MInor Counties Championship 1912

DEVON 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 2, drawn 3 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth equal with Cornwall out of twenty Won: v Berkshire at Exeter, v Berkshire at Reading and v Dorset at Exeter Lost: v Cornwall at Camborne and v Monmouthshire at Exeter Drawn - won on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport and v Cornwall at Exeter Drawn - lost on first innings: v Dorset at Sherborne Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: J F Shelley (7 matches) - It is not known who led the side in the match against Cornwall at Camborne Wicket-keeper: T Davies (8 matches) Debutants: 2 (M R Fishwick and F Pepys) Final Season: 5 (E C Ball, J E Bazalgette, P T Hodge, J F Orchard and F Pepys) Hon Secretary: Capt N R Radcliffe Professionals: 4 (T Davies, W F Light, E A Preedy and W H M Robinson) Home Grounds 1: The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennysylvania, Exeter (4 matches) Notes: Devon, who won three matches, improved slightly upon their performance in 1911. Monmouthshire replaced Kent 2nd XI and Surrey 2nd XI as opponents. Once again Billy Light gave a good all round performance with 302 runs at 25.16 and 47 wickets at 13.40. Richard Knight scored 340 at 30.90. Whilst Hargrave Carroll scored 385 runs, 232 came in one innings. Although he only played in four matches, Walter Sturt scored 273 runs at 45.50. Of the bowlers William Wreford supported Billy Light with 34 wickets at 17.23. During the season career milestones reached were 3000 runs by Billy Light, 1000 runs by Hargrave Carroll, 50 catches by Robert Cruwys and 100 matches by Thomas Davies. DEVON MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 2 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 5 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 E C Ball 2 3 0 42 58 19.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Capt J E Bazalgette 1 2 0 13 23 11.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F H Carroll 7 10 0 232 385 38.50 1 - - 12 - 6 0 20 1 20.00 1-13 - - M M F Conde-Williams 7 10 3 93* 207 29.57 - 1 1 3 - - - - - - - - - R G Cruwys 8 12 1 35 149 13.54 - - 1 9 - - - - - - - - - Davies, T 8 11 2 51* 116 12.88 - 1 1 11 3 - - - - - - - - M R Fishwick + 3 3 1 8* 18 9.00 - - - - - 75 18 163 18 9.05 7-23 - 2 P T Hodge 2 4 0 42 42 10.50 - - 3 - - 6 0 22 0 - - - - R Knight 7 11 0 71 340 30.90 - 3 1 5 - 39 5 136 5 27.20 3-68 - - Light, W F 8 13 1 54 302 25.16 - 2 - 7 - 259.2 64 630 47 13.40 6-66 1 5 J F Orchard 3 5 0 37 107 21.40 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - F Pepys + 2 3 0 13 28 9.33 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Preedy, E A 8 11 4 48* 153 21.85 - - 2 6 - 188.5 41 507 26 19.50 5-60 - 1 Robinson, W H M 4 5 1 6 17 4.25 - - 1 1 - 34.1 11 67 3 22.33 3-9 - - J F Shelley 7 11 0 44 152 13.81 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - W F Sturt 4 7 1 75 273 45.50 - 3 - - - 16 4 41 0 - - - - W Wreford 7 10 1 24 97 10.77 - - 2 1 - 216.2 60 586 34 17.23 7-39 - 2 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 119 - - - - - - - - 131 0 - - - - Total 88 131 15 232 2586 22.29 1 10 14 59 3 840.4 203 2303 134 17.18 7-23 1 10 (17 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Devon in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E C Ball 1909 8 13 0 84 446 34.30 - 3 - 1 - 30 37 1 37.00 1-20 - - Capt J E Bazalgette 1910 8 12 1 65 268 24.36 - 2 - - - 132 93 2 46.50 2-65 - - P T Hodge 1911 3 5 0 42 57 11.40 - - 3 - - 78 54 0 - - - - J F Orchard 1901 42 67 3 122 1602 25.03 1 6 3 17 - 46 32 1 32.00 1-6 - - F Pepys 1912 2 3 0 13 28 9.33 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - (5 players) 148