The Minor Counties Championship 1901

26 MATCH NUMBER 3 : WILTSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The Cricket Ground, Great Western Railway Park, Shrivenham Road, Swindon on Monday 27, Tuesday 28 May 1901 Result: Wiltshire won by 5 runs Points: Wiltshire +1, Glamorgan -1 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: R Barber and J Relf Debutants: Wiltshire 2 (R F B Bowes, B L Usher); Glamorgan 1 (N V H Riches) First day score: Wiltshire 107 and 107-3 wickets (J E Stevens 18*, H P Taunton 15*); Glamorgan 115 Wiltshire W S Medlicott st W H Brain b Creber 32 (3) b S Lowe 26 B L Usher b S Lowe 0 (8) st W H Brain b Cameron 6 E T Shorland c J H Brain b Creber 12 (1) b Russell 4 J E Stevens c Morgan b Creber 11 (4) b Russell 42 O G Radcliffe b Creber 8 (2) lbw b S Lowe 40 H P Taunton c W H Brain b Creber 6 (5) c Creber b Cameron 59 * A M Miller b Russell 9 (6) c Riches b Creber 0 + Smart, T c R Lowe b Creber 0 (9) run out 6 R F B Bowes lbw b Russell 19 (7) c Cameron b Creber 2 Smith, W R R b Russell 0 (10) not out 0 Overton, W not out 4 (11) b Creber 3 Extras w 2 6 w 1, nb 1 10 Total 107 198 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 31 47 55 63 78 78 96 96 107 Second innings 14 72 75 150 151 195 198 Lowe, S 7 3 13 1 2 - (4) 11 0 39 2 - 1 Creber 24 4 67 6 - - (1) 26.5 6 74 3 1 - Russell 17.5 10 21 3 - - (2) 24 10 37 2 - - Cameron (3) 8 1 31 2 - - Morgan (5) 5 1 7 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 10 1 - - Total 48.5 17 107 10 2 0 74.5 18 198 10 1 1 Glamorgan Creber, H c Stevens b Smart 14 (9) c and b Overton 2 Dr A W C Cameron c Stevens b Overton 39 (1) b Miller 17 Russell, W c Stevens b Bowes 2 (3) b Smith 11 * J H Brain b Miller 17 (4) lbw b Miller 44 W Morgan b Overton 1 (5) b Smart 21 Bancroft, W J c Medlicott b Smith 14 (6) b Miller 27 Lowe, R b Miller 8 (7) b Miller 15 + W H Brain not out 7 (8) b Miller 25 R A Rooney c Miller b Smith 6 (10) b Overton 4 N V H Riches b Miller 0 (2) c Overton b Miller 7 Lowe, S c Smart b Smith 0 (11) not out 3 Extras 7 9 Total 115 185 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 46 64 69 88 90 97 108 108 115 Second innings 26 39 39 83 130 137 160 165 171 185 Smith 14.2 3 37 3 - - (1) 24 4 64 1 - - Shorland 8 1 22 0 - - (5) 1 0 13 0 - - Smart 3 0 14 1 - - (4) 4 0 17 1 - - Bowes 3 0 13 1 - - Overton 4 0 12 2 - - (3) 10 1 31 2 - - Miller 4 2 10 3 - - (2) 21.2 7 51 6 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 36.2 6 115 10 - - 60.2 12 185 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this close match by 5 runs on the second day, after setting Glamorgan a victory target of 191 runs. The margin of victory was the closest of the season and a new record for the Championship, beating the margin of 6 runs when Buckinghamshire beat Oxfordshire at Banbury in 1896. Miller and Creber each took 9 wickets in the match for their respective teams. For the winners, Taunton batted for an hour and three-quarters for his 59. It was the only score of 50 or more in the match. Wiltshire newspapers indicated that Miller kept wicket for Wiltshire when Smart bowled, whilst Glamorgan sources state these duties were performed by Stevens. It was the first time that a championship match had been played on this ground. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Taunton’s 59, and part fall of wickets; time completed.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 30 May; North Wilts Guardian 1 June; North Wilts Herald 31 May; Swindon Advertiser 31 May; Wiltshire Chronicle 1 June; Wiltshire Times 1 June; South Wales Daily News 28,29 May; Western Mail 28,29 May; The Sportsman 28,29 May.