Minor Counties Championship 1909

86 MATCH NUMBER 55 : GLAMORGAN V DEVON – WEST DIVISION At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 July 1909 Result: Glamorgan won by eight wickets Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan 1 (E Stapleton); Devon none First day score: Devon 97 and 109-9 wickets (Capt R C S Waller 1*, L Tamworth 2*); Glamorgan 130 Devon Lt F O’B Wilson b Nash 42 (4) run out 1 Lt G C Harrison b Nash 6 (5) b Nash 47 Light, W F b Nash 15 (3) b Maxwell 7 C V L Hooman b Maxwell 9 (2) c and b Maxwell 5 J F Shelley b Hacker 1 (1) b Hacker 29 + Davies, T b Maxwell 11 (9) b Maxwell 4 R G Cruwys b Maxwell 3 (7) b Creber 0 W F Sturt b Maxwell 0 (8) c and b Maxwell 11 Capt R C S Waller b Maxwell 3 (10) c Stapleton b Nash 1 * L Tamworth lbw b Maxwell 0 (11) not out 7 Capt W F Christian not out 1 (6) b Hacker 0 Extras lb 5, w 1 6 b 2, lb 4 6 Total 97 118 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 43 65 66 67 86 92 92 96 96 97 Second innings 14 26 27 61 67 68 88 104 104 118 Creber 9 1 29 0 - - (3) 6 1 23 1 - - Nash 23 10 37 3 - - (1) 12.5 1 47 2 - - Hacker 9 4 19 1 - - (4) 6 3 13 2 - - Maxwell 5.5 2 6 6 - - (2) 12 3 29 4 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 6 1 - - Total 46.5 17 97 10 1 0 36.5 8 118 10 0 0 Glamorgan E R Sweet-Escott lbw b Christian 3 (1) not out 36 N V H Riches b Wilson 59 (4) not out 34 Bancroft, W J b Light 18 (3) b Light 15 Stapleton, E run out 5 (2) b Christian 0 H G Symonds c and b Wilson 7 Hacker, W S b Christian 11 * A Gibson b Christian 4 Maxwell, J b Christian 13 + J Bancroft c Cruwys b Wilson 3 Nash, A c Sturt b Wilson 1 Creber, H not out 0 Extras b 3, w 1, nb 2 6 b 1, lb 1, nb 2 4 Total 130 (2 wickets) 89 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 60 71 93 106 106 119 125 130 130 Second innings 0 30 - - - - - - - - Christian 20 4 48 4 - - (2) 14 8 13 1 - 1 Wilson 11.1 1 35 4 1 2 (1) 5 1 21 0 - - Waller 4 1 20 0 - - (3) 7.3 2 22 0 - 1 Light 5 1 21 1 - - (4) 9 3 22 1 - - Sturt (5) 1 0 3 0 - - Hooman (6) 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 40.1 7 130 10 1 2 37.3 14 89 2 0 2 Notes: Glamorgan won this return match by eight wickets at 1.00 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Exeter at the end of June had been drawn. For the winners, Maxwell took 10 wickets in the match for 35 runs, including 6 for 6 in the Devon first innings. There were 6 fours in Riches’s 59. For the losers, Harrison top-scored with 47. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; South Wales Daily News 29,30 July; Western Mail 29,30 July; Western Daily Mercury 29,30 July; Western Morning News 29,30 July; The Sportsman 29,30 July; Cricket 12 August.