The Minor Counties Championship 1901

135 GLAMORGAN 1901 Championship matches: Played 10, won 6, lost 2, drawn 2. Position: Fifth equal with Cambridgeshire out of seventeen Won: v Monmouthshire at Newport, v Monmouthshire at Cardiff, v Devon at Swansea, v Wiltshire at Cardiff, v Berkshire at Cardiff, and v Devon at Exeter Drawn: v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval, and v Berkshire at Reading Lost: v Wiltshire at Swindon, and v Surrey 2 nd XI at Cardiff. Captain: J H Brain (10 matches) Wicket-keeper: W H Brain (10 matches) Debutants: 6 (A J Osborne, S H Rees, N V H Riches, A G Thackeray, T A L Whittington and D B Williams) Final season for team: 3 (R Lowe, W Morgan and R A Rooney) Hon Secretary: J H Brain Professionals: 5 (W J Bancroft, H Creber, R Lowe, S Lowe and W Russell) Home grounds 2: The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff (4 matches); and Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea (1 match). Notes: Glamorgan shared fifth place in the Championship with Cambridgeshire. They increased the number of matches from 8 to 10, with Monmouthshire replacing Northamptonshire and newcomers Devon being added to the fixture list. During the season, H E Morgan broke the Championship record for the highest individual innings with his score of 254 against Monmouthshire at Cardiff. The previous record had been held by J F March of Oxfordshire, who had scored 200 not out against Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury in 1899. Career milestones passed during the season were one thousand runs by W H Brain and R Lowe, who was in his final season, two hundred wickets by H Creber , one hundred wickets by W Russell and one hundred dismissals by W H Brain. GLAMORGAN MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Glamorgan during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 3 players appeared for Glamorgan in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bancroft, W J 10 12 0 93 334 27.83 - 3 - 12 - - - - - - - - - J H Brain 10 14 1 85 380 29.23 - 2 - 9 - - - - - - - - - W H Brain 10 13 2 101 340 30.90 1 1 2 18 20 - - - - - - - - Dr A W C Cameron 5 7 0 39 114 16.28 - - 1 4 - 61.2 5 209 10 20.90 5-35 - 1 J G Clark 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G E Cording 6 8 1 26* 100 14.28 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - Creber, H 10 12 5 17* 75 10.71 - - 2 2 - 401.2 100 1048 58 18.06 6-64 1 5 E W Jones 1 1 0 82 82 82.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Lowe, R 10 12 1 43* 153 13.90 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Lowe, S 10 12 5 33 77 11.00 - - 3 9 - 271.1 69 738 70 10.54 8-37 4 8 H E Morgan 6 8 0 254 400 50.00 1 - 2 7 - 6 2 16 1 16.00 1-16 - - WMorgan 4 5 0 21 54 10.80 - - 1 4 - 30.4 4 87 5 17.40 5-64 - 1 A J Osborne + 9 12 1 110 381 34.63 2 - 1 4 - 25.1 1 92 3 30.66 2-18 - - S H Rees + 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - - 3 - 3 0 24 0 - - - - N V H Riches + 2 3 0 34 41 13.66 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - R A Rooney 1 2 0 6 10 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Russell, W 10 14 0 69 247 17.64 - 1 5 7 - 247 113 431 35 12.31 5-20 - 1 A G Thackeray + 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T A L Whittington + 2 3 0 18 22 7.33 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - D B Williams + 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 214 - - - - - - - - 128 5 - - - - Total 110 142 16 254 3052 24.22 4 8 20 90 20 1045.4 294 2773 187 14.82 8-37 5 16 (20 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last appearance for Glamorgan in the Championship in 1901. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Lowe, R 1897 42 58 4 87 1129 20.90 - 6 5 51 - 1197 591 39 15.15 6-25 - 1 W Morgan 1900 7 8 0 21 75 9.37 - - 1 5 - 298 152 6 25.33 5-64 - 1 R A Rooney 1899 7 9 1 30* 77 9.62 - - 2 4 - 6 6 0 - - - - (3 players)