Minor Counties Championship 1914

DEVON 1914 Championship matches: Played 4, won 3, lost 1, drawn none (won on first innings none, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Third out of twenty one Won: v Monmouthshire at Sidmouth, v Berkshire at Exeter and v Cornwall at Exeter Lost: v Cornwall at Penzance Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Dorset at Exeter, v Berkshire at Reading, v Monmouthshire at Newport and v Dorset at Sherborne Captain: J F Shelley (4 matches) Wicket-keeper: T Davies (4 matches) Debutants: 4 (J Amory, F W Beech, G A Jennings and L T Morshead) Final Season: 5 (L H W Crockwell, T Davies, M C Fishwick, L T Morshead and S O Reed) Hon Secretaries: Capt N R Radcliffe and F H Carroll Professionals: 6 (E G Butcher, T Davies, G A Jennings, W F Light, S O Reed and E Tate) Home Grounds 2: The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter (2 matches) and The Fortfield, Sidmouth – new ground (1 match) Notes: Devon, having won 3 of the 4 matches they played, were well placed to challenge for the Championship when war brought a halt to proceedings. Hargrave Carroll scored 197 against Monmouthshire which lifted his average to 64.60. Ted Fulcher scored 242 runs at 48.40 and Stanley Reed 230 at 46.00. Billy Light gave a good all-round performance with 172 runs at 34.40 and 26 wickets at 12.61. Maurice Fishwick supported him with 18 wickets at 12.55. During the season career milestones reached were 2000 runs by Hargrave Carroll and John Shelley and 400 wickets by Billy Light. DEVON MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 4 players who made their Championship debut for Devon during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 5 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 J Amory + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - 1 - 38 11 125 10 12.50 6-68 1 1 F W Beech + 3 3 0 105 136 45.33 1 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Butcher, E G 1 2 1 18 18 18.00 - - - - - 3 0 13 1 13.00 1-13 - - F H Carroll 4 5 0 197 323 64.60 2 - - 3 - 1 0 1 0 - - - - L H W Crockwell 2 2 0 9 17 8.50 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Davies, T 4 4 0 20 38 9.50 - - 1 5 6 - - - - - - - - M R Fishwick 4 4 3 31* 38 38.00 - - - - - 89.4 25 226 18 12.55 5-35 - 1 E A Fulcher 4 6 1 109 242 48.40 1 1 - - - 16.2 1 47 4 11.75 4-29 - - Jennings, G A + 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Light, W F 4 5 0 66 172 34.40 - 2 - 6 - 125 23 328 26 12.61 6-45 - 2 L T Morshead + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Reed, S O 4 6 1 97 230 46.00 - 2 1 4 - - - - - - - - - J F Shelley 4 5 1 24 65 16.25 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - W F Sturt 3 4 0 22 38 9.50 - - 2 1 - 78.4 33 172 11 15.63 5-39 - 1 Tate, E 3 2 1 33* 33 33.00 - - 1 3 - 51 6 163 7 23.28 3-88 - - W Wreford 1 - - - - - - - - - - 15 1 48 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 99 - - - - - - - - 73 3 - - - - Total 44 52 8 197 1465 33.29 4 5 6 32 6 417.4 100 1196 80 14.95 6-45 1 5 (16 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Devon in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I L H W Crockwell 1908 5 6 0 9 23 3.83 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - Davies, T 1901 112 174 43 67 1944 14.83 - 5 34 162 68 54 25 1 25.00 1-25 - - M R Fishwick 1912 11 13 7 31* 77 12.83 - - - 2 - 1285 549 48 11.43 7-23 - 3 L T Morshead 1914 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Reed, S O 1913 11 18 1 121 705 41.47 1 6 3 8 - 102 75 0 - - - - (5 players) 148