MInor Counties Championship 1912

MONMOUTHSHIRE 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 4, drawn 3 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Sixteenth equal with Cambridgeshire out of twenty Won: v Devon at Exeter Lost: v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent, v Glamorgan at Cardiff, v Cornwall at Penzance and v Cornwall at Abergavenny Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Devon at Newport and v Glamorgan at Newport Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Staffordshire at Newport Captain: E S Phillips (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: W P Geen (5 matches) and J R Williams (3 matches) Debutants: 7 (- Clare, - Ewing, H A James, H C James, G H Kentish, - Lord and C W Webb) Final Season: 5 (- Clare, W P Geen, - Lord, C W Webb and G P Williams) Hon Secretary: E S Phillips Professionals: 5 (- Clare, E J Diver, - Ewing, - Lord and A J Silverlock) Home Grounds 2: Abergavenny Cricket Club Ground, Pen-y-Pound, Avenue Road, Abergavenny (1 match) and Newport Cricket Club Ground, Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport (3 matches) Notes: Monmouthshire had a poor season winning only one match which resulted in a lower-half finish in the Table. There was a considerable change in the fixture list as Cornwall, Devon, and Staffordshire replaced Buckinghamshire, Carmarthenshire and Wiltshire. As in 1910 and 1911 Arthur Silverlock was the leading run scorer with 329 at 25.30. Ken Raikes with 30 wickets at 19.90 and Fred Phillips with 27 at 18.14 were the main bowlers. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by Noel Phillips, 200 wickets by Fred Phillips and 100 catches by Arthur Silverlock. MONMOUTHSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 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 1912 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 Clare, - + 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 9 1 48 4 12.00 4-48 - - Diver, E J 4 5 0 13 25 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J H Evans 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ewing, - + 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - - - 13 1 43 0 - - - - W P Geen 6 9 0 40 117 13.00 - - 2 6 2 - - - - - - - - H A James + 3 5 0 4 4 0.80 - - 4 3 - 4 0 11 0 - - - - H C James + 1 1 0 22 22 22.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G H Kentish + 2 3 0 4 7 2.33 - - 1 2 - 17.1 1 66 1 66.00 1-43 - - Lord, - + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - 9 0 22 0 - - - - A M Maltby 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - E S Phillips 8 13 0 32 126 9.69 - - 1 10 - 3 1 18 0 - - - - F G Phillips 8 13 1 27* 137 11.41 - - 2 3 - 171 36 490 27 18.14 5-36 - 1 G C Phillips 8 14 1 36* 120 9.23 - - 3 3 - 33.1 3 132 4 33.00 3-10 - - L Phillips 5 7 2 12* 26 5.20 - - 4 6 - - - - - - - - - N C Phillips 8 13 1 128 283 23.58 1 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - - K C Raikes 6 9 1 22 81 10.12 - - 2 3 - 198.5 40 597 30 19.90 5-44 - 2 Silverlock, A J 8 14 1 67 329 25.30 - 2 1 10 - 87.1 11 322 14 23.00 4-73 - - L F Stedman 5 7 2 11 21 4.20 - - 3 - - 93 19 274 10 27.40 3-30 - - C WWebb + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - G P Williams 3 6 1 34* 44 8.80 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - J R Williams 4 7 5 9 10 5.00 - - 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - T B Williams 2 4 0 9 10 2.50 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - W A Williams 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - 24.3 10 37 7 5.28 7-11 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 127 - - - - 1 - - - 130 4 - - - - Total 88 142 17 128 1502 12.02 1 3 38 55 5 662.5 123 2190 101 21.68 7-11 0 4 (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 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Clare, - 1912 1 2 1 0* 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 54 48 4 12.00 4-48 - - W P Geen 1909 13 20 3 40 159 9.35 - - 6 14 3 - - - - - - - Lord, - 1912 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - 54 22 0 - - - - C W Webb 1912 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - G P Williams 1897 10 18 1 34* 110 6.47 - - 4 5 - - - - - - - - (5 players) 155