MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 27: DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 July 1912 Result: Monmouthshire won by three wickets Points: Monmouthshire 5 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Monmouthshire none First day score: Devon 167; Monmouthshire 282-7 wickets (F G Phillips 22*) Devon E C Ball b F G Phillips 12 (1) c L Phillips b F G Phillips 4 R G Cruwys c N C Phillips b F G Phillips 7 (6) b F G Phillips 35 F H Carroll c E S Phillips b F G Phillips 4 (3) c E S Phillips b Raikes 36 R Knight b F G Phillips 0 (2) c J R Williams b Stedman 22 W F Sturt run out 72 (5) c E S Phillips b F G Phillips 75 * J F Shelley c Silverlock b Raikes 7 (7) c L Phillips b Raikes 25 Light, W F run out 13 (4) c Geen b Stedman 18 + Davies, T b Raikes 10 (8) c L Phillips b F G Phillips 0 P T Hodge c and b Raikes 0 (9) c N C Phillips b Raikes 0 W Wreford c E S Phillips b Raikes 24 (10) not out 0 Preedy, E A not out 8 (11) c Geen b F G Phillips 0 Extras b 6, lb 4 10 b 19, lb 2 21 Total (all out) 167 (all out) 236 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 25 25 28 47 94 119 119 155 167 Second innings 4 53 81 95 162 215 215 236 236 236 Raikes 21 7 63 4 - - (2) 26 5 74 3 - - F G Phillips 18.3 3 56 4 - - (1) 14 5 36 5 - - Stedman 6 1 17 0 - - (3) 21 5 52 2 - - G C Phillips 4 1 21 0 - - (5) 3 0 13 0 - - Silverlock (4) 11 2 40 0 - - Extras - - 10 2 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 49.3 12 167 10 0 0 75 17 236 10 0 0 Monmouthshire * E S Phillips c Knight b Wreford 9 (1) st Davies b Light 5 Silverlock, A J b Knight 67 (2) b Wreford 1 N C Phillips c Carroll b Knight 128 (4) not out 58 G P Williams b Light 0 (8) b Light 1 G C Phillips b Light 0 (5) c Davies b Light 4 K C Raikes c Davies b Knight 2 (6) c Carroll b Preedy 19 F G Phillips c Preedy b Light 22 (7) lbw b Light 16 + W P Geen b Light 40 (3) b Wreford 0 L Phillips c and b Light 0 (9) not out 12 L F Stedman not out 1 J R Williams b Light 0 Extras b 12, nb 2 14 b 2, lb 2, nb 2 6 Total (all out) 283 (7 wickets) 122 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 211 214 214 216 216 282 282 283 283 Second innings 6 8 8 13 59 95 99 - - - Wreford 22.5 5 77 1 - 1 (1) 13.2 2 41 2 - 2 Light 27.5 8 66 6 - - (3) 16 2 49 4 - - Knight 16 3 68 3 - 1 (2) 2 0 10 0 - - Preedy 10 1 32 0 - - (4) 5 1 16 1 - - Sturt 3 0 6 0 - - Hodge 4 0 16 0 - - Carroll 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 84.4 17 283 10 0 2 36.2 5 122 7 0 2 Notes: Monmouthshire won by 3 wickets on the second day. For the winners, N C Phillips top-scored in both innings - in the first innings his 128 included 17 fours and he scored 58 not out in the second innings. Silverlock scored 67 and he and N C Phillips added 202 for the second wicket in the first innings. F G Phillips took 9 wickets in the match for 92 runs, including 5 for 36 in Devon’s second innings. For the losers, Sturt top-scored in both innings; 72 in the first innings with 9 fours and 75 in the second innings. Light took 10 wickets in the match for 115 runs including 6 wickets for 66 runs in Monmouthshire’s first innings. [Missing: Umpires; in Monmouthshire first innings duration of N C Phillips’s 128 and boundaries in Silverlock’s 67; in Devon second innings boundaries in Sturt’s 75; in Monmouthshire second innings boundaries in N C Phillips’s 58 not out; precise time completed.] Sources: Devon and Exeter Gazette 23,24 July; South Wales Argus 22,23,24 July; South Wales Daily News 23,24 July; Western Daily Mercury 23,24 July; Western Mail 23,24 July; Monmouthshire Evening Post 22,23 July; Cricket 27 July, p375. 58