Minor Counties Championship 1908

43 MATCH NUMBER 10 : GLAMORGAN V CARMARTHENSHIRE – WEST DIVISION At The Gnoll, Neath on Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 June 1908 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 1 run Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: G L R Hutchings and B W Mason Debutants: Glamorgan none; Carmarthenshire 4 (D H Davies, T R Nicholls, R L Rowlands, H V Watkins) First day score: Glamorgan 211; Carmarthenshire 96 and 31-2 wickets (C A Bowen 14*, W Davies 9*) Glamorgan T A L Whittington c John b Thomas 87 E R Sweet-Escott b Howell 14 Bancroft, W J c Howell b Light 3 * N V H Riches c Rees b Howell 12 H Thomas b Howell 25 H B Letcher c Nicholls b Light 7 H G Symonds st W Davies b Howell 38 R H Johnson c Bowen b Howell 9 Preedy, E A c W Davies b Thomas 9 Creber, H not out 2 Nash, A b Howell 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 Total 211 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 57 79 122 135 190 190 203 211 211 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Howell 32 7 83 6 - - D H Davies 7 0 28 0 - - Light 22 5 67 2 - - Watkins 3 0 18 0 - - Thomas 5 1 10 2 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 69 13 211 10 0 0 Carmarthenshire (Followed on) C A Bowen b Nash 27 (2) c Riches b Creber 64 H Howell b Nash 10 (1) c Bancroft b Preedy 3 + Davies, W c Bancroft b Creber 0 (4) b Nash 23 * B P Rees c Letcher b Nash 33 (3) b Preedy 4 H John c Bancroft b Creber 0 (5) c Bancroft b Preedy 7 Dr R L Thomas run out 0 (6) b Preedy 7 H V Watkins b Nash 2 (7) b Preedy 0 D H Davies b Preedy 12 (8) c Thomas b Creber 1 T R Nicholls c Thomas b Preedy 10 (9) c Creber b Preedy 0 Light, E E not out 0 (10) not out 0 Extras b 2 2 lb 1, nb 4 5 Total 96 114 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 38 42 44 44 46 79 89 96 - Second innings 4 8 73 87 105 105 106 114 114 - Creber 16 1 56 2 - - (3) 2.3 0 18 2 - - Nash 20 8 31 4 - - (2) 17 5 44 1 - 2 Preedy 4.1 2 7 2 - - (1) 19 4 47 6 - 2 Extras - - 2 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 40.1 11 96 9 0 0 38.3 9 114 9 0 4 Notes: Glamorgan won by an innings and I run on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. Carmarthenshire played this match with only ten men. For the winners, Whittington’s 87 incluced 6 fours. For the visitors, Bowen scored 64 with 1 five and 9 fours. This was the first use of this ground for a championship match. [Missing: Glamorgan wicket-keeper; precise time completed.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Cardiff Evening Express 24, 25 June; South Wales Daily News 25,26 June; South Wales Press 1 July; Western Mail 25,26 June; The Sportsman 26 June; Cricket 2 July, p 243