Minor Counties Championship 1907

125 MATCH NUMBER 93 : GLAMORGAN V LANCASHIRE 2 ND XI – FINAL At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 September 1907 Result: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by 108 runs Toss: Lancashire 2 nd XI Umpires: B W Mason and H Willis Debutants: Glamorgan none; Lancashire 2 nd XI none First day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 243; Glamorgan 56-8 wickets (W H Brain 4*, H Creber 7*) Second day score: Lancashire 2 nd XI 243 and 121; Glamorgan 74 and 119-5 wickets (J H Brain 68*, A Gibson 14*) Lancashire 2 nd XI A Hartley c Gibson b Creber 2 (1) lbw b Preedy 24 Heap, J S b Creber 81 (2) b Preedy 38 Harrison, R c J H Brain b Creber 19 (3) run out 14 Radcliffe, G lbw b Nash 1 (4) b Preedy 0 T A Higson run out 65 (5) b Nash 3 Tyldesley, W K b Nash 20 (6) run out 4 V Hope c Morris b Creber 6 (7) st J H Brain b Nash 11 * T Ainscough c Letcher b Morris 18 (8) lbw b Nash 5 Williams, A b Preedy 16 (9) run out 14 Rowlands, L S b Nash 2 (10) b Preedy 1 + Blomley, B not out 0 (11) not out 4 Extras b 8, lb 1, nb 4 13 lb 1, nb 2 3 Total 243 121 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 58 59 112 145 152 190 240 242 243 Second innings 46 68 68 81 81 93 102 105 117 121 Nash 33.1 7 69 3 - 3 (2) 24 9 41 3 - 2 Creber 29 4 104 4 - - (1) 8 2 23 0 - - Preedy 13 3 35 1 - 1 (3) 18.4 4 54 4 - - Morris 9 3 22 1 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 3 3 - - Total 84.1 17 243 10 0 4 50.4 15 121 10 0 2 Glamorgan * J H Brain c Blomley b Rowlands 10 (1) c and b Heap 80 N V H Riches b Heap 17 (3) b Higson 8 Bancroft, W J b Heap 0 (4) c Ainscough b Williams 2 Morris, W P c Blomley b Heap 7 (5) run out 22 E R Sweet-Escott c Blomley b Rowlands 3 (6) b Hope 1 A Gibson c Blomley b Heap 0 (7) lbw b Heap 24 H B Letcher b Heap 0 (8) not out 18 + W H Brain c Higson b Heap 14 (2) run out 0 Preedy, E A obstructing the field 1 (9) lbw b Heap 18 Creber, H c and b Rowlands 11 (10) lbw b Higson 1 Nash, A not out 0 (11) b Higson 4 Extras b 11 11 w 1, nb 3 4 Total 74 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 24 33 44 44 44 44 49 74 74 Second innings 0 34 41 95 96 138 141 165 168 182 Heap 25 14 23 6 - - (1) 33 11 64 3 - - Rowlands 24.5 9 40 3 - - (2) 9 4 18 0 - - Williams (3) 6 2 20 1 - - Higson (4) 35.1 9 58 3 - - Hope (5) 6 2 18 1 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 4 2 - - Total 49.5 23 74 10 0 0 89.1 28 182 10 1 3 Notes: Lancashire 2 nd XI won by 108 runs at 1.00 pm on the third day, thus winning the Championship in their second year in the competition. The Lancashire 2 nd XI Captain, Ainscough, choose not to enforce the follow-on, despite being 169 runs ahead on first innings. Glamorgan needed 291 runs to win in their second innings with over a day to score them. For the winners, Heap played a major role, opening both the batting and bowling in both innings, scoring 119 runs and taking 9 wickets for 87 runs. Heap’s 81 included 11 fours and Higson’s 65 4 fours. For the losers, J H Brain’s 80 contained 1 f ive and 7 fours. In the Glamorgan first innings, Preedy was out obstructing the field, the first time this had occurred in a Championship match. He prevented Blomley taking a catch behind the wicket. The 25 maidens bowled by Heap in the match were equal second highest during the season. J H Brain kept wicket in the Lancashire 2 nd XI second innings. W.H.Brain was run out without facing a ball in the Glamorgan second innings. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Lancashire Recopied Scorebook; Cardiff Evening Express 9,10,11 September; South Wales Argus 9,10,11 September; South Wales Daily News 9,10,11,12 September; Western Mail 9,10,11,12 September; Manchester Guardian 10,11,12 September; Newcastle Daily Journal 10,11,12 September; The Times 10,11,12 September; The Sportsman 10,11,12 September.