The Minor Counties Championship 1901

72 MATCH NUMBER 49 : BERKSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Glamorgan none First day score: Berkshire 236; Glamorgan 165-4 wickets (A J Osborne 85*, W H Brain 30*) Berkshire W E C Hutchings b Russell 54 (4) b S Lowe 50 H F M Morres st W H Brain b Creber 45 (5) c Bancroft b W Morgan 18 F E Rowe c J H Brain b Creber 6 (2) c and b W Morgan 50 R A Williams st W H Brain b Russell 4 (6) st W H Brain b W Morgan 41 * J A Gibb b Russell 5 (1) c Bancroft b W Morgan 68 Cave, W lbw b Russell 1 + A Henderson c Bancroft b Creber 27 (3) c Russell b W Morgan 0 Brown, C E c W H Brain b S Lowe 40 (7) not out 3 Barrett, H c Cording b Creber 22 Barker, W run out 6 Relf, R R not out 0 Extras w 6 26 16 Total 236 (6 wickets declared) 246 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 69 75 80 85 91 143 156 206 230 236 Second innings 121 141 149 181 233 246 - - - - S Lowe 16 2 44 1 5 - (1) 12 0 51 1 - - Creber 40 7 111 4 1 - (2) 13 0 45 0 - - Russell 26 13 49 4 - - (3) 8 3 39 0 - - W Morgan 3 0 6 0 - - (5) 19.4 2 64 5 - - Osborne (4) 9 1 31 0 - - Extras - - 26 1 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 85 22 236 10 6 0 61.4 6 246 6 0 0 Glamorgan H E Morgan c Henderson b Williams 0 (2) c Brown b Williams 12 A J Osborne b Williams 109 (1) not out 32 Russell, W b Williams 0 (3) c Henderson b Morres 0 * J H Brain c Barrett b Williams 29 (4) not out 15 Bancroft, W J c Brown b Williams 12 + W H Brain b Williams 67 W Morgan c Barker b Williams 19 Lowe, R c Morres b Williams 14 G E Cording b Williams 22 Creber, H not out 0 Lowe, S c Rowe b Williams 4 Extras w 1, nb 4 23 nb 1 15 Total 299 (2 wickets) 74 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 5 64 92 202 248 257 278 291 299 Second innings 18 25 - - - - - - - - Williams 37 4 129 10 1 4 (1) 10 3 24 1 - 1 Barker 5 0 17 0 - - Morres 19 2 64 0 - - (2) 7 0 29 1 - - Relf 5 1 16 0 - - Cave 9 0 42 0 - - Barrett 2 0 8 0 - - Brown (3) 3 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 77 7 299 10 1 4 20 3 74 2 0 1 Notes: This match was drawn, after the Berkshire declaration set Glamorgan a victory target in their second innings of 184 runs in under 90 minutes. In the Glamorgan first innings, Williams performed the unusual feat of taking all 10 wickets for 129 runs, the only instance in the season. He took 11 wickets in the match for 153 runs. He had taken 9 first innings wickets in the County’s previous game against Oxfordshire at Reading. Gibb’s 68 contained 9 fours and Rowe’s 50 included 4 fours. Hutchings scored 54, with 7 fours, and 50. In the Berkshire first innings, Brown and Barrett added 50 runs for the eighth wicket, and in the second innings, Gibb and Rowe put on 121 runs for the first wicket. For the visitors, Osborne’s 109, scored in 2 hours and 35 minutes, contained 18 fours, 2 threes and 5 twos. W H Brain’s 67 included 9 fours. In the Glamorgan first innings, Osborne and W H Brain added 110 runs for the fifth wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. When stumping Williams in the Berkshire first innings, W H Brain reached the career milestone of one hundred wicket-keeping dismissals. In the Berkshire first innings, S Lowe is reported as bowling 5 wides in his first over. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Berkshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Hutchings’s 50.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 10,17 August; Reading Mercury 17 August; South Wales Daily News 10,12 August; Western Mail 10,12 August.