The Minor Counties Championship 1903

64 MATCH NUMBER 41 : GLAMORGAN V WILTSHIRE At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1903 Result: Match drawn – Glamorgan won on first innings Points: Glamorgan 1 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: J O’Connor and A Rylott Debutants: Glamorgan none; Wiltshire none First day score: Glamorgan 183; Wiltshire 108-7 wickets (C S Awdry 1*, A M Miller 0*) Glamorgan N V H Riches b Newman 17 (2) b Newman 2 H E Morgan c and b Overton 0 (1) b Overton 0 Russell, W b Smith 29 (3) c Ford b Overton 13 A E Peatfield c Overton b Smart 10 (4) lbw b Miller 15 * J H Brain c Newman b Overton 9 (5) b Miller 18 Bancroft, W J c Taunton b Overton 9 (6) b Smith 5 + W H Brain b Miller 45 (7) b Overton 16 H B Letcher b Overton 11 (8) c Ford b Miller 0 A J Osborne b Miller 26 (9) b Miller 13 Creber, H c Ellison b Miller 11 (10) c Ford b Overton 1 Nash, A not out 3 (11) not out 0 Extras nb 2 13 nb 1 14 Total 183 97 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 27 46 66 68 78 111 165 183 Second innings 0 13 15 53 58 60 60 94 94 97 Overton 36 12 61 4 - - (1) 17.2 6 23 4 - - Smith 22 5 49 1 - 2 (3) 11 6 17 1 - 1 Newman 19 8 34 1 - - (2) 12 4 20 1 - - Smart 6 1 15 1 - - Miller 4.4 2 11 3 - - (4) 12 4 23 4 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 87.4 28 183 10 0 2 52.2 20 97 10 0 1 Wiltshire Rev H R N Ellison b Osborne 2 (10) not out 1 T T N Perkins c Bancroft b Creber 10 (2) st W H Brain b Creber 23 J E Stevens st W H Brain b Creber 7 (1) lbw b Creber 5 H P Taunton b Russell 25 (6) c Peatfield b Creber 0 Newman, A W b Osborne 27 (4) c Riches b Creber 9 Smith, W R R c W H Brain b Osborne 22 (7) b Nash 3 C S Awdry run out 10 (3) c Peatfield b Creber 6 Smart, T c and b Osborne 4 (9) c W H Brain b Nash 0 * A M Miller not out 43 (5) not out 14 Overton, W b Nash 10 (8) run out 1 + Ford, E S c Nash b Letcher 2 Extras nb 2 11 4 Total 173 (8 wickets) 66 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 20 37 71 98 107 108 124 168 173 Second innings 11 21 41 50 53 56 57 57 - - Creber 14 2 41 2 - - (1) 18 4 32 5 - - Nash 24 11 30 1 - - (3) 6 3 5 2 - - Osborne 23 7 70 4 - 2 (4) 4 4 0 0 - - Russell 13 7 16 1 - - (5) 2 2 0 0 - - Letcher 1 0 5 1 - - (2) 11.2 3 25 0 - - Riches (6) 2 2 0 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 75 27 173 10 0 2 43.2 18 66 8 - - Notes: This return match was drawn, after Wiltshire required 108 runs to win in their second innings with 100 minutes to bat. Glamorgan had won the game between the two sides at Chippenham in June. No batsman scored fifty. The start of play on the second day was delayed by rain until 12.15 pm. In the Glamorgan first innings, W H Brain and Osborne added 54 runs for the eighth wicket. Letcher was unable to complete his twelfth over in the Wiltshire second innings, leaving the field with an injured hand, after stopping a drive from Miller. It was reported that two thousand spectators were present on the first day. When he had scored 9 in the Wiltshire first innings, Miller reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches, and when stumping Perkins in the Wiltshire second innings, W H Brain made his one hundred and fiftieth dismissal in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Glamorgan first innings fall of ninth wicket.] Sources: South Wales Daily News 4,5 August; Western Mail 4,5 August; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 6 August; North Wilts Herald 7 August; Swindon Advertiser 7 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 8 August; Wiltshire Times 8 August.