The Minor Counties Championship 1905

106 MATCH NUMBER 80 : DEVON V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 25 [no play], Saturday 26 August 1905 Result: Devon won by five wickets Points: Devon 3 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: W Bryan and C Hughes Debutants: Devon 2 (Lt A G Hotham, R T H Mackenzie); Glamorgan 1 (W Spiller) First day score: Rain prevented play Glamorgan T A L Whittington c Brunskill b Light 2 (1) b Aston 9 E R Sweet-Escott lbw b Aston 7 (2) lbw b Aston 6 Bancroft, W J c Leggett b Aston 2 (3) c Hotham b Light 5 + N V H Riches not out 35 (4) b Light 0 A Gibson b Light 7 (5) not out 19 Russell, W b Light 4 (6) b Aston 5 * H B Letcher b Light 1 (7) c Light b Aston 0 R H Johnson b Aston 0 (8) b Aston 0 W Spiller c Cruwys b Light 1 (9) c Sturt b Aston 14 Creber, H b Light 4 (10) b Light 1 Nash, A b Light 0 (11) c Cruwys b Light 10 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 2 2 Total 65 71 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 11 22 43 53 55 56 57 65 65 Second innings 13 18 22 22 31 31 33 57 61 71 Light 19.1 7 29 7 - - (1) 14.3 2 52 4 - - Aston 19 8 34 3 - - (2) 14 7 17 6 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 38.1 15 65 10 0 0 28.3 9 71 10 0 0 Devon R G Cruwys b Creber 2 (2) c Whittington b Nash 14 Lt O E Leggett c and b Nash 3 (1) b Creber 4 Lt G C Harrison c and b Nash 1 * H F Brunskill c Sweet-Escott b Nash 5 Light, W F st Riches b Nash 41 (3) b Nash 9 Rev J H H Copleston st Riches b Creber 5 (4) c Bancroft b Nash 6 W F Sturt b Nash 5 Lt A G Hotham b Creber 2 (6) not out 6 R T H Mackenzie not out 7 + Davies, T c Creber b Nash 6 (5) b Creber 0 Aston, W H c Sweet-Escott b Creber 4 (7) not out 15 Extras b 2 2 0 Total 83 (5 wickets) 54 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 7 8 31 36 63 66 66 75 83 Second innings 18 18 31 37 38 - - - - - Creber 13.3 2 45 4 - - (2) 7 1 21 2 - - Nash 13 1 36 6 - - (1) 7 1 33 3 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 26.3 3 83 10 0 0 14 2 54 5 0 0 Notes: Devon won this low-scoring return match by five wickets at 5.30 pm on the second day, the match being completed in a day, with no play possible because of rain on the Friday. Devon had also won when the two teams met at Cardiff in July. For the winners, Light and Aston bowled unchanged through both Glamorgan innings, Light taking 11 wickets in the match for 81 runs, including 7 for 29 in the first Glamorgan innings, and Aston 9 for 51. Light also top-scored for Devon with 41, including 2 sixes and 3 fours. For the losers, Creber and Nash also bowled unchanged through both innings. Riches top-scored for Glamorgan with 35 not out which included 3 fours. Within minutes of the game being completed, there was a deluge of rain which continued well into the evening. The match aggregate of 273 runs was the lowest of the season for a completed match. When he had scored 4 in the Devon first innings, Aston reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Glamorgan Scorebook ; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 28 August; Western Daily Mercury 26,28 August; Western Morning News 26,28 August; South Wales Daily News 28 August; South Wales Echo 25,26 August; Western Mail 26,28 August; The Sportsman 28 August.