Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 72 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V DEVON At Newport Cricket Club Ground, Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 15, Saturday 16 August 1913 Result: Match drawn - Devon won on first innings Points: Monmouthshire 1; Devon 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: C E Brown and C Marshall Debutants: Monmouthshire 1 (S C Wilcox); Devon none First day score: Devon 150-7 wickets (W F Sturt 12*, W Wreford 0*) Devon * J F Shelley b F G Phillips 5 Reed, S O c T B Williams b W A Williams 57 F H Carroll b F G Phillips 6 Capt T C Spring b Raikes 5 E A Fulcher b F G Phillips 28 W F Sturt c Silverlock b Raikes 12 Light, W F run out 11 Tate, E c Smith b F G Phillips 12 W Wreford c Wilcox b F G Phillips 14 + Davies, T not out 0 M R Fishwick c Smith b Raikes 2 Extras b 6, lb 2, w 5 13 Total (all out) 165 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 39 44 97 114 131 150 163 163 165 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 24 5 85 5 - - W A Williams 8 2 30 1 4 - Raikes 17.4 6 27 3 1 - Silverlock 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - Total 51.4 13 165 10 5 0 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Shelley b Tate 42 A M Maltby c Davies b Light 8 * E S Phillips c and b Light 0 G L Robathan b Wreford 4 F G Phillips c Sturt b Light 1 T B Williams c Fishwick b Wreford 3 W E C Hudden c Wreford b Light 9 Smith, - b Light 0 K C Raikes c Sturt b Wreford 28 W A Williams lbw b Light 16 + Wilcox, S C not out 0 Extras b 2, w 1, nb 7 10 Total (all out) 121 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 14 19 25 29 40 40 94 121 121 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wreford 16 2 41 3 1 7 Light 20 3 49 6 - 3 Tate 8 1 18 1 - - Fishwick 3 1 3 0 - - Extras - - 10 - - Total 47 7 121 10 1 10 Notes: This return match was drawn with Devon winning on first innings. The match between the two teams at Exeter in July had been won by Monmouthshire by 4 wickets. The match was significantly disrupted by rain as there was no play after 4.30 pm on the first day and no play until 3.20 pm on the second afternoon. For the visitors there were 6 fours in Reed’s 57 and his 50 came in 65 minutes. Light took 6 wickets for 49 runs. For the home side Silverlock top-scored with 42 and put on 54 for the eighth wicket with Raikes. F G Phillips took 5 wickets for 85 runs. Wilcox made his debut as wicket-keeper because Diver was lame. [Missing: Smith’s initials.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon Annual Handbook; Monmouthshire Evening Post 15,16 August; South Wales Argus 15,16 August; South Wales Daily News 16,18 August; Western Daily Mercury 16,18 August; Western Mail 16,18 August; Western Morning News 18 August; Cricket 23 August, p 551; The Sportsman 15 August. 105