MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 53: STAFFORDSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1912 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 53 runs Points: Staffordshire 5 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: C Marshall and S Wrigley Debutants: Staffordshire none; Glamorgan none First day score: Glamorgan 62; Staffordshire 45-1 wicket (A Hollowood 28*, E H Bourne 14*) Glamorgan * N V H Riches b Wilson 13 (1) b Wilson 0 D B Williams c and b Barnes 4 (4) st Dearing b Barnes 0 H G Symonds c Deyes b Wilson 10 (3) c Deyes b Barnes 4 Maxwell, J c Taylor b Wilson 1 (5) st Dearing b Barnes 12 Bancroft, W J c Twigg b Wilson 8 (6) c Wilson b Bucknell 16 + E A Billings c and b Barnes 6 (7) c Taylor b Bucknell 15 G L Rattenbury b Barnes 3 (8) c Briggs b Barnes 9 J W Jones b Barnes 0 (9) b Bucknell 6 W P Morris not out 9 (2) b Barnes 0 Hacker, W S c and b Barnes 0 (10) not out 8 Creber, H run out 0 (11) lbw b Barnes 0 Extras b 1, lb 2, nb 5 8 b 12, nb 1 13 Total (all out) 62 (all out) 83 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 19 26 39 45 48 48 55 61 62 Second innings 0 1 7 10 24 54 67 68 78 83 Wilson 14 2 35 4 - 3 (2) 8 4 16 1 - - Barnes 14 6 19 5 - 2 (1) 15.3 5 39 6 - 1 Bucknell (3) 7 2 15 3 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - 13 0 - - Total 28 8 62 10 0 5 30.3 11 83 10 0 1 Staffordshire * P Briggs b Hacker 2 Hollowood, A c Williams b Creber 33 E H Bourne b Hacker 18 Barnes, S F c Williams b Creber 12 W H Twigg b Hacker 36 Nichols, J E c and b Jones 26 L F Taylor c Riches b Jones 9 Bucknell, A c Morris b Hacker 0 Wilson, G A c Morris b Creber 48 + H Dearing c Maxwell b Creber 11 Deyes, G not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 1, w 1 3 Total (all out) 198 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 49 64 68 129 135 136 154 196 198 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hacker 27 4 75 4 - - Creber 19.4 2 51 4 1 - Rattenbury 2 0 5 0 - - Morris 5 2 12 0 - - Jones 10 0 52 2 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - Total 63.4 8 198 10 1 0 Notes: This match was won by Staffordshire by an innings and 53 runs at 3.50 pm on the second day. There was no play on the first day until 3.45 pm. Whittington, after acting as Glamorgan captain throughout the negotiations regarding the state of the pitch and the possibility of play, decided when the umpires ultimately pronounced the wicket fit, to stand down and Riches took over the role. For the winners Wilson top-scored with 48, batting at number 9, whilst Barnes bowled unchanged from the station end utilising the strong wind which was bowling across the wicket to swing the ball to end up taking match figures of 11 wickets for 58 runs, including 5 wickets for 19 in Glamorgan’s first innings and 6 for 39 in their second. For the losers no batsman reached 20 runs whilst Hacker took 5 wickets for 75 runs in Staffordshire’s innings. An incident which gave rise to much discussion occurred at the close of the game. Creber was the last batsman, and on his arrival Glamorgan still required 58 to avoid an innings defeat. Creber a right-hand bat on facing Barnes turned round to bat left-handed, and when Barnes turned the tables on him by sending down an underhand ball, all along the ground, Creber found his ambidexterity was not equal to the occasion, and scraping right across the ball, he was adjudged leg before. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Annual Report; Staffordshire Advertiser 10 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 7,8 August; South Wales Daily News 8,9 August; Western Mail 8,9 August; Cricket 17 August, p 431. 84