The Minor Counties Championship 1901

37 MATCH NUMBER 14 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade,Newport on Friday 28 June 1901 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 16 runs Points: Glamorgan +1, Monmouthshire -1 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: R Barber and J Relf Debutants: Monmouthshire 4 (E R Brewer, F Holmes, W E C Hudden, Dr A L Tatham); Glamorgan 2 (A G Thackeray, D B Williams) First day score: As match – game completed in one day Glamorgan G E Cording c Stedman b Silverlock 6 A J Osborne b Silverlock 9 Russell, W lbw b Steeples 7 * J H Brain c Lloyd b Silverlock 11 Bancroft, W J b Silverlock 93 + W H Brain b Steeples 21 A G Thackeray b Silverlock 4 Lowe, R lbw b Silverlock 2 D B Williams b Steeples 5 Creber, H not out 4 Lowe, S run out 4 Extras nb 3 14 Total 180 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 21 25 38 138 143 169 169 180 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Steeples 19 2 74 3 - - Silverlock 21.5 2 66 6 - 3 Stedman 3 0 15 0 - - Holmes 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - Total 45.5 4 180 10 0 3 Monmouthshire (Followed on) G Ll Lloyd c Bancroft b S Lowe 9 (3) c W H Brain b S Lowe 13 F Rees b S Lowe 5 (2) c Bancroft b S Lowe 2 P C Phillips b S Lowe 0 (4) c S Lowe b Russell 14 Dr A L Tatham c W H Brain b Creber 3 (5) c R Lowe b Creber 43 W E C Hudden b Creber 0 (6) st W H Brain b Creber 2 Silverlock, A J c Creber b S Lowe 3 (1) c W H Brain b S Lowe 7 D F Vines c J H Brain b S Lowe 1 (8) c Bancroft b Creber 9 * L F Stedman b S Lowe 12 (7) b Creber 0 F Holmes c Cording b Creber 10 (9) b Russell 11 + E R Brewer b S Lowe 3 (10) not out 7 Steeples, R not out 1 (11) c Williams b Creber 8 Extras 1 0 Total 48 116 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 10 13 17 17 21 24 35 45 48 Second innings 8 12 39 71 87 87 100 101 116 S Lowe 10.1 1 24 7 - - (1) 9 1 36 3 - - Creber 10 2 23 3 - - (2) 20 4 53 5 - - Russell (3) 11 5 27 2 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 20.1 3 48 10 - - 40 10 116 10 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won this match, which was completed in a day, at 6.35 pm on the Friday. Monmouthshire had followed on 132 runs behind on first innings. S Lowe took 10 wickets in the match for 60 runs, including 7 for 24 in the Monmouthshire first innings, and Creber 8 for 76 in the match. Bancroft’s 93 contained 11 fours. In the Glamorgan innings, Bancroft and W H Brain put on 100 runs for the fifth wicket. Silverlock was not well during the match and did not open the Monmouthshire innings as expected. The match aggregate of 344 runs was the second lowest of the season for a completed match. When catching Tatham in the Monmouthshire second innings, R Lowe reached the career milestone of fifty catches in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Glamorgan inns fall of seventh wicket; in Monmouthshire 2 nd inns fall of seventh wicket.] Sources: South Wales Argus 28 June; South Wales Daily Times 5 July; South Wales Weekly Argus 6 July; South Wales Daily News 29 June; South Wales Echo 28 June; Western Mail 29 June; The Sportsman 29 June.