Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 23: DEVON V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The Fortfield, Sidmouth on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 July 1914 Result: Devon won by an innings and 133 runs Points: Devon 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 1 (F W Beech); Monmouthshire 2 (C Beevers, E T James) First day score: Monmouthshire 271; Devon 244-2 wickets (F H Carroll 62*, F W Beech 2*) Monmouthshire * E S Phillips b Fulcher 78 (3) b Light 1 Silverlock, A J st Davies b Light 14 (1) c and b Light 8 H C James b Tate 8 (4) b Fishwick 0 T B Williams lbw b Tate 2 (5) c Light b Fishwick 20 + Diver, E J c Reed b Tate 37 (2) b Fishwick 22 F G Phillips c Crockwell b Light 9 (7) st Davies b Fishwick 0 E T James b Fishwick 64 (6) lbw b Light 8 W E C Hudden c Light b Fulcher 26 (8) not out 17 C Beevers not out 5 (9) c Tate b Light 0 Ewing, D A b Fulcher 0 (11) run out 0 J R Williams c Crockwell b Fulcher 4 (10) b Light 0 Extras b 16, lb 4, w 2, nb 2 24 b 4, lb 1, w 2 7 Total (all out) 271 (all out) 83 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 39 47 108 125 202 246 256 261 271 Second innings 27 33 33 35 56 56 66 74 74 83 Wreford 14 1 46 0 - 1 (4) 1 0 2 0 - - Light 19 4 47 2 - 2 (5) 12.2 6 11 5 - - Tate 25 1 88 3 - - (2) 3 1 9 0 - - Fishwick 17 4 36 1 - - (3) 10 3 36 4 - - Fulcher 9.2 0 29 4 2 - (1) 7 1 18 0 2 - Carroll 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 24 0 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 85.2 10 271 10 2 3 33.2 11 83 10 2 0 Devon E A Fulcher b Ewing 51 Reed, S O b F G Phillips 97 F H Carroll c Beevers b Silverlock 197 F W Beech b Ewing 12 Light, W F b Beevers 66 * J F Shelley not out 13 L H W Crockwell + Davies, T Tate, E W Wreford M R Fishwick Extras b 27, lb 19, w 5 51 Total (5 wickets declared) 487 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 107 237 279 408 487 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 22 2 109 1 - - Beevers 24 4 81 1 5 - Silverlock 20.5 5 70 1 - - Ewing 25 9 95 2 - - Hudden 4 0 7 0 - - H C James 3 1 18 0 - - E S Phillips 5 0 56 0 - - Extras - - 51 0 - - Total 103.5 21 487 5 5 0 Notes: Devon won this match by an innings and 133 runs at 3.30 pm on the second day, Monmouthshire being bowled out in their second innings in just 90 minutes. For the winners there were 4 sixes and 29 fours in Carroll’s 197, his score moved from an overnight 62 to 197 in only 1 hour and 50 minutes. Fulcher scored 51 with 5 fours, Reed 97 with 12 fours, and Light made 66 with 4 sixes and 8 fours, which was scored in just over 40 minutes. Fulcher and Reed put on 107 runs for the first wicket, 130 runs were added for the second wicket and 129 for the fourth wicket. Light took 5 wickets for 11 runs in the Monmouthshire second innings and also took 3 catches in the match. For Monmouthshire there were 7 fours in E S Phillips’s 78 and 10 fours in E T James’s 64. This was the first time that a Championship match had been played at this ground. [Missing: Umpires; in Devon innings duration of Carroll’s 197.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 14,15 July; Sidmouth Observer 15 July; Western Daily Mercury 14,15 July; Western Mail 14,15 July; Western Morning News 14,15 July; Western Times 14,15 July; Monmouthshire Evening Post 13,14 July; South Wales Argus 13,14 July; South Wales Daily News 14,15 July; World of Cricket 18 July, p 360. 65