Minor Counties Championship 1907

124 MATCH NUMBER 92 : GLAMORGAN V SURREY 2 ND XI – SEMI-FINAL At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Thursday 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 August 1907 Result: Glamorgan won by four wickets Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: G L R Hutchings and J Relf Debutants: Glamorgan none; Surrey 2 nd XI none First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 198; Glamorgan 119-5 wickets (E R Sweet-Escott 12*) Second day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 198 and 103; Glamorgan 146 and 141-4 wickets (W J Bancroft 79*, A Gibson 5*) Surrey 2 nd XI P H Slater b Creber 11 (4) b Nash 18 Baker, A b Nash 60 (1) c Riches b Preedy 30 Goatly, E G lbw b Nash 84 (3) c Sweet-Escott b Nash 8 Ducat, A b Nash 0 (2) st Brain b Creber 9 Abel, W J b Nash 4 (5) c Brain b Nash 2 H C Greenfield b Nash 5 (6) b Creber 2 Meads, J W st Brain b Creber 4 (7) c Preedy b Nash 21 * N C Tufnell not out 8 (8) c Bancroft b Creber 3 + Vigar, H E b Nash 3 (9) c Riches b Creber 1 Hitch, J W c Preedy b Creber 11 (10) not out 0 Rushby, T c Creber b Nash 2 (11) st Brain b Creber 0 Extras b 4, nb 2 6 b 5, lb 2, nb 2 9 Total 198 103 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 15 157 157 163 164 174 174 185 196 198 Second innings 13 31 66 75 76 83 97 103 103 103 Creber 30 11 55 3 - - (1) 25 7 54 5 - - Nash 22.4 4 68 7 - 2 (2) 22 11 31 4 - 2 Preedy 14 6 30 0 - - (3) 3 1 9 1 - - Letcher 3 0 14 0 - - Sweet-Escott 2 0 15 0 - - Morris 2 1 10 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 73.4 22 198 10 0 2 50 19 103 10 0 2 Glamorgan * + J H Brain c Vigar b Hitch 53 (1) b Rushby 3 N V H Riches b Rushby 12 (2) c Vigar b Hitch 0 Bancroft, W J c Hitch b Rushby 12 (3) not out 86 W P Morris run out 9 (4) b Rushby 27 E R Sweet-Escott c Goatly b Hitch 12 (5) c Tufnell b Meads 10 A Gibson c Hitch b Rushby 19 (6) b Rushby 5 Smith, D J run out 3 (7) b Hitch 0 H B Letcher b Rushby 7 Preedy, E A not out 11 (8) not out 6 Creber, H c Ducat b Rushby 2 Nash, A b Rushby 3 Extras nb 3 3 b 9, lb 1, nb 9 19 Total 146 (6 wickets) 156 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 67 87 87 119 119 129 133 142 146 Second innings 3 7 105 134 142 146 - - - - Rushby 26.1 5 61 6 - 2 (1) 20 1 61 3 - 7 Hitch 23 4 69 2 - 1 (2) 14 2 32 2 - 2 Goatly 6 3 9 0 - - (4) 4 0 9 0 - - Greenfield 3 2 3 0 - - (5) 2 0 10 0 - - Meads 1 0 1 0 - - (3) 9 2 25 1 - - Extras - - 3 2 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 59.1 14 146 10 0 3 49 5 156 6 0 9 Notes: Glamorgan won this semi-final match by 4 wickets at 11.55 am on the third day, thus gaining a place in the final of the competition. A partnership of 98 for the third wicket in the Glamorgan second innings between Bancroft and Morris was largely responsible for seeing Glamorgan home. For the winners, Nash took 11 wickets in the match for 99 runs, including 7 for 68 in the Surrey 2 nd XI first innings. There were 3 fours and 1 six in Bancroft’s 86 not out, and 5 fours in Brain’s 53. For the losers, Goatly’s 84 contained 14 fours and Baker’s 60 6 fours. In the visitors’ first innings they put on 142 runs for the second wicket. A collection for Bancroft on the Friday after he had completed his 50 yielded £12-5s-0d. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Cardiff Evening Express 29,30,31 August; The Cambrian 6 September; South Wales Argus 29,30,31 August; South Wales Daily News 30,31 August, 2 September; Western Mail 30,31 August,2 September; Surrey Year Book 1907, p 117; The Sportsman 30,31 August, 2 September.