MInor Counties Championship 1912

GLAMORGAN 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 3, lost 3, drawn 2 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings 1) Position: Tenth out of twenty Won: v Monmouthshire at Cardiff, v Wiltshire at Cardiff and v Wiltshire at Trowbridge Lost: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval, v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent and v Staffordshire at Swansea Drawn - won on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at Cardiff Captains: T A L Whittington (6 matches) - N V H Riches (2 matches) led the side in the matches in which T A L Whittington did not play Wicket-keepers: E A Billings (6 matches), H G Moore-Gwyn (1 match) and N V H Riches (1 match) Debutants: 2 (E Cooper and A S Webb) Final Season: 4 (H G Moore-Gwyn, G L Rattenbury, A S Webb and A Windsor-Clive) Hon Secretary: T A L Whittington Professionals: 5 (W J Bancroft, H Creber, W S Hacker, J Maxwell and A S Webb) Home Grounds 2: The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff (3 matches) and Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea (1 match) Notes: Glamorgan were less successful than in 1911 finishing mid-table. Staffordshire were new opponents as Buckinghamshire and Carmarthenshire were no longer met. Norman Riches headed the batting averages with 373 runs at 41.44. Eighty nine of the 108 wickets obtained were taken by Harry Creber, 49 at 13.20 and Stamford Hacker with 40 at 11.62. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs and 100 wickets by James Maxwell and 900 wickets by Harry Creber. GLAMORGAN MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 2 players who made their Championship debut for Glamorgan during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 4 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 Bancroft, W J 8 11 0 76 197 17.90 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - E A Billings 6 8 0 15 60 7.50 - - 2 3 7 - - - - - - - - Dr A W C Cameron 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - 3 0 21 1 21.00 1-21 - - E Cooper + 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - - - - - 11 3 23 0 - - - - Creber, H 8 11 3 28 53 6.62 - - 5 3 - 233.5 54 647 49 13.20 8-37 1 5 A E Freethy 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R A Gibbs 2 3 1 30* 76 38.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hacker, W S 8 11 5 19* 67 11.16 - - 2 7 - 210.5 61 465 40 11.62 7-20 1 3 J W Jones 6 8 0 27 77 9.62 - - 1 2 - 40.3 3 151 7 21.57 2-7 - - Maxwell, J 8 11 0 54 240 21.81 - 1 - 3 - 59 16 149 8 18.62 2-6 - - H G Moore-Gwyn 1 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - W P Morris 4 8 1 34 83 11.85 - - 1 3 - 15 3 53 1 53.00 1-24 - - G L Rattenbury 3 4 1 9 19 6.33 - - - 2 - 10 3 29 0 - - - - N V H Riches 7 11 2 73 373 41.44 - 4 1 13 - - - - - - - - - H G Symonds 6 8 2 46* 105 17.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J R Tait 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J L G Thomas 3 5 0 21 37 7.40 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - Webb, A S + 1 2 0 29 38 19.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T A L Whittington 6 7 1 71* 133 22.16 - 1 1 3 - 1.3 0 6 0 - - - - D B Williams 6 10 0 20 72 7.20 - - 1 5 - - - - - - - - - Hon A Windsor-Clive 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - 3 0 7 1 7.00 1-7 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 114 - - - - 1 - - - 123 1 - - - - Total 88 125 16 76 1781 16.33 0 7 18 51 8 587.4 143 1674 108 15.50 8-37 2 8 (21 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 60 runs conceded bowling are 68 runs short as the overs, maidens and runs conceded are not known for the Monmouthshire second innings. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Glamorgan in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I H G Moore-Gwyn 1903 8 16 1 63 229 15.26 - 1 3 5 1 - - - - - - - G L Rattenbury 1905 22 29 4 55 318 12.72 - 1 1 10 - 2238 1049 49 21.40 7-37 - 3 Webb, A S 1912 1 2 0 29 38 19.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Hon A Windsor-Clive 1908 4 5 0 16 25 5.00 - - 2 1 - 18 7 1 7.00 1-7 - - (4 players) 151