The Minor Counties Championship 1902

60 MATCH NUMBER 37 : BERKSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 July 1902 Result: Berkshire won by nine wickets Points: Berkshire 3 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: A Luff and G T Rye Debutants: Berkshire 2 (Lt C J Collins, J C Hunter); Glamorgan none First day score: Glamorgan 207; Berkshire 221-5 wickets (R A Williams 100*, H Barrett 31*) Glamorgan H E Morgan c Barrett b Williams 1 (1) b Barker 1 A J Osborne c Henderson b Barker 4 (2) c Barrett b Williams 28 Bancroft, W J c Henderson b Barker 0 (3) c Gibb b Barker 0 * J H Brain b Williams 69 (4) b Barker 2 + W H Brain c Barrett b Williams 1 (5) st Henderson b Williams 2 Russell, W c Morres b Williams 35 (6) c Henderson b Williams 18 A Gibson c Collins b Williams 27 (7) c Barker b Williams 1 T A L Whittington c Barker b Williams 31 (8) b Collins 43 Nash, A b Williams 20 (9) c Watts b Williams 7 Lowe, S c and b Williams 0 (10) b Collins 0 Creber, H not out 11 (11) not out 4 Extras 8 14 Total 207 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 5 7 17 81 143 146 182 184 207 Second innings 5 5 15 18 45 58 65 76 120 120 Williams 25 2 110 8 - - (1) 23 6 58 5 - - Barker 20 6 56 2 - - (2) 16 4 35 3 - - Relf 3 1 13 0 - - (4) 6 0 9 0 - - Hunter 3 0 20 0 - - Morres (3) 3 0 4 0 - - Collins (5) 2 2 0 2 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 51 9 207 10 - - 50 12 120 10 - - Berkshire F E Rowe b Lowe 0 (2) c Morgan b Creber 28 H F M Morres c Morgan b Lowe 8 (1) not out 32 * J A Gibb b Lowe 41 (3) not out 4 + A Henderson b Creber 0 R A Williams b Nash 100 Lt C J Collins c Gibson b Osborne 33 Barrett, H lbw b Creber 47 J C Hunter b Nash 2 Watts, E b Creber 9 Relf, R R not out 14 Barker, W c Lowe b Creber 1 Extras w 5 9 3 Total 264 (1 wicket) 67 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 30 31 65 151 221 223 241 264 Second innings 63 - - - - - - - - - Lowe 18 3 88 3 3 - Creber 28.4 5 81 4 2 - (2) 8 2 28 1 - - Nash 17 6 40 2 - - (1) 7 0 26 0 - - Osborne 5 0 32 1 - - Russell 6 3 14 0 - - (3) 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 74.4 17 264 10 5 0 17 2 67 1 0 0 Notes: Berkshire won this return match by nine wickets at 4.30 pm on the second day. Glamorgan had won the game between the two teams at Cardiff earlier in the month. Williams performed the feat of scoring a hundred runs and taking 10 wickets in a match, a feat only previously achieved on four occasions, including once by Williams himself. On the basis used in the statistical survey, this was the best all-round performance of the season. Williams’s 100 contained 12 fours, 4 threes and 6 twos, and he took 13 wickets for 168 runs, including 8 for 110 in the Glamorgan first innings. For the losers, J H Brain’s 69 contained 9 fours. Lowe hurt his ankle and did not bowl in the Berkshire second innings. When he had scored 31 in the Glamorgan first innings, J H Brain reached the career milestone of 2,000 runs in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Berkshire 1 st inns duration of Williams’s 100, and fall of ninth wicket.] Sources: Reading Mercury 2 August; Reading Standard 2 August; South Wales Daily News 29 July; South Wales Echo 28,29 July; Western Mail 29,30 July; The Sportsman 29,30 July.