Minor Counties Championship 1908

54 MATCH NUMBER 21 : DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE – WEST DIVISION At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 3, Saturday 4 July 1908 Result: Devon won by 102 runs Points: Devon 5 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 3 (J Hatton, V H B Majendie, L Tamworth); Monmouthshire none First day score: Devon 167 and 54-3 wickets (J F Shelley 16*, W F Sturt 6*); Monmouthshire 166 Devon J F Orchard b Steeples 23 (2) c N C Phillips b Steeples 14 F H Carroll b F G Phillips 11 (1) c Tatham b Steeples 15 L G Cruwys b Steeples 11 (7) c E S Phillips b W A Williams 5 W F Sturt c W A Williams b F G Phillips 0 (5) c J R Williams b W A Williams 31 V H B Majendie b W A Williams 21 (6) st J R Williams b Silverlock 11 Light, W F c J R Williams b F G Phillips 45 (3) b Steeples 2 Hawksworth, G M b Steeples 4 (8) b W A Williams 64 J F Shelley c N C Phillips b F G Phillips 43 (4) b Weight 122 * L Tamworth c Tatham b Steeples 2 (9) c David b F G Phillips 4 Hatton, J c J R Williams b Steeples 3 (10) b F G Phillips 6 Aston, H R not out 2 (11) not out 23 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 lb 5 5 Total 167 302 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 31 34 60 113 113 117 131 163 167 Second innings 29 30 33 103 124 129 248 264 270 302 Steeples 17 2 54 5 - - (1) 19 4 67 3 - - F G Phillips 19.3 4 73 4 - - (2) 16 1 64 2 - - W A Williams 6 2 18 1 - - (5) 16 0 63 3 - - Silverlock 3 0 20 0 - - (4) 24 3 72 1 - - Weight (3) 6 1 31 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 45.3 8 167 10 0 0 81 9 302 10 0 0 Monmouthshire * E S Phillips lbw b Hawksworth 2 (1) b Hawksworth 6 Silverlock, A J b Hawksworth 1 (2) c and b Aston 1 M David b Aston 7 (4) b Hawksworth 3 Dr A L Tatham b Aston 9 (9) not out 62 N C Phillips b Hatton 31 (3) b Aston 24 F G Phillips run out 9 (6) c Hawksworth b Aston 13 E H Francis b Aston 21 (10) c Sturt b Light 32 L H Weight lbw b Hawksworth 9 (8) c Aston b Hawksworth 28 W A Williams b Hawksworth 39 (5) c Carroll b Aston 2 + J R Williams b Hawksworth 5 (7) b Aston 21 Steeples, R not out 15 (11) b Aston 5 Extras b 16, lb 1, w 1 18 b 4 4 Total 166 201 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 14 18 27 54 81 96 118 125 166 Second innings 7 7 12 23 44 61 78 138 196 201 Aston 19 2 73 3 - - (1) 28.5 2 83 6 - - Hawksworth 24 3 45 5 1 - (2) 27 9 63 3 - - Hatton 6 1 30 1 - - (3) 5 0 29 0 - - Sturt (4) 4 0 4 0 - - Light (5) 6 2 18 1 - - Extras - - 18 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 49 6 166 10 1 0 70.5 13 201 10 0 0 Notes: Devon won by 102 runs at 5.30 pm on the second day. For the winners, there were 13 fours , 2 threes and 12 twos in Shelley’s 122. Hawksworth’s 64 contained 8 fours. In the Devon second innings, Shelley and Hawksworth added 119 runs for the seventh wicket. For the losers, Tatham’s 62 not out included 6 fours. In the Monmouthshire second innings, Weight and Tatham added 60 runs for the eighth wicket, and Tatham and Francis 58 for the ninth wicket. [Missing: Umpires; Devon wicket-keeper.] Sources: Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 4,6 July; Western Daily Mercury 4,6 July; Western Evening Herald 3,4 July; Western Morning News 4,6 July; Cardiff Evening Express 3,4 July; South Wales Argus 3,4 July; South Wales Daily News 4,6 July; South Wales Echo 3,4 July; Western Mail 4,6 July; The Sportsman 4,6 July; Cricket 16 July, p 279.