Minor Counties Championship 1908

37 MATCH NUMBER 4 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V GLAMORGAN – WEST DIVISION At Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Monday 8, Tuesday 9 June 1908 Result: Glamorgan won by 84 runs Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire none; Glamorgan 2 (J Bancroft, H G Symonds) First day score: Glamorgan 176 and 57-2 wickets (T A L Whittington 30*); Monmouthshire 140 Glamorgan E R Sweet-Escott c Diver b Steeples 66 (2) b Steeples 23 T A L Whittington b F G Phillips 68 (1) run out 80 Bancroft, W J c and b Steeples 1 (3) c Williams b F G Phillips 2 G E Cording c David b Steeples 0 (4) b Steeples 1 W P Morris hit wicket b Steeples 4 (5) b Steeples 0 * A Gibson c Williams b Steeples 11 (6) c Williams b Steeples 34 H G Symonds b F G Phillips 0 (8) c Francis b Williams 26 Preedy, E A c Francis b Williams 21 (7) c Francis b Williams 25 Creber, H b Steeples 0 (9) b Williams 4 Nash, A b Williams 0 (10) not out 33 + J Bancroft not out 0 (11) lbw b Williams 8 Extras b 2, lb 1, nb 2 5 b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 13 Total 176 249 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 127 131 135 143 145 145 176 176 176 176 Second innings 50 57 62 62 148 161 194 207 221 249 Williams 7.3 1 21 2 - - (2) 17 5 60 4 - - F G Phillips 18 5 49 2 - 2 (3) 14 3 50 1 1 1 Steeples 21 5 58 6 - - (1) 22 1 105 4 - - Silverlock 12 2 30 0 - - (4) 7 2 21 0 - - Stedman 3 0 13 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - 13 1 - - Total 61.3 13 176 10 0 2 60 11 249 10 1 1 Monmouthshire * E S Phillips c Preedy b Creber 24 (1) c Gibson b Creber 8 Silverlock, A J b Creber 51 (2) b Preedy 89 N C Phillips b Creber 0 (3) c Sweet-Escott b Nash 24 M David b Preedy 18 (4) c J Bancroft b Preedy 8 + Diver, E J b Preedy 0 (5) c Sweet-Escott b Creber 8 L H Weight b Preedy 0 (7) c Symonds b Creber 0 F G Phillips b Preedy 7 (6) c and b Creber 29 E H Francis lbw b Creber 5 (8) c Symonds b Creber 20 L F Stedman c Nash b Creber 1 (9) not out 5 W A Williams not out 14 (10) run out 4 Steeples, R b Preedy 11 (11) c W J Bancroft b Preedy 2 Extras b 8, lb 1 9 lb 3, nb 1 4 Total 140 201 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 74 74 79 82 86 100 107 112 117 140 Second innings 9 27 46 94 134 134 190 190 199 201 Creber 19 5 55 5 - - (2) 33 5 75 5 - - Nash 8 2 32 0 - - (3) 12 0 45 1 - - Preedy 15.4 4 44 5 - - (1) 21.5 3 77 3 - 1 Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 42.4 11 140 10 0 0 66.5 8 201 10 0 1 Notes: Glamorgan won by 84 runs on the second day. Monmouthshire had required in their second innings 286 runs to win. For the winners, Creber took 10 wickets in the match for 130 runs. There were 1 five and 6 fours in Whittington’s innings of 68, and 1 five and 5 fours in his innings of 80, while Sweet-Escott’s 66 contained 4 fours. In the Glamorgan first innings, Whittington and Sweet-Escott had put on 127 runs for the first wicket. For Monmouthshire, Steeples took 10 wickets in the match for 163 runs. Silverlock’s innings of 51 included 1 six and 5 fours and his 89 included 9 fours. In the Monmouthshire second innings, F G Phillips and E H Francis added 56 runs for the seventh wicket. [Missing: Umpires; precise time completed.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; South Wales Argus 8,9 June; South Wales Weekly Argus 13 June; South Wales Daily News 9,10 June; Western Mail 9,10 June; The Sportsman 9,10 June; Cricket 11 June, p 205.