Minor Counties Championship 1908

76 MATCH NUMBER 43 : CARMARTHENSHIRE V DEVON – WEST DIVISION At Stradey Park, Llanelly on Monday 27 July 1908 Result: Devon won by an innings and 81 runs Points: Devon 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Carmarthenshire 1 (A Lewis); Devon 1 (L H W Crockwell) First day score: As match – match completed on first day Devon F H Carroll b Howell 7 J F Orchard c J Davies b Howell 28 R G Cruwys c Longcroft b J Davies 67 Light, W F c W Davies b Howell 25 J G Shelley c Bowen b Gee 54 W F Sturt b Howell 1 Hawksworth, G M b Gee 13 + Davies, T c Longcroft b Howell 13 L H W Crockwell b Gee 0 * L Tamworth run out 7 Aston, H R not out 2 Extras b 12 12 Total 229 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 97 114 139 151 176 219 220 224 229 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gee 25 5 69 3 - - Howell 20.4 5 79 5 - - Lewis 5 1 30 0 - - J Davies 5 0 26 1 - - D H Davies 3 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - Total 58.4 11 229 10 0 0 Carmarthenshire (Followed on) H Howell c Hawksworth b Aston 5 (1) c Tamworth b Light 1 Dr R L Thomas b Hawksworth 3 (4) c Shelley b Light 9 + Davies, W b Hawksworth 1 (3) b Light 4 C A Bowen not out 23 (2) c Cruwys b Hawksworth 15 H B Roderick st T Davies b Hawksworth 3 (5) b Light 0 E F Longcroft b Hawksworth 0 (6) c Sturt b Light 0 E Gee c Aston b Hawksworth 0 (7) c Carroll b Aston 29 H John b Hawksworth 0 (8) st T Davies b Light 0 D H Davies c Cruwys b Hawksworth 0 (9) b Aston 24 A Lewis c and b Hawksworth 0 (10) c Crockwell b Light 6 J Davies c Hawksworth b Aston 0 (11) not out 17 Extras b 4, lb 3 7 lb 1 1 Total 42 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 6 14 19 25 27 27 41 41 42 Second innings 1 21 25 26 26 39 43 74 81 106 Aston 15 5 21 2 - - (4) 6.1 1 22 2 - - Hawksworth 14 9 14 8 - - (1) 15 7 18 1 - - Light (2) 20 5 54 7 - - Cruwys (3) 3 1 11 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 29 14 42 10 0 0 44.1 14 106 10 0 0 Notes: Devon won by an innings and 81 runs at 6.45 pm on the first day, after Carmarthenshire followed on 187 runs behind. For the winners, in the visitors first innings Hawksworth took 8 wickets for 14 runs, and in the second innings Light took 7 for 54. There were 11 fours in Cruwys’s 67 and 7 fours in Shelley’s 54. In the home team’s first innings 6 batsmen were dismissed without scoring. [Missing: Toss; umpires; Carmarthenshire captain.] Sources: South Wales Daily News 28 July; South Wales Press 29 July; Western Mail 28 July; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 28 July; Western Daily Mercury 28 July; Western Morning News 28 July; The Sportsman 29 July; Cricket 30 July, p 317.