The Minor Counties Championship 1902

24 MATCH NUMBER 1 : GLAMORGAN V WILTSHIRE At The Cardiff Cricket Club Ground, The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Monday 19, Tuesday 20 May 1902 Result: Glamorgan won by seven wickets Points: Glamorgan 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan 1 (A Nash); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 59 and 39-1 wicket (C S Awdry 26*, H S Snell 10*); Glamorgan 144 Wiltshire * A M Miller b Lowe 1 (5) c Cameron b Creber 0 C S Awdry c W H Brain b Lowe 0 (2) c W H Brain b Lowe 35 H S Snell c Russell b Lowe 1 (3) b Lowe 19 E S Whitaker b Nash 5 (4) not out 36 H P Taunton b Nash 4 (6) b Russell 17 Smart, T c Lowe b Nash 0 (7) c and b Russell 6 H W Cobb b Lowe 9 (8) c Osborne b Russell 1 + Ford, E S b Nash 0 (9) b Nash 2 Overton, W b Russell 21 (10) c and b Russell 14 Smith, W R R b Nash 14 (11) b Nash 2 E S Warrilow not out 0 (1) c Osborne b Creber 1 Extras 4 8 Total 59 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 2 11 29 29 59 59 Second innings 48 62 94 104 109 116 135 141 Lowe 19 8 25 4 - - (2) 16 11 25 2 - - Nash 21.2 12 24 5 - - (1) 20.4 9 34 2 - - Russell 3 1 6 1 - - (4) 14 5 33 4 - - Cameron (3) 1 0 8 0 - - Creber (5) 13 4 33 2 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 43.2 21 59 10 - - 64.4 29 141 10 - - Glamorgan H E Morgan c and b Smith 4 (1) not out 33 A J Osborne c Whitaker b Smith 0 (2) c and b Smith 5 J G Clark lbw b Smith 13 (3) c Smart b Smith 2 * J H Brain c Taunton b Smith 64 (4) run out 10 Russell, W c Taunton b Smith 2 (5) not out 8 Bancroft, W J c Snell b Smith 3 + W H Brain b Smith 24 Dr A W C Cameron b Smith 5 Creber, H b Overton 10 Nash, A not out 13 Lowe, S lbw b Smith 4 Extras 2 0 Total 144 (3 wickets) 58 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 4 22 24 32 86 105 127 127 144 Second innings - - - - - - - Overton 23 6 52 1 - - Smith 27.4 9 65 9 - - (1) 7.2 1 26 2 - - Smart 3 0 14 0 - - (2) 7 1 32 0 - - Miller 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 55.4 15 144 10 - - 14.2 2 58 3 0 0 Notes: This was one of the three matches being played to commence the 1902 Championship. Glamorgan won at 3.00 pm on the second day. For the winners, J H Brain’s 64 contained 6 fours. For Wiltshire, Smith took 11 wickets in the match for 91 runs, including 9 for 65 in the Glamorgan first innings, which was statistically the third best innings bowling performance of the season. Whitaker top-scored with 36 not out. When batting in the Wiltshire second innings, Overton was hit by a return throw by Russell which damaged his foot. He carried on batting with Snell acting as his runner. When dismissing Cobb in the Wiltshire first innings, Lowe reached the career milestone of 200 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: The Cambrian 23 May; South Wales Daily News 20,21 May; South Wales Echo 19, 20 May; Western Mail 20,21 May; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 22 May; North Wilts Herald 23 May; Wiltshire Chronicle 24 May; Wiltshire Times 24 May; The Sportsman 20,21 May.