The Minor Counties Championship 1901

65 MATCH NUMBER 42 : GLAMORGAN V WILTSHIRE At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1901 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 12 runs Points: Glamorgan +1, Wiltshire -1 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: H Coulson and R Rogers Debutants: Glamorgan none; Wiltshire none First day score: Glamorgan 223; Wiltshire 78 and 25-2 wickets (W R R Smith 15*, H S Snell 1*) Glamorgan H E Morgan b Smart 8 J G Clark c and b Smart 18 Russell, W c and b Smart 21 * J H Brain b Miller 85 Bancroft, W J c Overton b Smith 1 W Morgan c C S Awdry b Smart 0 + W H Brain b Overton 49 A J Osborne b Smart 11 Lowe, R lbw b Overton 7 Creber, H b Overton 4 Lowe, S not out 1 Extras w 1, nb 1 18 Total 223 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 57 64 64 66 192 210 212 216 223 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Smart 26 4 66 5 - - Overton 18.5 5 55 3 - - Smith 19 7 47 1 1 1 Martin 4 0 22 0 - - Miller 7 2 15 1 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 74.5 18 223 10 1 1 Wiltshire (Followed on) * A M Miller c Bancroft b S Lowe 0 (7) c Russell b S Lowe 11 H P Taunton c W Morgan b Creber 4 (5) c W H Brain b Creber 0 J E Stevens c W H Brain b S Lowe 7 (1) b S Lowe 8 Smith, W R R c Osborne b Creber 20 (3) c W H Brain b Creber 24 H S Snell b S Lowe 10 (4) c Russell b Creber 34 R W Awdry b S Lowe 0 (6) c and b Russell 10 C S Awdry b S Lowe 4 (8) st W H Brain b Creber 7 Smart, T not out 20 (2) c H E Morgan b S Lowe 1 + Newman, F c W H Brain b S Lowe 5 (9) not out 10 Martin, - c W H Brain b S Lowe 4 (10) st W H Brain b Creber 0 Overton, W b S Lowe 4 (11) b Russell 23 Extras 0 5 Total 78 133 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 11 15 30 40 44 46 56 72 78 Second innings 2 13 55 58 79 83 90 106 106 133 S Lowe 14.1 3 37 8 - - (1) 11 2 33 3 - - Creber 14 0 41 2 - - (2) 27 6 72 5 - - Russell (3) 16.1 6 23 2 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 28.1 3 78 10 0 0 54.1 14 133 10 - - Notes: After enforcing the follow-on, Glamorgan won this return match at 1.45 pm on the second day. The match between the two teams at Swindon in May had been narrowly won by Wiltshire. For the winners, S Lowe took 11 wickets in the match for 70 runs, including 8 for 37 in the Wiltshire first innings. There were 13 fours in J H Brain’s 85, and in the Glamorgan innings he and his brother W H Brain put on 126 runs for the sixth wicket. W H Brain took 5 catches in the match to equal the Championship record, a feat previously achieved on 6 occasions. When dismissing R Lowe in the Glamorgan innings, Overton reached the career milestone of two hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; initials of Martin.] Sources: South Wales Daily News 6,7 August; Western Mail 6,7 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 8 August; North Wilts Guardian 10 August; North Wilts Herald 9 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 10 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 10 August; Wiltshire Times 10 August; The Sportsman 8 August.