Minor Counties Championship 1907

69 MATCH NUMBER 37 : DEVON V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 July 1907 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 223 runs Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: T H Holton and B W Mason Debutants: Devon none; Glamorgan none First day score: Glamorgan 540 Glamorgan N V H Riches c Gwynn b Blackburne 171 Smith, D J b Clarke 18 Bancroft, W J c Aston b Light 5 W P Morris c and b Cruwys 31 Hirst, J O b Aston 1 E R Sweet-Escott b Aston 93 H B Letcher b Aston 75 * + J H Brain c Watts b Aston 117 Preedy, E A b Aston 2 Creber, H b Clarke 7 Nash, A not out 0 Extras b 13, lb 4, w 3 20 Total 540 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 43 95 104 286 347 504 528 540 540 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Aston 40.4 7 134 5 - - Light 44 9 162 1 - - Clarke 27 4 87 2 - - Cruwys 16 3 52 1 - - Hooman 6 0 34 0 - - Brunskill 2 0 12 0 - - Blackburne 10 1 39 1 3 - Extras - - 20 0 - - Total 145.4 24 540 10 3 0 Devon (Followed on) R G Cruwys c and b Nash 19 (1) c Brain b Creber 16 C V L Hooman b Nash 22 (2) c Brain b Preedy 74 Maj J G Blackburne b Creber 0 (3) b Letcher 50 H V I Watts st Brain b Creber 31 (4) c and b Letcher 4 W S Gwynn c Letcher b Creber 4 (5) b Preedy 2 H C Featherstone b Creber 0 (6) b Preedy 1 * H F Brunskill b Nash 3 (7) c Riches b Preedy 4 Light, W F not out 24 (8) run out 12 Lt R H Clarke c Brain b Creber 0 (9) not out 6 + Davies, T b Creber 8 (10) b Preedy 11 Aston, H R c Creber b Nash 5 (11) c Sweet-Escott b Creber 5 Extras b 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 lb 8 8 Total 124 193 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 38 42 50 54 61 89 89 115 124 Second innings 40 142 146 146 148 151 164 169 182 193 Creber 24 8 72 6 - - (3) 20.1 2 80 2 - - Nash 24 8 44 4 - 1 (2) 12 4 32 0 - - Preedy (1) 17 6 51 5 - - Letcher (4) 5 1 22 2 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 8 1 - - Total 48 16 124 10 0 1 54.1 13 193 10 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won by an innings and 223 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on. For the winners, there were 22 fours, 5 threes and 11 twos in Riches’s 171, an innings of 4½ hours, and 1 six, 14 fours, 1 three and 13 twos in Brain’s 117. Sweet- Escott’s 93 contained 11 fours and Letcher’s 75 7 fours. In the Glamorgan innings, Riches and Sweet -Escott added 182 runs for the fifth wicket, and Letcher and Brain 157 for the seventh. For the losers, Hooman’s 74 included 12 fours and Blackburne’s 50 9 fours. In the Devon second inni ngs, Hooman and Blackburne added 102 for the second wicket. The Glamorgan total of 540 was the highest of the season. The 44 overs bowled by Light were the third most in an innings and the 162 runs he conceded the second most in an innings during the season. [Missing: In Glamorgan innings, duration of Brain’s 117; precise time completed.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Glamorgan Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 18,19 July; Western Daily Mercury 18,19 July; Western Mail 18,19 July, Western Morning News 18,19 July; South Wales Daily News 18,19 July; The Sportsman 18,19 July.