MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 37: MONMOUTHSHIRE V DEVON At Newport Cricket Club Ground, Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 31 July [no play], Thursday 1 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Devon won on first innings Points: Devon 3, Monmouthshire 1 Toss: Devon Umpires: C Hughes and G Perkins Debutants: Monmouthshire none; Devon none First day score: Rain prevented any play on the first day Devon R Knight c Silverlock b Raikes 71 W F Sturt b F G Phillips 7 J H Carroll c E S Phillips b Raikes 1 Light, W F b F G Phillips 40 M M F Conde-Williams b F G Phillips 0 R G Cruwys c James b Raikes 11 * J F Shelley c Diver b Stedman 24 + Davies, T c L Phillips b Stedman 27 W Wreford c James b Stedman 3 Preedy, E A not out 4 Robinson, W H M c G C Phillips b Raikes 5 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 Total (all out) 203 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 12 79 89 132 153 186 192 201 203 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Raikes 26.2 8 82 4 - - F G Phillips 19 5 42 3 - - Stedman 10 1 30 3 - - G C Phillips 2 0 11 0 - - Silverlock 7 2 17 0 - - James 4 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 68.2 16 203 10 0 0 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Carroll b Light 37 G C Phillips b Light 22 N C Phillips b Preedy 15 Diver, E J b Light 2 * E S Phillips c Davies b Preedy 1 H A James lbw b Light 0 F G Phillips b Light 3 K C Raikes b Robinson 13 + W P Geen b Robinson 2 L Phillips b Robinson 10 L F Stedman not out 3 Extras b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 Total (all out) 111 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 56 61 68 69 73 86 90 108 111 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wreford 4 0 15 0 - 1 Light 24 2 65 5 - - Preedy 15 6 19 2 - - Robinson 5.1 1 9 3 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - Total 48.1 9 111 10 0 1 Notes: This return match was drawn with Devon winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Exeter in July had been won by Monmouthshire. Heavy rain prevented play on the first day. For Devon Knight top-scored with an innings of 71 which contained 6 fours and which was the only half-century in the match. Light took 5 wickets for 65 runs in Monmouthshire’s innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 1,2 August; South Wales Argus 1,2 August; South Wales Daily News 2,3 August; Western Daily Mercury 2 August; Western Mail 2,3 August; Western Morning News 2 August; Cricket 10 August, p 410. 68