The Minor Counties Championship 1902

80 MATCH NUMBER 57 : GLAMORGAN V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea on Friday 15, Saturday 16 August 1902 Result: Glamorgan won by one wicket Points: Glamorgan 3 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan 2 (R H Johnson, T Preece); Monmouthshire 1 (J F McKay) First day score: Monmouthshire 96 and 119-7 wickets (G L Robathan 33*, J F McKay 0*); Glamorgan 106 Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c W H Brain b Creber 12 (1) b Lowe 22 E S Phillips b Nash 0 (2) st W H Brain b Creber 8 Dr A L Tatham b Nash 17 (3) b Nash 5 P C Phillips b Lowe 23 (4) b Lowe 13 G L Robathan c W H Brain b Nash 10 (5) c Russell b Creber 46 R B Griffiths c Lowe b Nash 0 (7) c Johnson b Creber 26 Steeples, R c J H Brain b Lowe 2 (8) st W H Brain b Creber 2 A J R Butler not out 11 (6) b Nash 0 J F McKay b Nash 4 (9) b Creber 9 + Mayes, T c J H Brain b Creber 7 (11) not out 6 * L F Stedman absent - (10) b Nash 6 Extras w 2 10 10 Total 96 153 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 12 53 64 64 72 80 85 96 - Second innings 19 24 44 49 50 93 103 132 143 153 Creber 12 2 33 2 - - (1) 25.4 7 69 5 - - Nash 20 7 42 5 - - (2) 27 9 52 3 - - Lowe 9 6 11 2 2 - (3) 11 4 19 2 - - Russell (4) 4 1 3 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 41 15 96 9 2 0 67.4 21 153 10 - - Glamorgan * J H Brain c Steeples b Silverlock 21 (1) c Robathan b Silverlock 5 N V H Riches b Steeples 54 (2) b Silverlock 10 A Gibson b Steeples 1 (3) b Stedman 4 + W H Brain b Silverlock 1 (4) not out 57 Russell, W st Mayes b Silverlock 2 (5) c Steeples b Stedman 0 Bancroft, W J b Steeples 4 (6) b Stedman 2 R H Johnson b Silverlock 0 (7) b Steeples 10 Preece, T b Silverlock 5 (8) lbw b Silverlock 7 Nash, A c and b Silverlock 6 (9) b Silverlock 6 Creber, H c Mayes b Silverlock 3 (10) b Stedman 6 Lowe, S not out 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 9 37 Total 106 (9 wickets) 144 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 41 42 50 57 60 84 97 106 Second innings 6 40 40 55 64 99 114 124 143 - Silverlock 15.2 2 41 7 - - (1) 19 6 44 4 - - Steeples 13 1 38 3 - - (2) 18 7 27 1 - - McKay 2 0 18 0 - - Stedman (3) 16 7 34 4 - - Griffiths (4) 3 2 2 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 37 0 - - Total 30.2 3 106 10 - - 56 22 144 9 - - Notes: Glamorgan won this close return match by just one wicket shortly before 4.30 pm on the second day. The game between the two teams at Newport in June had been drawn. The ninth Glamorgan second innings wicket fell when the scores were tied, so Lowe had to bat. W H Brain hit a single off Steeples to win the match. For the winners, W H Brain’s match-winning innings of 57 not out included 7 fours and Riches’s 54 contained 2 fours. For Monmouthshire, Silverlock took 11 wickets in the match for 85 runs. Robathan top-scored with 46. On the first day Stedman was not at the ground when the ninth Monmouthshire wicket fell and forfeited his innings. In the Glamorgan second innings with the score at 40 for 1, P C Phillips took over the wicket- keeping duties from Mayes who had conceded 16 extras. The one wicket margin of victory was the smallest of the season for a team batting fourth and equalled the record achieved on three occasions in the past. The 37 extras conceded by Monmouthshire in the Glamorgan second innings were the second highest of the season, and the 46 conceded in the match were the equal highest of the season. When dismissing W H Brain in the Glamorgan first innings, Silverlock reached the career milestone of 100 wickets, and when dismissing Bancroft in the same innings, Steeples similarly reached the 100 wickets career milestone. An alternative version of this score, gives in the Monmouthshire first innings Griffiths caught W H Brain, Steeples caught W H Brain and Mayes caught W H Brain, and in the Glamorgan first innings Russell caught Mayes and Preece caught Mayes [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Glamorgan 1 st inns fall of eighth wicket.] Sources: Cambria Daily Leader 15,16 August; The Cambrian 22 August; South Wales Daily News 16,18 August; South Wales Echo 15,16 August; Western Mail 16,18 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 15,16 August; South Wales Daily Telegraph 15,16 August; South Wales Weekly Argus 23 August; Star of Gwent 22 August.