Minor Counties Championship 1908

82 MATCH NUMBER 49 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V DEVON – WEST DIVISION At Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 31 July, Saturday 1 August 1908 Result: Monmouthshire won by 113 runs Points: Monmouthshire 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: W Pate and H Willis Debutants: Monmouthshire none; Devon 1 (R F Coates) First day score: Monmouthshire 180 and 50-2 wickets (A J Silverlock 38*, A L Tatham 9*); Devon 150 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Davies b Coates 24 (1) b Coates 63 M Stratton c Davies b Light 42 (2) c Hawksworth b Aston 0 G L Robathan b Light 9 (3) c Coates b Aston 1 * E S Phillips b Light 1 (5) b Coates 35 N C Phillips b Aston 46 (6) b Hawksworth 38 Dr A L Tatham c Tamworth b Hawksworth 26 (4) c Hawksworth b Light 25 F G Phillips c Cruwys b Coates 10 (7) b Coates 0 L H Weight b Coates 0 (8) c Carroll b Coates 14 W A Williams b Coates 9 (9) b Hawksworth 2 + J R Williams not out 0 (10) c Tamworth b Hawksworth 24 Steeples, R c Davies b Coates 1 (11) not out 8 Extras b 4, lb 7, w 1 12 b 5, lb 4 9 Total 180 219 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 73 83 83 101 142 165 169 179 179 180 Second innings 6 12 92 96 150 153 178 183 201 219 Aston 14 0 52 1 - - (1) 10 0 37 2 - - Hawksworth 13 3 33 1 - - (2) 12 2 52 3 - - Coates 17.1 3 50 5 1 - (3) 24 3 86 4 - - Light 8 1 33 3 - - (4) 6 0 35 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 52.1 7 180 10 1 0 52 5 219 10 0 0 Devon J F Orchard c W A Williams b F G Phillips 6 absent hurt - Light, W F c J R Williams b F G Phillips 9 (1) b F G Phillips 7 R G Cruwys b F G Phillips 1 (3) c W A Williams b Steeples 19 F H Carroll c Silverlock b Steeples 7 (4) b Steeples 8 J F Shelley b W A Williams 16 (5) c J R Williams b Steeples 21 R F Coates c and b F G Phillips 12 (6) b F G Phillips 12 Hawksworth, G M c F G Phillips b Steeples 18 (9) c F G Phillips b Steeples 0 W F Sturt b Steeples 0 (2) c Stratton b Steeples 39 * L Tamworth b Steeples 32 (7) not out 8 + Davies, T c Silverlock b Steeples 28 (8) c N C Phillips b Steeples 0 Aston, H R not out 13 (10) b Steeples 16 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 b 4, lb 2 6 Total 150 136 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 20 21 41 43 66 73 74 119 150 Second innings 17 50 56 96 99 113 114 114 136 - Steeples 20.3 3 52 5 - - (1) 20.4 2 66 7 - - F G Phillips 18 4 42 4 - - (2) 17 3 53 2 - - W A Williams 10 1 32 1 - - (3) 3 0 11 0 - - Silverlock 2 0 16 0 Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 50.3 8 150 10 0 0 40.4 5 136 9 0 0 Notes: Monmouthshire won this return match by 113 runs at 3.55 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Exeter at the beginning of July had been won by Devon. For the winners Steeples took 12 wickets in the match for 118 runs, including 7 for 66 in the Devon second innings. There were 6 fours in Silverlock’s 63. Orchard was absent hurt in the Devon second innings. J F Orchard injured a knee towards the end of Monmouthshire’s second innings and was unable to take any further part in the match. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: South Wales Argus 31 July,1 August; South Wales Daily News 1,3 August; South Wales Echo 31 July,1 August; Western Mail 1,3 August; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 1,2 August; Western Daily Mercury 1,3 August; Western Morning News 1,3 August; The Sportsman 1,3 August; Cricket 6 August, p 325.