Minor Counties Championship 1907

35 MATCH NUMBER 3 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 31 May [no play], Saturday 1 June 1907 Result: Match drawn – Glamorgan won on first innings Points: Glamorgan 3 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: C E Brown and H Willis Debutants: Monmouthshire 1 (M David); Glamorgan 2 (J O Hirst, E A Preedy) First day score: Rain prevented play on first day Glamorgan N V H Riches c substitute (A J Price) b Steeples 28 (6) not out 5 H G Moore-Gwyn b Steeples 7 (2) b Williams 13 Bancroft, W J b Silverlock 22 A Gibson lbw b Stedman 17 (5) not out 2 Hirst, J O c and b Stedman 4 (1) c Tatham b Silverlock 9 H Thomas b Silverlock 14 (3) st Diver b Silverlock 0 G L Rattenbury b Steeples 8 * + J H Brain c and b Steeples 33 Preedy, E A not out 19 (4) lbw b Williams 0 Creber, H b Silverlock 3 Nash, A st Diver b Silverlock 15 Extras b 6, lb 4 10 0 Total 180 (4 wickets) 29 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 28 43 74 80 82 98 127 151 158 180 Second innings 22 22 22 22 - - - - - - Steeples 22 3 77 4 - - Silverlock 18.2 3 33 4 - - (2) 5 1 11 2 - - F G Phillips 4 0 15 0 - - Williams 11 3 24 0 - - (1) 6 2 18 2 - - Stedman 10 3 21 2 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 65.2 12 180 10 0 0 11 3 29 4 0 0 Monmouthshire E S Phillips b Nash 2 Silverlock, A J b Nash 0 M David c Thomas b Nash 14 + Diver, E J lbw b Creber 21 G Abraham c Nash b Creber 20 * Dr A L Tatham b Creber 2 R B Griffiths b Rattenbury 0 F G Phillips not out 9 W A Williams c Brain b Rattenbury 0 L F Stedman st Brain b Creber 2 Steeples, R c Thomas b Creber 4 Extras b 8 8 Total 82 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 9 20 48 64 67 69 69 76 82 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Creber 23.3 7 47 5 - - Nash 12 6 16 3 - - Rattenbury 11 4 11 2 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 46.3 17 82 10 0 0 Notes: Match drawn with Glamorgan winning on first innings. No start was possible on the first day because of rain, the match being abandoned for the day at 2.30 pm. Play did not start until 11.20 am on the second day. The wicket was spongy and slow. Monmouthshire saved the follow-on with a last wicket partnership of 6 between F G Phillips and Steeples. Diver had a sudden attack of lumbago before play started and did not take the field until over fifty runs had been scored. David kept wicket until then and A J Price acted as substitute fielder. In the Glamorgan second innings all four wickets fell at the same total of 22. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; South Wales Argus 1,3 June; South Wales Daily News 1,3 June; South Wales Weekly Argus 8 June; Western Mail 1,3 June; The Sportsman 1,3 June.