Minor Counties Championship 1909

101 MATCH NUMBER 70 : DEVON V CARMARTHENSHIRE – WEST DIVISION At The Recreation Ground, The Seafront, Torquay on Wednesday 4, Thursday 5 August 1909 Result: Devon won by an innings and 101 runs Points: Devon 5 Toss: Carmarthenshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Carmarthenshire none First day score: Carmarthenshire 73 and 22-4 wickets (H Howell 12*, B P Rees 5*); Devon 257 Carmarthenshire H Howell b Boles 0 (2) b Wilson 21 I Evans b Aston 3 (7) lbw b Light 7 B P Rees b Aston 15 (6) c T Davies b Wilson 26 J C Rees c Boles b Wilson 20 (5) st T Davies b Aston 0 E Gee c Light b Wilson 3 (4) c Hooman b Aston 0 C Morgan c Aston b Wilson 5 (8) b Light 0 + Davies, W not out 10 (1) c Hooman b Boles 4 * Capt D Hughes Morgan st T Davies b Wilson 0 (3) b Aston 0 H A Rees b Wilson 2 (9) c Orchard b Wilson 15 H E John b Light 6 (10) not out 2 J M Bevan c Light b Boles 1 (11) b Aston 0 Extras 8 8 Total 73 83 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 7 37 57 72 73 Second innings 5 5 9 37 49 79 83 Aston 21 7 32 2 - - (1) 17.4 9 22 4 - - Boles 16.2 8 20 2 - - (2) 8 3 18 1 - - Light 6 3 4 1 - - (4) 7 3 10 2 - - Wilson 7 4 6 5 - - (3) 16 4 25 3 - - Waller 1 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 51.2 22 73 10 - - 48.4 19 83 10 - - Devon Lt F O’B Wilson b Gee 8 Lt G C Harrison c and b Howell 6 Light, W F c Evans b Howell 8 C V L Hooman lbw b Howell 135 J F Shelley c John b Gee 16 D C Boles c and b Gee 0 J F Orchard b Gee 31 + Davies, T b Howell 0 Capt R C S Waller b Gee 31 * L Tamworth c Howell b Gee 10 Aston, W H not out 0 Extras 12 Total 257 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 21 41 82 82 214 214 216 251 257 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Howell 28 6 73 4 - - Bevan 2 0 10 0 - - Gee 20.2 4 89 6 - - Hughes Morgan 2 0 19 0 - - C Morgan 2 0 24 0 - - H A Rees 2 0 30 0 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - Total 56.2 10 257 10 - - Notes: Devon won this return match by an innings and 101 runs at 12.30 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Llandovery the week before had been drawn with rain preventing play on the second day. For the winners, there were 2 sixes, 16 fours, 5 threes and 10 twos in Hooman’s 135, scored in two hours. In the Devon innings, Hooman and Orchard added 132 runs for the sixth wicket. This was the first use of the ground for a Championship match. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: Western Daily Mercury 5,6 August; Western Morning News 5,6 August; Llanelly Guardian 12 August; South Wales Daily News 5,6 August; South Wales Press 11 August; Western Mail 5,6 August; The Sportsman 6 August; Cricket 12 August, p 334.