Minor Counties Championship 1913

DEVON 1913 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 4, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Thirteenth out of twenty Won: v Berkshire at Tavistock, v Cornwall at Exeter and v Dorset at Sherborne Lost: v Monmouthshire at Exeter, v Cornwall at Camborne, v Dorset at Exeter and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn - won on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captains: J F Shelley (7 matches). It is not known who led the side in the match in which Shelley did not play. Wicket-keeper: T Davies (8 matches) Debutants: 3 (W H Arundell, E G Butcher and S O Reed) Final Season: 6 (W H Arundell, M M F Conde-Williams, R G Cruyws, R Knight, E A Preedy and T C Spring) Hon Secretary: Capt N R Radcliffe Professionals: 6 (T Davies, W F Light, E A Preedy, S O Reed, W H M Robinson and E Tate) Home Grounds 2: The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter (3 matches) and Kelly College Cricket Ground, Parkwood Road, Tavistock (1 match) Notes: Although Devon won the same number of matches as in 1912, they fell five places in the Table. The same opponents were met as last season. Hargrave Carroll with 487 runs at 34.78 and Stanley Reed with 475 at 39.58 were the leading batsmen. William Wreford took 51 wickets at 20.03 each and was supported by Billy Light with 34 at 22.38. The wicket-keeper Thomas Davies assisted in 23 dismissals. During the season William Wreford reached the career milestone of 100 wickets. DEVON MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 6 players appeared for Devon in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Rev W H Arundell + 3 5 1 32 70 17.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E G Butcher + 1 2 0 18 25 12.50 - - - - - 10 1 49 1 49.00 1-38 - - F H Carroll 8 14 0 137 487 34.78 1 3 3 8 - 1 0 3 1 3.00 1-3 - - M M F Conde-Williams 2 4 0 37 65 16.25 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - R G Cruwys 3 6 0 60 132 22.00 - 1 2 5 - 2 0 11 0 - - - - Davies, T 8 14 4 21 88 8.80 - - 2 17 6 - - - - - - - - M R Fishwick 4 6 3 7* 21 7.00 - - - 2 - 49.3 14 160 12 13.33 4-27 - - E A Fulcher 8 14 1 73* 372 28.61 - 4 2 1 - 19 3 88 5 17.60 5-69 - 1 Rev G L A Heslop 1 2 0 13 13 6.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - R Knight 5 9 0 63 149 16.55 - 1 1 5 - 36.4 5 178 5 35.60 2-73 - - Light, W F 8 14 2 53 213 17.75 - 1 4 9 - 224.1 30 761 34 22.38 7-40 - 4 Preedy, E A 3 5 0 62 65 13.00 - 1 3 4 - 34 4 159 2 79.50 2-30 - - Reed, S O + 7 12 0 121 475 39.58 1 4 2 4 - 17 1 75 0 - - - - Robinson, W H M 2 4 1 6 17 5.66 - - - 1 - 17 6 33 0 - - - - J F Shelley 7 12 2 74* 255 25.50 - 2 - 4 - - - - - - - - - Capt T C Spring 2 3 0 7 17 5.66 - - - 2 - 2 0 13 0 - - - - W F Sturt 5 8 0 25 96 12.00 - - - 5 - 60.5 8 208 12 17.33 3-19 - - Tate, E 3 5 0 29 79 15.80 - - - - - 34.1 5 85 7 12.14 6-33 - 1 W Wreford 8 14 0 39 153 10.92 - - 1 3 - 283.5 32 1022 51 20.03 7-103 2 4 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 234 - - - - - - - - 153 4 - - - - Total 88 153 14 137 3026 21.77 2 17 22 72 6 791.1 109 2998 134 22.37 7-40 2 10 (19 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Devon in the Championship in 1913. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Rev W H Arundell 1913 3 5 1 32 70 17.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - M M F Conde-Williams 1911 10 15 3 93* 286 23.83 - 1 1 5 - 66 36 1 36.00 1-36 - - R G Cruwys 1903 61 99 2 136 2290 23.60 4 8 12 62 - 864 450 12 37.50 3-10 - - R Knight 1910 20 32 2 71 690 23.00 - 6 4 15 - 1099 747 28 26.67 5-20 - 1 Preedy, E A 1911 13 20 4 62 238 14.87 - 1 6 12 - 1890 1099 45 24.42 5-60 - 2 Capt T C Spring 1904 9 15 0 57 171 11.40 - 1 3 6 - 451 278 13 21.38 3-53 - - (6 players) 157