Minor Counties Championship 1909

183 MONMOUTHSHIRE 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 4, drawn 2 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Third out of five in West Division Won: v Carmarthenshire at Llanelly and v Cornwall at Truro Lost: v Devon at Exeter, v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Devon at Newport and v Cornwall at Newport Drawn – won on first innings: v Glamorgan at Newport and v Carmarthenshire at Newport Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: E S Phillips (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: E J Diver (5 matches), J R Williams (2 matches) and W P Geen (1 match) Debutants: 7 (T Blandford, H O Butler, W P Geen, C E Hews, M Holley, G P Steer and E WWatkins) Final season: 5 (T Blandford, M David, M Holley, H J Rowlands and G P Steer) Hon Secretary: E S Phillips Professionals: 2 (E J Diver and A J Silverlock) Home ground 1: The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport (4 matches) Notes: With only two matches won Monmouthshire dropped from equal first to third place in the West Division. Their opponents were unchanged from 1908. The captain, Edward Phillips, scored 478 runs at 36.76. Arthur Silverlock scored 455 runs at 37.91 but this included the highest individual score of the season – 246 not out against Carmarthenshire at Newport. He also took 37 wickets at 18.94. Gordon Phillips obtained 30 wickets at a cost of 23.73 each. Career milestones reached during the season were five thousand runs by Arthur Silverlock, one thousand runs by E J Diver and one hundred wickets by Gordon Phillips. MONMOUTHSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 7 players who made their Championship debut for Monmouthshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Monmouthshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I T Blandford + 1 2 1 11 11 11.00 - - - - - 3 1 2 0 - - - - H O Butler + 1 1 0 39 39 39.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - M David 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Diver, E J 8 14 0 71 253 18.07 - 1 2 8 3 10 1 37 1 37.00 1-30 - - W P Geen + 2 3 0 12 12 4.00 - - 2 5 - - - - - - - - - C E Hews + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - 4 1 9 1 9.00 1-9 - - M Holley + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 19.3 6 47 3 15.66 2-28 - - W E C Hudden 8 13 1 54* 121 10.08 - 1 5 3 - 20 3 57 1 57.00 1-21 - - E S Phillips 8 14 1 130 478 36.76 1 3 2 5 - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 8 13 0 30 77 5.92 - - 1 5 - 221.5 41 712 30 23.73 8-14 - 1 K C Raikes 3 6 3 13 19 6.33 - - 2 1 - 61.4 23 138 10 13.80 5-28 - 1 F Rees 2 4 1 68* 99 33.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - G L Robathan 2 4 0 31 31 7.75 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - H J Rowlands 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Silverlock, A J 8 14 2 246* 455 37.91 1 1 - 11 - 229 41 701 37 18.94 5-51 - 3 L F Stedman 4 6 3 33* 50 16.66 - - 3 1 - 59 7 228 9 25.33 4-53 - - G P Steer + 1 2 0 8 9 4.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - M Stratton 4 8 0 72 161 20.12 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E WWatkins + 3 5 1 15 42 10.50 - - - 1 - 35 5 119 5 23.80 4-31 - - L H Weight 5 7 0 39 76 10.85 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - J R Williams 4 6 0 52 68 11.33 - 1 3 4 2 - - - - - - - - T B Williams 6 10 1 63* 208 23.11 - 1 2 6 - - - - - - - - - W A Williams 6 10 1 57 175 19.44 - 1 - 7 - 138 20 417 20 20.85 5-11 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 140 - - - - - - - - 174 7 - - - - Total 88 147 15 246* 2547 19.29 2 11 30 64 5 801 149 2641 124 21.29 8-14 0 6 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Monmouthshire 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 T Blandford 1909 1 2 1 11 11 11.00 - - - - - 18 2 0 - - - - M David 1907 9 14 0 89 198 14.14 - 1 1 7 2 - - - - - - - M Holley 1909 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - 117 47 3 15.66 2-28 - - H J Rowlands 1906 3 4 1 12 36 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - G P Steer 1909 1 2 0 8 9 4.50 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - (5 players)