Minor Counties Championship 1908

59 MATCH NUMBER 26 : DEVON V GLAMORGAN – WEST DIVISION At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Drive, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 10, Saturday 11 July 1908 Result: Devon won by 53 runs Points: Devon 5 Toss: Devon Umpires: G L R Hutchings and F Newman Debutants: Devon none; Glamorgan 1 (A W Thomas) First day score: Devon 115 and 183; Glamorgan 72 and 5-1 wicket (A Gibson 0*, A Nash 1*) Devon F H Carroll b Creber 4 (1) b Creber 8 H V I Watts lbw b Creber 19 (2) c Gibson b Preedy 57 C V L Hooman b Nash 0 (3) c Bancroft b Preedy 17 W F Sturt b Nash 23 (4) c Whittington b Creber 3 Light, W F b Creber 24 (5) c Bancroft b Creber 1 J F Shelley b Nash 14 (6) c Morris b Creber 5 L H Amory c Bancroft b Creber 11 (7) c A W Thomas b Preedy 12 * L Tamworth b Nash 0 (8) b Preedy 0 Aston, H R b Nash 0 (10) not out 27 + Davies, T b Creber 2 (11) c Symonds b Morris 36 Dr W Ashford not out 4 (9) st A W Thomas b Creber 2 Extras b 13, nb 1 14 b 14, lb 1 15 Total 115 183 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 45 68 85 99 103 103 103 110 115 Second innings 16 65 81 85 93 106 106 119 119 183 Creber 19.4 6 47 5 - - (1) 21 2 103 5 - - Nash 19 6 54 5 - 1 (2) 7 2 27 0 - - Preedy (3) 14 4 33 4 - - Morris (4) 0.3 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 38.4 12 115 10 0 1 42.3 8 183 10 0 0 Glamorgan N V H Riches c Davies b Ashford 11 (4) c Davies b Light 35 T A L Whittington c Hooman b Ashford 1 (5) c Davies b Light 13 Bancroft, W J c Tamworth b Light 20 (6) c Tamworth b Aston 51 W P Morris st Davies b Ashford 13 (7) b Light 0 H Thomas c Tamworth b Ashford 0 (8) c Davies b Aston 11 H G Symonds c Carroll b Ashford 8 (9) b Aston 0 * A Gibson lbw b Ashford 2 (1) c Light b Amory 5 Preedy, E A c Hooman b Ashford 0 (10) b Ashford 6 + Sgt A W Thomas c Hooman b Ashford 3 (11) not out 2 Nash, A b Ashford 7 (3) c Watts b Light 34 Creber, H not out 5 (2) c Sturt b Aston 4 Extras b 2 2 b 11, lb 1 12 Total 72 173 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 14 45 45 55 57 57 60 60 72 Second innings 4 27 52 69 125 125 149 149 165 173 Aston 8 5 10 0 - - (2) 13.1 3 42 4 - - Ashford 15.4 4 35 9 - - (1) 21 6 48 1 - - Light 8 3 25 1 - - (4) 16 5 44 4 - - Amory (3) 5 0 22 1 - - Sturt (5) 1 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 31.4 12 72 10 0 0 56.1 14 173 10 0 0 Notes: Devon won by 53 runs at 2.35 pm on the second day. For the winners, Ashford took 10 wickets in the match for 83 runs, including 9 for 35 in the Glamorgan first innings which was statistically the second best innings bowling performance of the season. There were 9 fours in Watts’s 57. In the Devon second innings, Aston and Davies added 64 runs for the last wicket. For the losers, Creber took 10 wickets in the match for 150 runs. Bancroft’s 51 included 4 fours. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 11,13 July; Western Daily Mercury 10,12 July; Western Morning News 11,13 July; South Wales Daily News 11,13 July; Western Mail 11,13 July; The Sportsman 11,13 July; Cricket 16 July, p 278.