The Minor Counties Championship 1902

43 MATCH NUMBER 20 : WILTSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 11, Saturday 12 July 1902 Result: Wiltshire won by seven wickets Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Glamorgan 2 (R A Gibbs, A Gibson) First day score: Glamorgan 183; Wiltshire 132-7 wickets (H P Taunton 34*, W R R Smith 26*) Glamorgan A J Osborne b Smith 13 (1) c Ford b Smart 7 A Gibson c and b Overton 12 (2) c Medlicott b Overton 19 T A L Whittington c and b Overton 11 (3) b Smith 32 * J H Brain c and b Overton 49 (4) b Smith 16 E W Jones b Smith 14 (5) c Smith b Smart 35 Bancroft, W J c Overton b Smith 9 (7) c Medlicott b Smart 13 + W H Brain b Miller 47 (6) c Stevens b Miller 15 Russell, W c Medlicott b Overton 1 (8) c and b Miller 16 R A Gibbs b Overton 1 (9) c Ford b Smart 5 Creber, H b Smart 8 (10) not out 0 Lowe, S not out 7 (11) lbw b Smart 0 Extras w 1, nb 1 11 2 Total 183 160 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 26 46 90 114 122 123 124 170 183 Second innings 18 48 71 87 145 160 160 Overton 38 15 81 5 - - (1) 19 3 59 1 - - Smith 35 11 63 3 - - (2) 23 9 50 2 - - Miller 8 3 15 1 1 1 (4) 6 1 11 2 - - Smart 7 1 13 1 - - (3) 10.5 3 38 5 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 88 30 183 10 1 1 58.5 16 160 10 0 0 Wiltshire C S Awdry c Whittington b Lowe 1 ( ) not out 38 W S Medlicott c Bancroft b Creber 47 (1) c Bancroft b Creber 32 J E Stevens c Russell b Creber 1 ( ) not out 5 E WWarrilow c Whittington b Osborne 7 (2) c Bancroft b Russell 7 H S Snell c Bancroft b Osborne 0 * A M Miller b Creber 1 H P Taunton c W H Brain b Creber 61 ( ) c Lowe b Creber 8 Smart, T c W H Brain b Creber 14 Smith, W R R not out 92 Overton, W st W H Brain b Osborne 6 + Ford, E S c and b Russell 18 Extras 3 w 1 4 Total 251 (3 wickets) 94 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 3 182 193 251 Second innings 39 - - - - - - - Creber 34 10 109 5 - - (1) 16.5 2 50 2 - - Lowe 17 6 57 1 - - (2) 4 1 15 0 1 - Osborne 16 6 49 3 - - Russell 7 0 21 1 - - (3) 12 5 25 1 - - Gibson 2 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 76 22 251 10 0 0 32.5 8 94 3 1 0 Notes: Wiltshire won this return match by seven wickets at 5.40 pm on the second day. Glamorgan had won the match between the two teams at Cardiff in May. For the winners, Smith scored 92 not out, which included 1 six, 1 five and 10 fours, and Taunton scored 61. In the Wiltshire first innings, Smith and Ford added 58 runs for the last wicket. The size of the partnership between Taunton and Smith for the eighth wicket is not known, but it was over 50 and was possibly over one hundred and the highest of the season for that wicket. For Glamorgan, J H Brain top-scored with 49, containing 9 fours. During the Glamorgan second innings when keeping wicket, Ford suffered from a nose bleed. He left the field, Smart took over as wicket-keeper and J H Brain came on as the substitute fielder. The 4 catches held by Overton in the Glamorgan first innings were the joint most by a fielder during the season and equalled the Championship record achieved on 9 previous occasions. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 1 st inns boundaries in Taunton’s 61; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns part batting order.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 17 July; North Wilts Herald 18 July; Wiltshire Chronicle 19 July; Wiltshire Times 19 July; The Cambrian 18 July; South Wales Daily News 12,14 July; South Wales Echo 11,12 July; Western Mail 12,14 July; The Sportsman 12,14 July.