The Minor Counties Championship 1905

59 MATCH NUMBER 33 : GLAMORGAN V WILTSHIRE At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Friday 28, Saturday 29 July 1905 Result: Match drawn – Glamorgan won on first innings Points: Glamorgan 2 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: R Humphrey and F G Willoughby Debutants: Glamorgan none; Wiltshire 1 (Capt R H Oliver) First day score: Glamorgan 292; Wiltshire 58 and 12-1 wicket (W R R Smith 4*) Glamorgan * J H Brain c Miller b Grant 0 N V H Riches run out 39 Bancroft, W J b Grant 48 A Gibson b Smart 31 H E Morgan b Smith 62 V T Hill c Smith b Grant 3 G L Rattenbury run out 4 Russell, W st Oliver b Smith 78 Creber, H c Overton b Smart 1 + J J Horspool c and b Grant 3 Nash, A not out 8 Extras b 14, lb 1 15 Total 292 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 82 92 165 186 201 208 236 266 292 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Grant 33 13 59 4 - - Smith 33 8 79 2 - - Smart 17 2 78 2 - - Overton 14 1 33 0 - - Miller 9 0 28 0 - - Extras - - 15 2 - - Total 106 24 292 10 0 0 Wiltshire (Followed on) T T N Perkins c Horspool b Rattenbury 8 (3) c Hill b Creber 2 H P Taunton lbw b Rattenbury 1 (4) b Nash 34 Newman, A W st Horspool b Creber 6 (5) b Nash 3 H M Butterworth b Creber 1 (6) b Rattenbury 24 C S Awdry c Morgan b Rattenbury 1 (7) b Russell 71 Smith, W R R not out 18 (1) b Nash 44 * A M Miller b Creber 0 (8) not out 50 E Grant c Brain b Creber 5 (9) not out 24 Smart, T b Creber 0 + Capt R H Oliver b Creber 0 Overton, W c Riches b Creber 15 (2) c and b Creber 7 Extras lb 2, w 1 3 b 6, lb 4, w 2, nb 1 13 Total 58 (7 wickets) 272 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 14 15 16 26 26 36 36 36 58 Second innings 12 24 80 88 97 143 232 - - - Creber 10.4 1 32 7 1 - (1) 25 7 80 2 2 - Rattenbury 10 1 23 3 - - (2) 20 3 52 1 - - Nash (3) 19 5 66 3 - 1 Russell (4) 21 7 53 1 - - Hill (5) 6 2 7 0 - - Riches (6) 1 0 1 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 20.4 2 58 10 1 0 92 24 272 7 2 1 Notes: This return match was drawn with Glamorgan winning on first innings. The game between the two teams in June at Chippenham had been won by Wiltshire. On the second day, rain interrupted play in the morning session for 10 minutes, and delayed play after lu nch until 4.00 pm. For the home side, there were 13 fours in Russell’s 78 and 7 fours in Morgan’s 62. Creber took 9 wickets in the match for 112 runs, including 7 for 32 in the Wiltshire first innings. For the visitors, Awdry’s 71 contained 8 fours and Mil ler’s 50 not out 1 four. In the Wiltshire second innings, Awdry and Miller added 89 runs for the seventh wicket. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; South Wales Argus 28,29 July; South Wales Daily News 29,31 July; Western Mail 29,31 July; Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 3 August; Swindon Advertiser 4 August; Wiltshire Advertiser 3 August; Wiltshire Times 5 August; The Sportsman 29,31 July.