Minor Counties Championship 1909

171 CARMARTHENSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won none, lost 5, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Fifth out of five in West Division Won: None Lost: v Monmouthshire at Llanelly, v Glamorgan at Llanelly, v Glamorgan at Swansea, v Cornwall at Cambourne and v Dorset at Torquay Drawn – won on first innings: v Cornwall at Llanelly Drawn – lost on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Devon at Llandovery Captain: Capt D Hughes-Morgan (6 matches) – C P Lewis led the side in the two matches in which Capt D Hughes-Morgan did not play Wicket-keeper: W Davies (8 matches) Debutants: 7 (J M Bevan, G T Gravelle, S H Mills, C Morgan, H A Rees, J C Rees and C S Trubshaw) Final season: 4 (D T M Jones, A Lewis, E F L Longcroft and H A Rees) Hon Secretary: C Haydn Williams Professionals: 1 (W Davies) Home grounds 2: Llandovery College Ground, Llandovery (1 match); and Stradey Park, Llanelly (3 matches) Notes: In their second season in the Championship Carmarthenshire again failed to win a match. The same opponents were met as in 1908. Percy Rees, E Gee and I Evans were the only batsmen to score over two hundred runs. The wicket-keeper, W Davies, who was the leading run- scorer in 1908 had a very poor season with the bat. E Gee and Hugh Howell took 21 and 16 expensive wickets respectively. The bowling was weak. CARMARTHENSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Carmarthenshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 4 players appeared for Carmarthenshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J M Bevan + 7 11 2 13* 30 3.33 - - 2 1 - 20 2 84 1 84.00 1-33 - - C A Bowen 1 2 0 48 50 25.00 - - - 2 - 4 0 25 0 - - - - D H Davies 1 2 1 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 24.4 1 63 3 21.00 3-63 - - J T Davies 3 5 0 18 41 8.20 - - 1 1 - 58.5 7 218 4 54.50 3-68 - - Davies, W 8 14 2 16 76 6.33 - - 3 8 4 4 0 27 0 - - - - I Evans 8 15 1 57* 201 14.35 - 1 4 5 - 3 0 19 0 - - - - E Gee 7 12 2 77* 233 23.30 - 1 2 5 - 198.4 29 575 21 27.38 6-89 - 1 G T Gravelle + 2 2 1 28* 40 40.00 - - - - - 36.3 2 184 6 30.66 4-124 - - H Howell 6 10 0 46 184 18.40 - - 1 3 - 132 16 487 16 30.43 4-73 - - Capt D Hughes-Morgan 6 12 2 28 132 13.20 - - 3 2 - 39 5 183 3 61.00 3-22 - - H E John 7 13 2 22 87 7.90 - - 1 4 - 8 1 34 0 - - - - D T M Jones 1 1 1 56* 56 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - A Lewis 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 1 - 2 0 26 0 - - - - C P Lewis 4 5 1 33* 95 23.75 - - - 2 - 3 0 24 0 - - - - S H Lockyer 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E F L Longcroft 1 2 0 14 24 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - S H Mills + 2 4 1 16 21 7.00 - - 1 2 - 16.3 0 88 4 22.00 4-60 - - C Morgan + 6 9 1 74 153 19.12 - 1 2 - - 49.2 1 261 11 23.72 6-111 - 1 B P Rees 7 13 0 85 262 20.15 - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - H A Rees + 3 6 0 15 29 4.83 - - - - - 24 3 102 0 - - - - J C Rees + 5 10 1 72 176 19.55 - 1 2 - - 31.4 1 141 6 23.50 6-74 - 1 C S Trubshaw + 1 2 0 25 25 12.50 - - 1 - - 6 2 10 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 183 - - - - - - - - 124 2 - - - Total 88 153 18 85 2107 15.60 0 6 28 37 4 661.1 70 2675 77 34.74 6-74 0 3 (22 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In match 49 Carmarthenshire bowling is 95 runs short and in match 82 16 runs over in the first innings. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Carmarthenshire in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I D T M Jones 1908 2 3 1 56* 60 30.00 - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - A Lewis 1908 2 4 0 7 13 3.25 - - 2 1 - 42 56 0 - - - - E F L Longcroft 1908 7 14 0 73 162 11.57 - 1 4 5 - 24 30 1 30.00 1-30 - - H A Rees 1909 3 6 0 15 29 4.83 - - - - - 144 102 0 - - - - (4 players)