Minor Counties Championship 1909

175 DEVON 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won 5, lost 1, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Second out of five in West Division Won: v Monmouthshire at Exeter, v Cornwall at Camborne, v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Carmarthenshire at Torquay and v Cornwall at Exeter Lost: v Glamorgan at Cardiff Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Glamorgan at Exeter Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Carmarthenshire at Llandovery Captain: L Tamworth (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: T Davies (8 matches) Debutants: 6 (E C Ball, J C Hartley, N J Roche, R C S Waller, F O’B Wilson and E D Young) Final season: 6 (D C Boles, C V L Hooman, N J Roche, L Tamworth, F O’B Wilson and E D Young) Hon Secretary: Capt N R Radcliffe Professionals: 3 (W H Aston, T Davies and W F Light) Home grounds 2 : The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter (3 matches) and The Recreation Ground, The Seafront, Torquay – new ground (1 match) Notes: Devon had a good season finishing second in the West Division, they won five matches, one less than last season. There was no change in their fixture list. The batting of John Shelley was not so productive as in 1908. Charles Hooman, who played in five matches after the Oxford term was over, scored 215 runs at 35.83. Billy Light again gave a good all round performance with 381 runs at 34.63 and 20 wickets at 12.35, Of the bowlers Dennis Boles took 25 wickets at 11.88 and Jock Hartley 18 at 19.38. During the season Billy Light reached the career milestone of two thousand runs. DEVON MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Devon in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W Ashford 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - - - 8 3 25 0 - - - - Aston, W H 5 6 4 10* 44 22.00 - - - 4 - 99.4 29 224 17 13.17 5-19 - 1 E C Ball + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - D C Boles 5 7 0 21 56 8.00 - - 1 4 - 125.4 36 297 25 11.88 7-25 1 1 Capt W F Christian 2 3 2 1* 1 1.00 - - 1 - - 68 25 122 10 12.20 4-48 - - R F Coate 1 2 1 17 17 17.00 - - - 1 - 23 3 104 6 17.33 3-34 - - R G Cruwys 3 4 0 30 35 8.75 - - 1 2 - 13 3 38 1 38.00 1-38 - - Davies, T 8 12 1 48 143 13.00 - - 2 8 4 - - - - - - - - H C Featherstone 2 3 0 30 42 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maj L C Garratt 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Lt G C Harrison 4 6 0 76 169 28.16 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Capt J C Hartley + 3 4 1 27 75 25.00 - - - 3 - 116.4 20 349 18 19.38 5-77 - 1 C V L Hooman 5 7 1 135 215 35.83 1 - - 5 - 2 0 13 0 - - - - Light, W F 8 12 1 156 381 34.63 1 1 - 4 - 127 43 247 20 12.35 5-49 - 1 J F Orchard 5 7 0 34 140 20.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Staff Surgeon N J Roche + 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hon D Scott 2 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - 15 4 38 1 38.00 1-24 - - J F Shelley 8 11 0 42 175 15.90 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - W F Sturt 5 8 2 66* 151 25.16 - 1 1 3 - 12 1 34 1 34.00 1-9 - - L Tamworth 8 11 2 21 70 7.77 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - Capt R C S Waller + 4 6 1 79 120 24.00 - 1 - 2 - 34.4 8 108 6 18.00 4-22 - - Lt F O’B Wilson + 5 8 0 42 136 17.00 - - - 2 - 56.1 12 137 12 11.41 5-6 - 1 Capt E D Young + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 6 2 18 2 9.00 1-2 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 90 - - - - - - - - 89 6 - - - - Total 88 125 17 156 2082 19.27 2 4 12 49 4 706.5 189 1843 125 14.74 7-25 1 5 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Devon 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 C Boles 1903 15 22 2 67 330 16.50 - 1 4 12 - 1480 724 44 16.45 7-25 1 1 C V L Hooman 1906 18 30 1 144 884 30.48 2 4 3 16 - 291 208 5 41.60 2-13 - - Staff Surgeon N J Roche 1909 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - L Tamworth 1908 16 25 4 47 231 11.00 - - 7 11 - 12 5 1 5.00 1-5 - - Lt F O’B Wilson 1909 5 8 0 42 136 17.00 - - - 2 - 337 137 12 11.41 5-6 - 1 Capt E D Young 1909 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 36 18 2 9.00 1-2 - - (6 players)