Minor Counties Championship 1909

107 MATCH NUMBER 76 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V CARMARTHENSHIRE – WEST DIVISION At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 6, Saturday 7 August 1909 Result: Match drawn - Monmouthshire won on first innings Points: Monmouthshire 3 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: A T Chamberlain and J Stevens Debutants: Monmouthshire 3 (W P Green, C E Hews, M Holley); Cornwall none First day score: Monmouthshire 479 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J not out 246 C E Hews b Howell 4 Diver, E J b Howell 71 W E C Hudden c Gee b C Morgan 7 * E S Phillips b Gee 71 H J Rowlands st Davies b C Morgan 12 + W P Geen st Davies b Gee 12 F G Phillips c John b C Morgan 3 E WWatkins c John b C Morgan 15 L H Weight st Davies b C Morgan 16 M Holley b C Morgan 0 Extras w 1, nb 3 22 Total 479 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 157 198 334 383 479 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gee 38 2 140 2 - 2 Howell 25 3 68 2 - - C Morgan 22.2 0 111 6 1 - Hughes Morgan 9 0 70 0 - - H A Rees 4 0 14 0 - - J C Rees 5 0 27 0 - - Davies 4 0 27 0 - 1 Extras - - 22 0 - - Total 107.2 5 479 10 1 3 Carmarthenshire (Followed on) B P Rees c F G Phillips b Silverlock 22 (3) c Geen b Hews 85 I Evans c Watkins b Holley 30 (1) b Holley 2 J C Rees c Holley b Watkins 30 (6) not out 7 H Howell b Diver 19 + Davies, W b Watkins 5 (7) not out 2 E Gee b Holley 45 (4) b F G Phillips 18 C Morgan b Watkins 0 H E John lbw b Watkins 1 H A Rees c Geen b F G Phillips 1 (5) b Silverlock 5 C P Lewis c Geen b F G Phillips 32 * Capt D Hughes Morgan not out 25 (2) b Hudden 28 Extras w 1, nb 1 14 w 3 21 Total 224 (5 wickets) 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 52 56 94 108 108 108 113 114 157 224 Second innings 2 79 - - - - - F G Phillips 23 6 75 2 - - (1) 12 2 36 1 2 - Silverlock 20 4 46 1 - 1 (2) 18 3 40 1 - - Holley 12.3 5 28 2 - - (3) 7 1 19 1 - - Diver 8 1 30 1 1 - Watkins 11 2 31 4 - - (4) 8 2 22 0 - - Hews (5) 4 1 9 1 1 - Hudden (6) 7 2 21 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 74.3 18 224 10 1 1 56 11 168 5 3 0 Notes: Drawn return match with Monmouthshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Llanelly in June had been won by Monmouthshire. The Monmouthshire total of 479 runs was the highest of the season and lasted 325 minutes. For the home team, Silverlock carried his bat for 246 not out, which was the highest score by a batsman during the season, and his 246 runs was also the highest match run aggregate. The innings contained 26 fours, and was scored in 325 minutes. Diver and E S Phillips both scored 71 and Diver’s innings contained 6 fours with E S Phillips scoring 7 fours. In the Monmouthshire innings Silverlock was involved in two century partnerships. He put on 141 runs with Diver for the second wicket and 136 with E S Phillips for the fourth. For Carmarthenshire, B P Rees top-scored with 85. In the Carmarthenshire first innings, Lewis and Hughes Morgan put on 67 runs for the last wicket. Howell strained his side while bowling in the afternoon on the first day and had to retire. He batted with a runner. Gee completed his over and Hews acted as the substitute fielder. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Carmarthenshire second innings boundaries in B P Rees’s 8 5.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 6,7 August; South Wales Argus 6,7 August; Llanelly Guardian 12 August; South Wales Daily News 7,9 August; South Wales Press 11 August; Western Mail 7,9 August; The Sportsman 7,9 August; Cricket 26 August, p 368.