Minor Counties Championship 1909

40 MATCH NUMBER 9 : CARMARTHENSHIRE V GLAMORGAN – WEST DIVISION At Stradey Park, Llanelly on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 June 1909 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 125 runs Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: R Barber and A T Chamberlain Debutants: Carmarthenshire 2 (S H Mills, C S Trubshaw); Glamorgan 1 (H H Sweet-Escott) First day score: Glamorgan 292; Carmarthenshire 97 and 19-5 wickets (C S Trubshaw 5*) Glamorgan * T A L Whittington c W Davies b Gee 10 N V H Riches c W Davies b Gee 36 E R Sweet-Escott c and b Mills 129 Bancroft, W J c W Davies b Mills 11 H G Symonds c Mills b Howell 28 H H Sweet-Escott c and b Gee 7 Hacker, W S b Howell 35 Nash, A c W Davies b Mills 14 Preedy, E A c J Davies b Mills 0 Creber, H c W Davies b Howell 2 + J Bancroft not out 6 Extras b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 14 Total 292 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 70 110 131 162 262 275 281 285 292 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - J Davies 18 2 67 0 1 1 Gee 22 3 57 3 - - Howell 15 2 61 3 - - Mills 12.3 0 60 4 - - Trubshaw 6 2 10 0 - - Bevan 4 0 23 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 77.3 9 292 10 1 1 Carmarthenshire (Followed on) H Howell c W J Bancroft b Nash 13 ( ) b Nash 6 B P Rees c J Bancroft b Creber 6 ( ) c W J Bancroft b Creber 0 I Evans c Nash b Creber 0 ( ) c Symonds b Creber 0 H E John b Nash 1 ( ) c Preedy b Creber 4 C S Trubshaw b Nash 0 ( ) c W J Bancroft b Creber 25 + Davies, W c J Bancroft b Creber 0 ( ) b Nash 3 E Gee c Hacker b Creber 4 ( ) not out 23 S H Mills b Creber 16 ( ) b Nash 0 J Davies c Nash b Creber 13 ( ) c W J Bancroft b Creber 2 * C P Lewis not out 33 (7) c J Bancroft b Creber 4 J M Bevan lbw b Nash 3 ( ) c Sweet-Escott b Creber 1 Extras b 7, w 1 8 b 1, lb 1 2 Total 97 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 12 19 21 27 27 36 47 76 97 Second innings 0 4 6 12 19 28 57 63 69 70 Nash 18.3 7 55 4 1 - (1) 14 4 35 3 - - Creber 18 9 34 6 - - (2) 13.1 4 33 7 - - Extras - - 8 - - - - - 2 0 - - Total 36.3 16 97 10 1 0 27.1 8 70 10 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won by an innings and 125 runs at 12.00 pm on the second day, requiring only half an hour to complete the match. For the winners, Creber and Nash bowled unchanged through both the Carmarthenshire innings. Creber took 13 wickets in the match for 67 runs, including 7 for 33 in the second innings, and Nash 7 for 90. There were 16 fours in E R Sweet-Escott’s 129. In the Glamorgan innings E R Sweet-Escott and Hacker put on 100 runs for the sixth wicket. [Missing: In the Glamorgan innings duration of Sweet- Escott’s 129; in Carmarthenshire second innings batting order and which Sweet - Escott caught Bevan.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; South Wales Daily News 17,18 June; South Wales Press 23 June; Western Mail 17,18 June; The Sportsman 18 June; Cricket 1 July, p 230.