minc1477	Devon v Monmouthshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	The Fortfield, Sidmouth on 13th, 14th July 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Devon won by an innings and 133 runs
Points	Devon 5; Monmouthshire 0
Close of play day 1	Devon (1) 244/2 (Carroll 62*, Beech 2*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ES Phillips	b Fulcher	78
AJ Silverlock	st Davies b Light	14
HC James	b Tate	8
TB Williams	lbw b Tate	2
+EJ Diver	c Reed b Tate	37
FG Phillips	c Crockwell b Light	9
ET James	b Fishwick	64
WEC Hudden	c Light b Fulcher	26
C Beevers	not out	5
DA Ewing	b Fulcher	0
JR Williams	c Crockwell b Fulcher	4
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-39, 3-47, 4-108, 5-125, 6-202, 7-246, 8-256, 9-261, 10-271 (85.2 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wreford	14	1	46	0	-	1
Light	19	4	47	2	-	2
Tate	25	1	88	3	-	-
Fishwick	17	4	36	1	-	-
Fulcher	9.2	0	29	4	2	-
Carroll	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Fulcher	b Ewing	51
SO Reed	b FG Phillips	97
FH Carroll	c Beevers b Silverlock	197
FW Beech	b Ewing	12
WF Light	b Beevers	66
*JF Shelley	not out	13
LHW Crockwell	did not bat
+T Davies	did not bat
E Tate	did not bat
W Wreford	did not bat
MR Fishwick	did not bat
Extras	(27 b, 19 lb, 5 w)	51
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 103.5 overs)	487
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-237, 3-279, 4-408, 5-487 (103.5 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
FG 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	-	-
HC James	3	1	18	0	-	-
ES Phillips	5	0	56	0	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Silverlock	c and b Light	8
+EJ Diver	b Fishwick	22
*ES Phillips	b Light	1
HC James	b Fishwick	0
TB Williams	c Light b Fishwick	20
ET James	lbw b Light	8
FG Phillips	st Davies b Fishwick	0
WEC Hudden	not out	17
C Beevers	c Tate b Light	0
JR Williams	b Light	0
DA Ewing	run out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-33, 3-33, 4-35, 5-56, 6-56, 7-66, 8-74, 9-74, 10-83 (33.2 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fulcher	7	1	18	0	2	-
Tate	3	1	9	0	-	-
Fishwick	10	3	36	4	-	-
Wreford	1	0	2	0	-	-
Light	12.2	6	11	5	-	-

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Notes
--> ET James made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Beevers made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Beech made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LHW Crockwell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ES Phillips (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 72
--> FH Carroll (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 151
--> AJ Silverlock reached 400 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Devon first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Devon won this match by an innings and 133 runs at 3.30pm 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 ES Phillips's 78 and 10 fours in ET 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

 

 

 

 

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