The MInor Counties Championship 1900

81 MATCH NUMBER 62 : BERKSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 24, Saturday 25 August 1900 Result: Glamorgan won by seven wickets Points: Glamorgan 1, Berkshire -1 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Glamorgan none First day score: Berkshire 135; Glamorgan 173. Berkshire F E Rowe b Russell 20 (2) c substitute b Russell 8 * A C M Croome st W H Brain b Cameron 3 (1) c Russell b S Lowe 38 F M Ingram lbw b Russell 29 ( ) lbw b Russell 16 F E Chapman c R Lowe b S Lowe 6 (4) c R Lowe b Creber 8 Cave, W c W H Brain b Russell 0 ( ) run out 1 James, A E b Russell 24 ( ) b Creber 11 + A Henderson c R Lowe b Creber 26 ( ) c W H Brain b Creber 9 Watts, E c Cording b Creber 13 ( ) c and b Russell 4 A P Strange b Russell 1 ( ) run out 3 Brown, C E not out 3 ( ) not out 6 Barker, W lbw b Creber 0 ( ) lbw b Russell 3 Extras 10 w 1 4 Total 135 111 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 51 51 60 60 102 135 Second innings 111 Creber 18.4 6 42 3 - - (2) 28 8 62 3 1 - Cameron 7 1 25 1 - - Lowe, S 16 5 30 1 - - (3) 1 0 5 1 - - Russell 26 15 28 5 - - (1) 29.3 11 40 4 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 4 2 - - Total 67.4 27 135 10 - - 58.3 19 111 10 1 0 Glamorgan + W H Brain c and b Croome 12 (1) b Cave 5 G E Cording lbw b Barker 21 (2) b Cave 3 Russell, W c Watts b Croome 36 (3) c Strange b Barker 9 J G Clark c Ingram b James 25 (4) not out 29 * J H Brain c Rowe b Cave 6 (5) not out 25 Bancroft, W J c Brown b Barker 46 Lowe, R c Croome b Barker 1 R A Rooney c Croome b Barker 0 Creber, H c Croome b Barker 7 Lowe, S lbw b Cave 12 Dr A W C Cameron not out 0 Extras nb 1 7 3 Total 173 (3 wickets) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 55 86 96 144 159 171 173 Second innings - - - - - - - Cave 14.5 3 58 2 - - (2) 7 1 27 2 - - Brown 2 0 16 0 - - (4) 2 0 14 0 - - Barker 19 4 50 5 - 1 (1) 8 1 24 1 - - Croome 11 3 26 2 - - (3) 3 1 6 0 - - James 6 0 16 1 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 52.5 10 173 10 0 1 20 3 74 3 - - Notes: By winning this return match at 5.05 pm on the second day, Glamorgan ensured they shared the Championship with Durham and Northamptonshire. They also completed the ëdoubleí over Berkshire, having won when the teams met at Cardiff in July. Frequent rain interrupted play on the second day. For the winners, Bancroft top-scored with 46, which contained 6 fours. Croome made the highest score for Berkshire with 38. The 4 catches held by Croome in the Glamorgan first innings were the most by a fieldsman in an innings during the season, and equalled the previous best which had been preformed on 7 previous occasions, including by Croome himself. While fielding at mid-off in the Berkshire first innings, Cameron sprained his leg and had to be assisted from the field, and he took no further part in the match. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 2 nd inns batting order, and who held substitute catch.] Sources: Reading Mercury 1 September; Reading Standard 1 September; South Wales Daily News 25,27 August; South Wales Echo 24,25 August; Western Mail 25,27 August; South Bucks Free Press 31 August; The Sportsman 25,27 August.