The Minor Counties Championship 1903

134 GLAMORGAN 1903 Championship matches: Played 10, won 4, lost 1, drawn 5 (won on first innings 3, no decision on first innings 2) Position: Fourth equal with Bedfordshire and Northumberland out of seventeen Won: v Wiltshire at Chippenham, v Berkshire at Swansea, v Berkshire at Reading, and v Devon at Exeter Lost: v Surrey 2 nd XI at Cardiff Drawn – won on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Cardiff, v Devon at Cardiff, and v Wiltshire at Cardiff Drawn – no decision on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport, and v Surrey 2 nd XI at The Oval. Captain: J H Brain (8 matches) – W H Brain (2 matches) was the captain for the two matches in which J H Brain did not play Wicket-keepers: W H Brain (10 matches) Debutants: 5 (H T Lewis, W L Lewis, H G Moore-Gwyn, E Morgan and A E Peatfield) Final season for team: 5 (P F Bush, J G Clark, H T Lewis, W L Lewis and A E Peatfield ) Hon Secretary: J H Brain Professionals: 5 (W J Bancroft, H Creber, A Nash, T Preece and W Russell) Home grounds 2: The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff (4 matches); and The Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea (1 match). Notes: Having been fourth placed on their own in 1902, Glamorgan ended up fourth equal in 1903 with two other teams – Bedfordshire and Northumberland. The same opponents were met as in the previous year. Career milestones passed during the season were three hundred wickets by H Creber and one hundred and fifty dismissals by W H Brain. Glamorgan were the only team where on average the bowlers took their wickets at less than 10 runs apiece. GLAMORGAN MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1903 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 5 players who made their Championship debut for Glamorgan during the season. Name in bold denote that 1903 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Glamorgan in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Bancroft, W J 9 13 2 207 280 25.45 1 - 3 5 - - - - - - - - - J H Brain 8 12 1 78* 188 17.09 - 1 1 4 - - - - - - - - - W H Brain 10 14 3 45 161 14.63 - - 2 9 14 - - - - - - - - P F Bush 1 2 0 5 6 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J G Clark 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Creber, H 9 10 3 20* 48 6.85 - - 2 1 - 259.3 77 490 54 9.07 8-52 2 6 A Gibson 5 4 1 5 9 3.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - E W Jones 3 4 0 152 234 58.50 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - H B Letcher 4 5 0 11 21 4.20 - - 1 3 - 12.2 3 30 1 30.00 1-5 - - H T Lewis + 1 2 0 12 20 10.00 - - - - - 3 0 16 0 - - - - W L Lewis + 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - H G Moore-Gwyn + 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E Morgan + 1 2 1 5 6 6.00 - - - 3 - 6 2 18 3 6.00 3-18 - - H E Morgan 8 12 0 35 160 13.33 - - 3 2 - - - - - - - - - Nash, A 10 12 5 15* 40 5.71 - - 3 8 - 281.1 116 443 48 9.22 7-32 1 5 A J Osborne 8 12 1 26 119 10.81 - - 1 6 - 55 18 117 11 10.63 4-70 - - A E Peatfield + 3 5 0 22 56 11.20 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Preece, T 1 2 0 17 17 8.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - S H Rees 5 7 0 41 69 9.85 - - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - N V H Riches 10 15 0 54 262 17.46 - 2 1 4 - 2 2 0 0 - - - - Russell, W 10 13 2 33 202 18.36 - - 2 6 - 124.3 45 237 24 9.87 7-43 1 1 T A L Whittington 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 127 - - - - 1 - - - 72 6 - - - - Total 110 151 19 207 2043 15.47 2 4 25 62 14 743.3 263 1423 147 9.68 8-52 4 12 (22 players) (6 ball overs) Note: The Glamorgan averages in Wisden give Creber conceding 488 runs not 490 and averaging 9.03 not 9.25, and Nash conceding 445 runs not 443 and averaging 9.27 not 9.02. It has not proved possible to explain this balancing difference of 2 runs from studying the bowling analyses of these two bowlers in the match scores. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Glamorgan in the Championship in 1903. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I P F Bush 1900 3 4 0 5 12 3.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - J G Clark 1897 10 17 1 29* 158 9.87 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - H T Lewis 1903 1 2 0 12 20 10.00 - - - - - 18 16 0 - - - - W L Lewis 1903 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A E Peatfield 1903 3 5 0 22 56 11.20 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - (5 players)