203 & 109 Dorset inns 12 runs 89 M,T 17,18 Watford Hertfordshire 507 Bedfordshire 316 & 80-2 Drawn 90 M,T 17,18 Redcar Durham 125 & 55 Yorkshire 2nd XI 80 & 70 D'ham 30 runs 91 M,T 24,25 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire 231 & 82 Hertfordshire 41 & 43 Staffs 229 runs 92 T,[F] 27,[28] Cardiff Glamorgan 138 Monmouthshire Drawn 93 [T],[F],S [3],[4],5 Sep Chippenham Wiltshire 41 & 51-2 Glamorgan 172 Drawn 94 M,T 7,8 Stoke-on-Trent Glamorgan 60 & 79 Staffordshire 134 & 6-1 Staffs 9 wkts Notes: Home teams in bold. Dates in brackets indicate no play possible on that day due to rain. THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1908 Team Played Won Lost Drawn Drawn Drawn Possible Points Percentage Won Lost No Points Obtained 1 st inns 1 st inns Decision NORTH 1 Staffordshire 10 5 1 4 0 0 50 37 74.00 2 Durham 10 6 1 0 3 0 50 30 60.00 3 Yorkshire 2nd XI 10 2 4 3 1 0 50 19 38.00 4 Lincolnshire 10 3 3 1 3 0 50 18 36.00 5 Northumberland 10 3 6 1 0 0 50 18 36.00 6 Lancashire 2nd XI 10 2 6 0 2 0 50 10 20.00 SOUTH 1 Wiltshire 8 6 0 1 1 0 40 33 82.50 2 Surrey 2nd XI 8 6 1 0 1 0 40 30 75.00 3 Dorset 8 2 5 1 0 0 40 13 32.50 4 Buckinghamshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 40 10 25.00 5 Berkshire 8 1 5 1 1 0 40 8 20.00 EAST 1 Hertfordshire 8 3 2 3 0 0 40 24 60.00 2 Bedfordshire 8 4 1 1 2 0 40 23 57.50 3 Suffolk 8 4 3 1 0 0 40 23 57.50 4 Norfolk 8 2 3 1 2 0 40 13 32.50 5 Cambridgeshire 8 0 4 1 3 0 40 3 7.50 WEST 1 Glamorgan 8 6 2 0 0 0 40 30 75.00 2 Monmouthshire 8 6 2 0 0 0 40 30 75.00 3 Devon 8 6 2 0 0 0 40 30 75.00 4 Cornwall 8 1 6 1 0 0 40 8 20.00 5 Carmarthenshire 8 0 7 0 1 0 40 0 0.00 West Division Eliminator Glamorgan v Monmouthshire. No result due to rain. Glamorgan progressed to the Semi-Final as they had reached the final the previous year. Semi-Finals Staffordshire beat Hertfordshire by 229 runs Glamorgan beat Wiltshire on first innings Final Staffordshire beat Glamorgan by 9 wickets