The Minor Counties Championship 1903

27 MATCH NUMBER 4 : WILTSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The Chippenham Cricket Club Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on Monday 1, Tuesday 2 June 1903 Result: Glamorgan won by five wickets Points: Glamorgan 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire 3 (Rev H R N Ellison, E Grant, A W Newman); Glamorgan none First day score: Wiltshire 85 and 63; Glamorgan 44 and 19-2 wickets (A J Osborne 5*) Wiltshire Capt J R Wyndham st W H Brain b Creber 2 (5) c W H Brain b Nash 1 Newman, A W c Letcher b Creber 5 (4) c Riches b Creber 2 E S Warrilow b Creber 0 (2) st W H Brain b Creber 0 C S Awdry c Letcher b Creber 21 (1) c Osborne b Creber 15 Smith, W R R st W H Brain b Creber 2 (7) c Nash b Creber 12 E S Whitaker st W H Brain b Creber 2 (9) b Nash 3 * A M Miller b Nash 0 (8) b Nash 3 Rev H R N Ellison not out 17 (3) b Nash 0 E Grant b Nash 6 (10) not out 8 + Smart, T c J H Brain b Creber 8 (11) b Nash 0 Overton, W lbw b Creber 20 (6) c Riches b Creber 13 Extras w 2 2 6 Total 85 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 2 13 17 25 30 34 42 50 85 Second innings 0 0 7 16 20 40 41 54 63 63 Creber 19.3 4 52 8 2 - (1) 17 4 32 5 - - Nash 18 4 30 2 - - (2) 16.4 5 25 5 - - Osborne 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 38.3 8 85 10 2 0 33.4 9 63 10 - - Glamorgan A J Osborne b Grant 0 (1) c Smith b Newman 25 Creber, H b Overton 1 N V H Riches b Overton 5 (4) b Smith 50 * J H Brain c Smith b Grant 4 (5) c Whitaker b Newman 0 J G Clark b Overton 0 (3) b Miller 2 + W H Brain not out 17 (6) not out 0 Bancroft, W J c Miller b Grant 9 (7) not out 2 H B Letcher b Overton 5 Russell, W lbw b Overton 0 (2) b Smith 12 A Gibson b Overton 0 Nash, A b Grant 0 Extras 3 15 Total 44 (5 wickets) 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 5 10 10 10 26 41 41 41 44 Second innings 18 19 104 104 104 - - - - - Overton 21 16 6 6 - - (1) 16 12 17 0 - - Grant 20.5 5 35 4 - - (2) 9 5 9 0 - - Warrilow (3) 2 0 8 0 - - Smith (4) 12 3 30 2 - - Smart (5) 2 0 11 0 - - Miller (6) 3 0 10 1 - - Newman (7) 2.5 1 6 2 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 41.5 21 44 10 - - 46.5 21 106 5 - - Notes: Glamorgan won this low-scoring match by 5 wickets at 12.30 pm on the second day, having been 41runs behind on first innings. For the winners, Creber took 13 wickets in the match for 84 runs, including 8 for 52 in the Wiltshire first innings. Statistically, it was the third best match bowling performance of the season. Riches’s 50 included 9 fours. Overton bowled economically for the losers, bowling in the match 37 overs, including 28 maidens, for 23 runs. In the Glamorgan first innings he took 6 wickets for 6 runs. The Glamorgan first innings total of 44 was the third lowest of the season for a completed innings. The 3 stumpings made by W H Brain in the Wiltshire first innings were the most during the season, a feat equalled by two others. The four stumpings that he made in the match were the second most in a match during the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Advertiser 4 June; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 4 June; North Wilts Guardian 6 June; North Wilts Herald 5 June; Swindon Advertiser 5 June; Wiltshire Chronicle 6 June; Wiltshire Times 6 June; South Wales Daily News 2,3 June; Western Mail 2,3 June.