Minor Counties Championship 1908

86 MATCH NUMBER 53 : DEVON V CARMARTHENSHIRE – WEST DIVISION At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1908 Result: Devon won by six wickets Points: Devon 5 Toss: Carmarthenshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Carmarthenshire 4 (I Evans, S H Lockyer, J E Morgan, I Williams) First day score: Carmarthenshire 227; Devon 284-9 wickets (R F Coates 13*, W Ashford 5*) Carmarthenshire I Evans c Hooman b Aston 52 (2) lbw b Hawksworth 0 H John lbw b Hawksworth 23 (1) b Coates 8 E Gee c Hawksworth b Coates 3 (7) c Shelley b Hawksworth 9 S H Lockyer c Carroll b Hawksworth 10 (3) c Tamworth b Hawksworth 14 Soar, T c and b Coates 5 (5) c Shelley b Hawksworth 4 Dr R L Thomas c Coates b Aston 7 (4) c Hooman b Coates 17 * Capt D Hughes-Morgan run out 0 (9) c and b Aston 17 I Williams b Aston 0 (10) c Davies b Aston 0 E F Longcroft c Tamworth b Coates 73 (6) b Hawksworth 16 J E Morgan not out 38 (8) st Davies b Hawksworth 0 L B Blake b Hawksworth 6 (11) not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 5 10 b 5, lb 4 9 Total 227 94 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 55 68 75 91 97 101 118 219 227 Second innings 1 20 40 50 50 60 61 61 92 94 Coates 22 2 81 3 - - (2) 13 3 34 2 - - Aston 14 2 57 3 - - (3) 3.1 1 4 2 - - Hawksworth 19 4 59 3 - - (1) 17 9 47 6 - - Ashford 1 0 9 0 - - Light 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 58 8 227 10 0 0 33.1 13 94 10 0 0 Devon R G Cruwys c Thomas b Soar 15 C V L Hooman c Lockyer b Soar 51 F H Carroll c Longcroft b J E Morgan 81 (6) not out 2 Light, W F c Gee b Hughes-Morgan 20 J F Shelley b Soar 10 (5) not out 12 * L Tamworth b Williams 47 Hawksworth, G M b Williams 17 R F Coates not out 13 (2) c Hughes-Morgan b Soar 10 + Davies, T lbw b Williams 8 (4) c Thomas b Blake 3 Aston, H R run out 1 (3) b Blake 4 W Ashford not out 5 (1) b Soar 0 Extras b 4, lb 8, nb 4 16 b 4, lb 4 8 Total (9 wickets declared) 284 (4 wickets) 39 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 63 82 125 139 207 243 262 275 277 - Second innings 14 18 28 - - - - - - Gee 10 1 49 0 - - Soar 23 5 102 3 - 2 (1) 5 1 15 2 - - Thomas 5 1 23 0 - - Hughes-Morgan 7 1 33 1 - 1 Evans 6 1 34 0 - 1 Morgan 2 0 11 1 - - Williams 6 1 16 3 Blake (2) 4.1 0 16 2 - - Extras - - 16 1 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 59 10 284 9 0 4 9.1 1 39 4 0 0 Notes: Devon won this return match by 6 wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Llanelly the previous week had also been won by Devon. For the winners, there were 13 fours in Carroll’s 81 and 8 fours in Hooman’s 51. For the losers, there were 12 fours in Longcroft’s 73 and 4 fours in Evans’s 52. In the Carmarthenshire first innings, Longcroft and J E Morgan added 101 runs for the ninth wicket. there is some doubt as to whether Devon declared their first innings closed as W Ashford was not at the ground at the start of play on the second morning – Devon fielded with only 10 players until Ashford arrived just before lunch.] [Missing: Umpires; Carmarthenshire wicket-keeper; precise time completed.] Sources: Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 4,5 August; Western Daily Mercury 4,5 August; Western Morning News 4,5 August; Cardiff Evening Express 3,4 August; South Wales Daily News 4,5 August; South Wales Echo 3,4 August; Western Mail 4,5 August; The Sportsman 5 August; Cricket 13 August, p 342.