The Minor Counties Championship 1905

58 MATCH NUMBER 32 : GLAMORGAN V DEVON At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Wednesday 26, Thursday 27 July 1905 Result: Devon won by one wicket Points: Devon 3 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: R Humphrey and F G Willoughby Debutants: Glamorgan none; Devon 1 (H S Jackson) First day score: Glamorgan 219; Devon 183-6 wickets (Lt G C Harrison 37*, T Davies 60*) Glamorgan N V H Riches c Harrison b Aston 56 (1) c Cruwys b Light 5 T A L Whittington c Davies b Light 6 (9) b Light 1 Bancroft, W J b Scott 39 (3) b Light 23 * H B Letcher c Fulcher b Light 14 (2) c Davies b Scott 19 V T Hill c Scott b Light 3 (4) b Light 6 A Gibson st Davies b Jackson 58 (5) c Cruwys b Aston 1 Russell, W c Cruwys b Jackson 24 (6) b Light 24 A J Osborne lbw b Aston 3 (7) b Aston 5 + J J Horspool b Light 6 (10) b Light 8 Creber, H not out 2 (8) not out 7 Nash, A b Light 0 (11) c Fulcher b Aston 1 Extras b 7, lb 1 8 b 7, lb 1 8 Total 219 108 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 22 83 112 116 141 208 208 217 217 219 Second innings 5 42 49 50 77 84 84 85 101 108 Aston 28 7 63 2 - - (2) 20.4 7 57 3 - - Light 36.1 11 79 5 - - (1) 23 10 32 6 - - Jackson 5 1 26 2 - - Bamberger 3 0 8 0 - - Scott 7 2 35 1 - - (3) 2 0 11 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 79.1 21 219 10 0 0 45.4 17 108 10 0 0 Devon R G Cruwys c Russell b Osborne 23 (1) b Russell 10 E A Fulcher lbw b Russell 15 (2) lbw b Russell 21 Lt G C Harrison b Russell 37 (3) not out 44 R T Arundell c Horspool b Osborne 9 (4) st Horspool b Creber 8 * H F Brunskill b Osborne 0 (8) b Osborne 10 Light, W F b Osborne 32 (6) b Russell 4 H S Jackson b Russell 0 (7) c Hill b Creber 1 + Davies, T c Russell b Creber 67 (5) c Russell b Creber 0 Aston, W H c Russell b Creber 2 (9) c Horspool b Creber 0 R J Bamberger not out 10 (10) run out 0 Hon D Scott b Creber 3 (11) not out 2 Extras b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 7 b 15, lb 2, w 3, nb 3 23 Total 205 (9 wickets) 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 36 40 54 54 89 90 183 186 199 205 Second innings 21 55 80 80 90 94 115 117 117 - Creber 20 1 61 3 1 - (1) 19 2 41 4 3 - Nash 12 3 24 0 - - (4) 4 1 7 0 - - Russell 22 7 39 3 - - (2) 29 16 29 3 - - Osborne 15 4 66 4 - 2 (3) 10 4 14 1 - 3 Gibson 3 1 6 0 - - Hill 3 2 2 0 - - (5) 4 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 23 1 - - Total 75 18 205 10 1 2 66 23 123 9 3 3 Notes: Devon won this close match by 1 wicket at shortly before 6.00 pm on the second day. It was the sixth one wicket victory since the start of the competition in 1895. Requiring in their second innings 123 runs to win in three hours, the ninth Devon wicket fell at 117, but Harrison and Scott together scored the 6 runs needed for victory, the winning runs being 3 byes. For the winners, Light took 11 wickets in the match for 111 runs. There were 11 fours in Davies’s 67. In the Devon first innings, Harrison and Davies added 93 runs for the seventh wicket. For the losers, Gibson’s 58 contained 9 fours and Riches’s 56 included just 1 fo ur. Whittington injured his hand when attempting to catch Cruwys in the Devon first innings and had to retire from the field. He batted late in the Glamorgan second innings. E A Fulcher originally took his place as substitute fielder, and he was subsequently replaced by a fielder named Anderson from a local club. When he had scored 4 in the Devon first innings, Light reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. When he stumped Gibson in the Glamorgan first innings, Davies made his fiftieth dismissal in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Devon Scorebook; South Wales Argus 26,27,28 July; South Wales Daily News 27,28 July; Western Mail 27,28 July; Western Daily Mercury 27,28 July; Western Morning News 27,28 July; The Sportsman 27,28 July.