Minor Counties Championship 1908

79 MATCH NUMBER 46 : GLAMORGAN V DEVON – WEST DIVISION At Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helens, Swansea on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 July 1908 Result: Glamorgan won by eight wickets Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan none; Devon none First day score: Devon 258; Glamorgan 134-2 wickets (N V H Riches 63*, W J Bancroft 33*) Devon F H Carroll b Creber 0 (4) c Riches b Rattenbury 17 J F Orchard b Preedy 42 (2) c Nash b Creber 10 R G Cruwys c Gibson b Creber 18 (3) st Riches b Creber 13 Light, W F b Rattenbury 118 (1) b Rattenbury 30 J F Shelley b Nash 49 (5) c and b Preedy 14 W F Sturt c Riches b Nash 0 (7) b Preedy 0 Hawksworth, G M b Nash 8 (8) b Preedy 5 + Davies, T b Creber 0 (6) b Preedy 14 * L Tamworth not out 20 (9) b Preedy 12 L H W Crockwell c Bancroft b Rattenbury 0 (10) b Preedy 2 Aston, H R b Preedy 1 (11) not out 5 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 13, lb 2 15 Total 258 137 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 30 93 172 172 200 201 253 257 258 Second innings 33 49 65 79 107 108 109 114 132 137 Creber 30 9 71 3 - - (1) 30 12 62 2 - - Nash 25 8 92 3 - - (2) 11 4 20 0 - - Preedy 17.1 1 62 2 - - (4) 10.4 3 17 6 - - Rattenbury 8 2 31 2 - - (3) 16 6 23 2 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 80.1 20 258 10 0 0 67.4 25 137 10 0 0 Glamorgan + N V H Riches c Davies b Aston 69 (3) not out 11 T A L Whittington c Davies b Hawksworth 28 E W Jones c and b Light 9 (1) c Aston b Tamworth 27 Bancroft, W J c Cruwys b Carroll 157 (2) c and b Orchard 19 Preece, T c Davies b Light 16 H G Symonds b Light 11 (4) not out 4 G L Rattenbury lbw b Hawksworth 1 * A Gibson c and b Carroll 27 Nash, A c Aston b Carroll 3 Preedy, E A not out 6 Creber, H did not bat Extras b 7, lb 2 9 0 Total (9 wickets declared) 336 (2 wickets) 61 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 59 145 184 218 233 325 329 336 - Second innings 45 57 - - - - - - - - Aston 40 7 95 1 - - (1) 7 1 28 0 - - Hawksworth 38 14 78 2 - - (2) 5 1 22 0 - - Light 20 4 85 3 - - Cruwys 8 1 48 0 - - Sturt 2 1 2 0 - - Shelley 4 1 7 0 - - Carroll 2.4 0 12 3 - - Tamworth (3) 2 0 5 1 - - Orchard (4) 0.4 0 6 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 114.4 28 336 9 0 0 14.4 2 61 2 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won this return match by eight wickets at 5.55 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Exeter earlier in the month had been won by Devon. For the winners, there were 1 six, 18 fours, 7 threes and 9 twos in Bancroft’s 157. Riches 69 contained 8 fours. In the Glamorgan first innings, Bancroft and Gibson added 92 runs for the seventh wicket. In the Devon second innings, Preedy took 6 wickets for 17 runs. For the losers, Light’s 118, scored in 178 minutes, contained 20 fours, 1 three and 6 twos. In the Devon first innings, Light and Tamworth put on 52 runs for the eighth wicket. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; The Cambrian 31 July; South Wales Argus 29,30 July; South Wales Daily News 30,31 July; Western Mail 30.31 July; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 30,31 July; Western Daily Mercury 30,31 July; Western Morning News 30,31 July; The Sportsman 30,31 July; Cricket 6 August, p 326.