MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 13: GLAMORGAN V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Wednesday 3, Thursday 4 July 1912 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 44 runs Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan 1 (E Cooper); Monmouthshire 1 (- Lord) First day score: Monmouthshire 71; Glamorgan 121-2 wickets (N V H Riches 65*) Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Riches b Creber 2 (1) b Hacker 37 A M Maltby st Billings b Creber 0 (4) b Creber 0 N C Phillips lbw b Creber 0 (3) c and b Hacker 18 * E S Phillips c Billings b Hacker 1 (2) c Billings b Creber 8 T B Williams c Riches b Creber 9 (6) st Billings b Creber 0 G P Williams not out 34 (5) lbw b Creber 0 F G Phillips b Creber 1 (7) c Williams b Creber 2 G C Phillips c Riches b Creber 3 (8) b Hacker 1 L F Stedman c Creber b Hacker 0 (9) b Creber 0 + J R Williams c Williams b Creber 9 (10) not out 0 Lord, - b Creber 7 (11) c Bancroft b Creber 0 Extras 5 7 Total (all out) 71 (all out) 73 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 2 2 4 19 22 34 35 52 71 Second innings 17 61 62 68 68 70 72 72 73 73 Creber 24.5 10 37 8 - - (1) 21.1 5 36 7 - - Hacker 24 11 29 2 - - (3) 11 6 7 3 - - Cooper (2) 11 3 23 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 48.5 21 71 10 - - 43.1 14 73 10 - - Glamorgan * N V H Riches c G P Williams b F G Phillips 72 R A Gibbs st J R Williams b Silverlock 22 Bancroft, W J b F G Phillips 30 H G Symonds c G C Phillips b Silverlock 2 J R Tait b F G Phillips 5 Maxwell, J c E S Phillips b Silverlock 1 D B Williams c Silverlock b G C Phillips 20 + E A Billings b Silverlock 11 E Cooper b G C Phillips 14 Hacker, W S c and b G C Phillips 1 Creber, H not out 2 Extras w 2, nb 1 8 Total (all out) 188 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 54 121 124 134 136 136 149 180 185 188 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 20 7 41 3 1 - Lord 9 0 22 0 - - Stedman 9 0 34 0 - - Silverlock 25 5 73 4 1 1 G C Phillips 2.1 0 10 3 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 65.1 12 188 10 2 1 Notes: Glamorgan won this match by an innings and 44 runs at 4.15 pm on the second day. Rain stopped play at tea on the first day and there was no further action until an 11.55 am start on the second day. For the winners Riches scored 72, the only half- century of the match; his innings contained 3 fours. Creber took 15 wickets in the match for 73 runs, including 8 wickets for 37 runs in Monmouthshire’s first innings and 7 wickets for 36 runs in their second. For the losers Silverlock top-scored with 37 in his second innings; he also took the most wickets, dismissing 4 batsmen for 73 runs. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; Lord’s initials.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 3,4 July; Monmouthshire Weekly Post 6 July; South Wales Argus 3,4,5 July; South Wales Daily News 4,5 July; Western Mail 4,5 July; Cricket 13 July, p 333. 44