The Minor Counties Championship 1902

58 MATCH NUMBER 35 : GLAMORGAN V DEVON At The Cardiff Cricket Club Ground, The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Friday 25, Saturday 26 July 1902 Result: Glamorgan won by four wickets Points: Glamorgan 3 Toss: Devon Umpires: H Briscoe and J O’Connor Debutants: Glamorgan none; Devon 1 (Dr W G Gray) First day score: Devon 252; Glamorgan 149-3 wickets (H E Morgan 79*, W H Brain 1*) Devon * Capt C E Higginbotham c Russell b Creber 24 (1) st W H Brain b Creber 9 L G Cruwys c Lowe b Creber 13 (8) not out 9 A Hingston b Nash 6 (3) c Lowe b Creber 10 M C Allenby st W H Brain b Creber 54 (4) run out 25 Light, W F b Lowe 92 (5) run out 0 H F Brunskill c Morgan b Creber 1 (6) hit wicket b Creber 4 Aston, H b Russell 38 (7) c Lowe b Creber 6 + Dr W G Gray b Lowe 3 (9) b Russell 3 J Freeman run out 8 (10) b Russell 4 H V I Watts c Russell b Lowe 0 (11) c Nash b Russell 1 Roles, - not out 0 (2) b Creber 1 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 6 13 b 2, nb 1 3 Total 252 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 40 52 156 160 226 229 252 252 252 Second innings 2 12 37 43 47 47 58 61 71 75 Creber 24 6 84 4 5 - (1) 20 3 45 5 - - Lowe 17.1 4 56 3 1 - Russell 19 9 34 1 - - (3) 11.3 5 19 3 - - Nash 18 4 41 1 - - (2) 8 6 8 0 - 1 Osborne 5 3 10 0 - - Bancroft 2 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 3 2 - - Total 85.1 26 252 10 6 0 39.3 14 75 10 0 1 Glamorgan H E Morgan c Higginbotham b Light 80 (2) b Aston 26 A J Osborne b Light 10 (7) not out 15 Bancroft, W J c Brunskill b Light 0 (1) c Light b Aston 18 * J H Brain b Aston 54 (4) b Aston 1 + W H Brain b Light 29 (5) c Cruwys b Aston 9 Russell, W c Light b Roles 27 (3) st Gray b Light 3 T A L Whittington c Allenby b Light 7 A Gibson lbw b Aston 10 (8) not out 1 Nash, A b Light 10 (6) c Roles b Aston 0 Lowe, S b Aston 9 Creber, H not out 6 Extras b 7, lb 2, nb 1 10 b 3 3 Total 252 (6 wickets) 76 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 21 21 133 151 201 212 221 236 242 252 Second innings 47 47 51 51 51 72 - - - - Aston 16.4 4 59 3 - - (1) 7.3 2 30 5 - - Light 31 5 115 6 - 1 (2) 7 0 43 1 - - Roles 14 1 50 1 - - Brunskill 6 0 18 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 67.4 10 252 10 0 1 14.3 2 76 6 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won by four wickets at 5.55 pm on the second day, after chasing successfully a victory total of 76 runs with just 30 minutes to bat. There were several rain interruptions on both days, including stopping play 45 minutes early on the first day and delaying the start by a similar amount on the second day. For the winners, Morgan scored 80 and J H Brain 54, which contained 1 six and 5 fours. In the Glamorgan first innings the pair put on 112 runs for the third wicket, which was the joint third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Devon, Light scored 92, containing 12 fours, and Allenby 54. In the Devon first innings they added 104 runs for the fourth wicket. [Missing: In Devon 1 st inns boundaries in Allenby’s 54; in Glamorgan 1st inns boundaries in Morgan’s 80; initials of Roles.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Western Daily Mercury 26,28 July; Western Morning News 26,28 July; South Wales Daily News 26,28 July; South Wales Echo 25,26 July; Western Mail 26,28 July; The Sportsman 26,28 July.