MInor Counties Championship 1912

MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1912 – COUNTY MILESTONES During the season Devon reached the milestone of one hundred matches in the Championship. We provide a brief summary of their record from their first championship match to the end of the 1912 season. DEVON Matches played 106, won 40, lost 35, drawn 31 Grounds used: Exeter – Graslawn, Burrock Road 4 Exeter – The County Cricket Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania 41 Devonport – United Services Ground, Mount Wise 4 Tavistock – Kelly College Ground, Park Wood Road 3 Torquay – Cricketfield Road 1 Total 53 Batting Highest innings total - For 533-7 dec v Dorset Sherborne 1902 - Against 540 for Glamorgan Exeter 1907 Lowest innings total - For 35 v Monmouthshire Devonport 1905 - Against 42 for Carmarthenshire Llanelly 1908 Highest individual - For 233 E W Burdett v Cornwall Tavistock 1911 innings - Against 192* W H Budge for Dorset Exeter 1910 Centuries scored - For 25 Most 4 by R G Cruwys, 3 by F H Carroll, Light, W F, T C G Sandford - Against 20 Highest Wicket Partnerships For 1st 152 J F Shelley and J F Orchard Dorset Exeter 1910 2nd 163 R G Cruwys and H F Brunskill Cornwall Exeter 1905 3rd 150 R G Cruwys and G C Harrison Monmouthshire Newport 1906 4th 226 A Hingston and J F Orchard Dorset Sherborne 1902 5th 127 E W Burdett and R J Russell Cornwall Tavistock 1911 6th 135 T C G Sandford and W H Aston Wiltshire Exeter 1901 7th 134 Light, W F and J F Shelley Dorset Sherborne 1911 8th 76 R G Cruwys and H V I Watts Dorset Poole 1905 9th 94 R S Barnes and Hawksworth, G M Monmouthshire Exeter 1906 10th 93 Davies, T and W H Aston Monmouthshire Devonport 1905 Against 1st 163 J E Stevens and T T N Perkins Wiltshire Chippenham 1903 2nd 202 Silverlock, A J and N C Phillips Monmouthshire Exeter 1912 3rd 122* Harrison, H S and Sandham, A Surrey 2nd XI Exeter 1911 4th 160 E S Phillips and A L Tatham Monmouthshire Newport 1905 5th 182 N V H Riches and E R Sweet-Escott Glamorgan Exeter 1907 6th 175 W H Budge and H C B Cummins Dorset Exeter 1910 7th 157 H B Letcher and J H Brain Glamorgan Exeter 1907 8th 112 Vigar, H E and Blacklidge, H G Surrey 2nd XI Exeter 1911 9th 101 E F L Longcroft and J E Morgan Carmarthenshire Exeter 1908 10th 157 Overton, W and F W Newman Wiltshire Exeter 1901 Bowling Best bowling - For 9-35 W Ashford v Glamorgan Exeter 1908 in innings - Against 8-31 A Nash for Glamorgan Exeter 1904 Five wickets - For 109 Most 28 by Light, W F, 25 by W H Aston in innings - Against 104 Best bowling - For 13-168 W H Aston v Berkshire Reading 1906 in match - Against 12-88 S Lowe for Glamorgan Exeter 1901 Ten wickets in match - For 23 Most 7 by Light, W F, 5 by W H Aston - Against 22 Hat-tricks - For None - Against None Appearances Most appearances - 100 by Davies, T, 81 by Light, W F, 80 by W H Aston 164