The Minor Counties Championship 1903

83 MATCH NUMBER 60 : BERKSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1903 Result: Glamorgan won by one wicket Points: Glamorgan 3 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Glamorgan 1 (H G Moore-Gwyn) First day score: Berkshire 122; Glamorgan 71-2 wickets (W Russell 30*, A E Peatfield 17*) Berkshire G G M Bennett b Creber 2 (2) c and b Creber 1 Capt H W Hutson c Russell b Creber 2 (1) c Nash b Creber 0 + Watts, E c Brain b Creber 16 (3) lbw b Creber 30 F E Rowe c Russell b Nash 5 (7) c Bancroft b Creber 0 Cave, W c and b Nash 3 (5) c Bancroft b Nash 5 F M Ingram b Russell 4 (4) b Nash 8 * Sir C E M Y Nepean run out 23 (6) st Brain b Creber 6 A Henderson c Russell b Osborne 47 (8) b Nash 0 H S Crook c Moore-Gwyn b Russell 4 (9) b Creber 9 Relf, R R not out 8 (10) not out 5 Croom, A B c Bancroft b Osborne 3 (11) c Preece b Creber 1 Extras nb 1 5 4 Total 122 69 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 25 45 122 Second innings 1 2 18 44 50 52 69 Creber 28 8 47 3 - - (1) 15.4 5 34 7 - - Nash 23 10 36 2 - 1 (2) 15 8 31 3 - - Russell 10 3 20 2 - - Osborne 6 1 14 2 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 67 22 122 10 0 1 30.4 13 69 10 - - Glamorgan H E Morgan c Nepean b Hutson 19 (1) b Hutson 0 N V H Riches b Cave 1 (2) c Watts b Cave 3 Russell, W lbw b Hutson 33 (3) not out 25 A E Peatfield c Nepean b Cave 22 (4) c Relf b Cave 3 Preece, T run out 17 (5) run out 0 * + W H Brain lbw b Relf 10 (6) b Hutson 3 Bancroft, W J c and b Cave 19 (8) c Rowe b Cave 0 A J Osborne b Hutson 7 (7) run out 2 H G Moore-Gwyn c Croom b Cave 10 (9) c Watts b Cave 0 Creber, H not out 3 (10) c Crook b Cave 0 Nash, A c Croom b Cave 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 12 3 Total 153 (9 wickets) 39 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 79 79 153 Second innings 25 35 - Cave 23.3 8 55 5 - - (1) 9 3 15 5 - - Relf 11 1 39 1 - - Hutson 15 5 35 3 - - (2) 8.3 3 21 2 - - Croom 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 12 1 - - - - 3 2 - - Total 52.3 14 153 10 - - 17.3 6 39 9 - - Notes: Glamorgan won this close return match by one wicket at 4.25 pm on the second day. Rain prevented a start being made on the first day until after 3.00 pm. The wicket victory margin was the closest of the season. The game at Swansea in July had also been won by Glamorgan. For the winners, Creber took 10 wickets in the match for 81 runs, including 7 for 34 in the Berkshire second innings. Glamorgan in their second innings required 39 runs to win. Amid reported scenes of great excitement, they lost 8 wickets for 25 and 9 for 37 before Russell drove Hutson for 3 to secure the victory for Glamorgan. When dismissing Bennett in the Berkshire first innings, Creber took his three hundredth wicket in championship matches. [An alternative version of this score based on Glamorgan sources has the Glamorgan second innings adding to 40 not 39, and extras 4 not 3.] [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets. Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 22 August; Reading Mercury 22 August; Reading Observer 15 August; Reading Standard 22 August; South Wales Daily News 15,17 August; Western Mail 15,17 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August.