The Minor Counties Championship 1905

30 MATCH NUMBER 4 : WILTSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The Chippenham Cricket Ground, Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 June 1905 Result: Wiltshire won by 54 runs Points: Wiltshire 3 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: C H Mills and F G Willoughby Debutants: Wiltshire none; Glamorgan none First day score: Wiltshire 83; Glamorgan 0-2 wickets (N V H Riches 0*) Wiltshire * A M Miller b Creber 2 (9) c and b Nash 5 T T N Perkins st Brain b Creber 3 (1) c Thackeray b Nash 39 C S Awdry c Nash b Creber 11 (2) b Nash 18 R W Awdry b Nash 11 (4) b Nash 2 + T S Luce st Brain b Creber 9 (7) b Creber 2 Newman, A W st Brain b Creber 0 (3) b Creber 3 E Grant c Nash b Creber 17 (5) c Nash b Creber 2 H S Snell st Brain b Creber 0 (10) b Nash 0 Smart, T c Bancroft b Creber 3 (11) not out 0 Smith, W R R not out 17 (6) c Russell b Creber 17 A G Dibsdall b Nash 2 (8) b Creber 5 Extras b 8 8 b 10 10 Total 83 103 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 10 25 35 38 55 57 63 70 83 Second innings 38 44 49 67 68 83 96 103 103 103 Creber 18 7 35 8 - - (1) 15.1 2 47 5 - - Nash 17.1 7 40 2 - - (2) 15 3 46 5 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 35.1 14 83 10 0 0 30.1 5 103 10 0 0 Glamorgan T A L Whittington c and b Grant 0 (1) c Dibsdall b Grant 0 N V H Riches b Smith 1 (2) b Smith 0 * + W H Brain b Grant 0 (9) b Grant 6 E W Jones c Smith b Grant 3 (3) c Snell b Smith 5 H E Morgan c Newman b Smith 10 (4) b Grant 4 Bancroft, W J c Newman b Smith 9 (5) c Dibsdall b Smith 0 H B Letcher not out 18 (7) b Smith 0 A G Thackeray c Newman b Smith 53 (6) b Grant 0 Russell, W c Newman b Grant 11 (8) c Snell b Smith 1 Creber, H c and b Grant 0 (10) c Perkins b Smith 0 Nash, A b Grant 5 (11) not out 0 Extras lb 2 2 b 2, nb 2 4 Total 112 20 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 0 4 6 22 25 91 106 106 112 Second innings 0 5 5 9 9 9 13 13 20 20 Grant 21.1 7 37 6 - - (1) 11 7 9 4 - - Smith 27 12 44 4 - - (2) 10.3 7 7 6 - 2 Newman 4 1 15 0 - - Smart 2 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 54.1 20 112 10 0 0 21.3 14 20 10 0 2 Notes: Wiltshire won this low-scoring match by 54 runs at 5.40 pm on the second day. In their second innings, Glamorgan required 75 runs to win in 100 minutes. On the first day play was abandoned for the day at 5.00 pm after rain had prevented a resumption after lunch. On the second day the start was delayed by the wet state of the pitch. For the winners, Grant took 10 wickets in the match for 46 runs and Smith took 10 wickets in the match for 51 runs. For the losers, Creber and Nash bowled unchanged through both innings taking in the mat ch 13 wickets for 82 runs and 7 for 86 respectively. Creber’s 13 for 82 was statistically the second best match bowling performance of the season, and his 8 for 35 in the Wiltshire first innings the third best innings bowling performance during the season. In the Wiltshire first innings, Brain stumped four batsmen, the most in an innings during the season. It equalled the Championship record achieved on just one previous occasion by J Poole for Staffordshire against Durham at Walsall in 1902. In the Glamorgan first innings, Newman held four catches as a fielder. It was the most in the season and equalled the Championship record, a feat that had been achieved on 17 previous occasions. There were 10 fours in Thackeray’s 53, scored in an hour. In the Glamorgan first innings, Thackeray and Russell put on 66 runs for the seventh wicket. The Glamorgan second innings total of 20 was the lowest of the season and equalled the lowest in the Championship by Buckinghamshire against Hertfordshire at Aylesbury in 1903. The match aggregate of 318 runs was the second lowest of the season for a completed match. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 15 June; North Wilts Herald 16 June; Swindon Advertiser 16 June; Wiltshire Advertiser 15 June; Wiltshire Times 17 June; Western Daily Press 13,14 June; South Wales Daily News 13,14 June; South Wales Echo 12,13 June; Western Mail 13,14 June; The Sportsman 13,14 June.