The MInor Counties Championship 1900

23 MATCH NUMBER 4 : GLAMORGAN V WILTSHIRE At The Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helenís, Swansea on Monday 4, Tuesday 5 June 1900 Result: Glamorgan won by eight wickets Points: Glamorgan 1, Wiltshire -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan 3 (J Barry, P F Bush, Dr A W C Cameron); Wiltshire 5 (H W Hulbert, G E Mackay, S T Major, R Reynolds, E S Whitaker) First day score: Wiltshire 150 and 29-3 wickets (F W Stancomb 9*); Glamorgan 212 Wiltshire * A M Miller c Bancroft b b S Lowe 17 (1) b S Lowe 8 R Reynolds c Cameron b Creber 25 (2) b Russell 4 Smith, W R R c Geoghegan b Creber 9 (8) b Russell 0 F W Stancomb c Bush b Russell 43 (4) c W H Brain b S Lowe 31 E S Warrilow lbw b Russell 16 (5) c W H Brain b Russell 8 H W Hulbert b Russell 0 (6) c and b S Lowe 23 G E Mackay b Russell 0 (7) c W H Brain b S Lowe 6 + Smart, T c J H Brain b Russell 20 (3) b S Lowe 4 E S Whitaker b Creber 2 (9) not out 6 Overton, W b Russell 15 (10) c Barry b S Lowe 9 S T Major not out 0 (11) c R Lowe b Russell 5 Extras 3 11 Total 150 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 42 45 55 106 110 110 150 Second innings 8 12 29 50 72 82 85 91 105 115 Creber 35 12 74 3 - - Lowe, S 16 6 38 1 - - (2) 23 5 65 6 - - Cameron 3 0 17 0 - - Russell 16.4 8 18 6 - - (1) 23.3 10 39 4 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 70.4 26 150 10 - - 46.3 15 115 10 - - Glamorgan Dr A W C Cameron b Overton 33 (2) not out 13 Bancroft, W J b Overton 25 (1) c Major b Smith 0 Creber, H b Miller 2 (4) not out 24 Russell, W c Major b Overton 20 (3) c Reynolds b Overton 12 Lowe, R st Smart b Major 33 * J H Brain c and b Major 30 P F Bush c Whitaker b Smith 5 + W H Brain c Miller b Major 9 J P A Geoghegan c Overton b Major 0 J Barry not out 24 Lowe, S c and b Smart 22 Extras nb 1 9 5 Total 212 (2 wickets) 54 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 70 81 85 136 149 166 166 212 Second innings 0 21 - - - - - - - - Smith 12 2 46 1 - 1 (1) 1 - - Overton 16 1 84 3 - - (2) 1 - - Major 8 0 45 4 - - Miller 7 1 28 1 - - Smart 0.1 0 0 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 43.1 4 212 10 0 1 54 2 - - Notes: Glamorgan won this Bank Holiday fixture at 2.10 pm on the second day. For the home team, Russell took 10 wickets in the match for 57 runs. For Wiltshire, Stancomb top-scored in the match with 43, containing 5 fours. By lunchtime on the first day 2,000 spectators were estimated to be at the ground. When dismissing Reynolds in the Wiltshire first innings, Creber reached the career milestone of 100 wickets in championship matches. The Wiltshire bowling analysis for the Glamorgan 2 nd innings has not been found in any of the sources listed. In addition to Smith and Overton, it is likely that Major also bowled in this innings. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Wiltshire 1 st innings fall of 7 th to 9 th wickets; in Glamorgan 1 st inns fall of 7 th wicket; in Glamorgan 2 nd inns bowling analysis.] Sources: The Cambrian 8 June; Cambrian Daily Leader 5 June; South Wales Daily News 5,6 June; South Wales Daily Post 5 June; South Wales Echo 5 June; Western Mail 5,6 June; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 7 June; North Wilts Herald 8 June; Swindon Advertiser 8 June; Wiltshire Chronicle 9 June; Wiltshire Times 9 June; The Sportsman 5,6 June.