Minor Counties Championship 1909

179 GLAMORGAN 1909 Championship matches: Played 10, won 6, lost 1, drawn 3 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: First out of five in West Division, losing finalist in play-offs Won: v Carmarthenshire at Llanelly, v Cornwall at Penzance, v Carmarthenshire at Swansea, v Monmouthshire at Cardiff, v Devon at Cardiff and v Cornwall at Swansea Lost: v Wiltshire at Cardiff Drawn – won on first innings: v Devon at Exeter and v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI at Cardiff Drawn – lost on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: A Gibson (7 matches) – T A L Whittington led the side in the three matches in which A Gibson did not play Wicket-keepers: J Bancroft (7 matches), N V H Riches (2 matches), and W J Bancroft (1 match) Debutants: 6 (H Clough, J D D Davies, J Maxwell, E Stapleton, H H Sweet-Escott and M E White) Final season: 5 (A Gibson, E A Preedy, E Stapleton, H H Sweet-Escott and M E White) Hon Secretaries: J H Brain and H B Letcher Professionals: 9 (W J Bancroft, H Clough, H Creber, W S Hacker, J Maxwell, A Nash, T Preece, E A Preedy and E Stapleton) Home grounds 2 : The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff (4 matches); and Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea (2 matches) Notes: This year Glamorgan were clear winners of the West Division but for the third season running they were defeated in the final of the play-offs, this time by Wiltshire by 164 runs. The same opponents were met as in 1908. Norman Riches, Edward Sweet-Escott and Billy Bancroft batted well scoring 532 runs at 48.36, 454 at 45.40 and 426 at 30.42 respectively. Jack Nash took most wickets – 62 at 15.54. Harry Creber obtained 59 at 12.54, 20 less than in 1908, whilst James Maxwell took 37 at 10.78. Career milestones reached during the season were three thousand runs by Norman Riches, one thousand runs by Harry Creber and Arthur Gibson and four hundred wickets by Jack Nash. GLAMORGAN MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Glamorgan during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 5 players appeared for Glamorgan in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J Bancroft 7 7 3 40 110 27.50 - - 1 6 4 - - - - - - - - Bancroft, W J 10 14 0 109 426 30.42 1 3 - 13 - - - - - - - - - Clough, H + 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - - - 3 0 22 0 - - - - Creber, H 10 11 5 27 57 9.50 - - 2 2 - 314.4 81 740 59 12.54 7-33 4 7 J D D Davis + 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A Gibson 7 9 1 31 107 13.37 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Hacker, W S 9 11 0 64 167 15.18 - 1 2 5 - 68.5 13 221 16 13.81 7-98 - 1 Maxwell, J + 9 11 0 35 116 10.54 - - - 6 - 143 38 399 37 10.78 7-43 1 3 W P Morris 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - - - 1 0 5 0 - - - - Nash, A 10 11 1 26 62 6.20 - - 4 8 - 389.5 129 964 62 15.54 6-30 - 4 Preece, T 2 4 1 13* 35 11.66 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Preedy, E A 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - S H Rees 4 4 0 33 39 9.75 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - N V H Riches 10 13 2 141* 532 48.36 2 2 2 4 2 - - - - - - - - Stapleton, E + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - E R Sweet-Escott 8 12 2 129 454 45.40 1 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - - H H Sweet-Escott + 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H G Symonds 8 11 2 49 193 21.44 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - M E White + 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T A L Whittington 7 9 0 92 225 25.00 - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Hon A Windsor-Clive 2 3 0 16 20 6.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 123 - - - - - - - - 203 8 - - - - Total 110 137 17 141* 2722 22.68 4 9 16 60 6 920.2 261 2554 182 14.03 7-33 5 15 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 5 players made their last appearance for Glamorgan in the Championship in 1900. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I A Gibson 1902 52 79 9 58 1011 14.44 - 2 9 27 - 180 103 3 34.33 1-6 - - Preedy, E A 1907 22 30 7 42* 315 13.69 - - 5 11 - 1537 766 52 14.73 6-17 - 5 Stapleton, E 1909 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - H H Sweet-Escott 1909 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - M E White 1909 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - (5 players)