Minor Counties Championship 1913

GLAMORGAN 1913 Championship matches: Played 9, won 5, lost 1, drawn 3 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: First equal with Norfolk (to whom they lost in the Challenge Match) Won: v Kent 2nd XI at Bromley, v Monmouthshire at Cardiff, v Surrey 2nd XI at Cardiff, v Wiltshire at Trowbridge and v Kent 2nd XI at Swansea Lost: v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn - won on first innings: v Wiltshire at Swansea Drawn - lost on first innings: v Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval and v Norfolk at Norwich Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captains: N V H Riches (8 matches), T A L Whittington led the side in the match in which Riches did not play. Wicket-keepers: E A Billings (2 matches), W A Edwards (2 matches), N V H Riches (2 matches), A C G David (1 match) and J J Horspool (1 match). It is not known who kept wicket in the match against Wiltshire at Swansea. Debutants: 6 (A C G David, W A Edwards, K H Harris, G E Martin, T R Morgan and A E Thomas) Final Season: 7 (A W C Cameron, E Cooper, A C G David, W A Edwards, J J Horspool, E Morgan and EA E Thomas) Hon Secretaries: W G Bowden and T A L Whittington Professionals: 4 (W J Bancroft, H Creber, W S Hacker and J Maxwell) Home Grounds 2: The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff (2 matches) and Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea (2 matches) Notes: Glamorgan had a very good season rising to joint first place in the Table with Norfolk. In the Challenge Match against Norfolk, Glamorgan lost on first innings as rain spoiled the match. Kent 2nd XI replaced Staffordshire as opponents. The captain, Norman Riches, scored most runs – 357 at 35.70. The bowling was in the hands of Stamford Hacker with 66 wickets at 13.34, Harry Creber with 48 at 13.64 and James Maxwell with 35 at 15.34. During the season career milestones reached were 5000 runs and 100 matches by Norman Riches and 200 wickets by Stamford Hacker. GLAMORGAN MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1913 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Glamorgan during the season. Names in bold denote that 1913 was the last or only season that these 8 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 5 8 0 85 140 17.50 - 1 - 6 - - - - - - - - - E A Billings 3 4 0 21 41 10.25 - - 1 7 2 - - - - - - - - Dr A W C Cameron 1 2 0 27 28 14.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - E Cooper 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 16 3 36 1 36.00 1-21 - - Creber, H 9 12 4 12 43 5.37 - - 4 6 - 247.2 47 655 48 13.64 8-33 2 5 A C G David + 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - A C R David 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W A Edwards + 2 3 0 37 38 12.66 - - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - R A Gibbs 8 14 2 95 287 23.91 - 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - - Hacker, W S 9 12 4 25 88 11.00 - - 2 7 - 316.1 63 881 66 13.34 7-68 2 7 K H Harris + 1 2 0 36 52 26.00 - - - 1 - 14 0 63 0 - - - - J J Horspool 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - J W Jones 5 7 2 108* 214 42.80 1 1 1 5 - 9 0 35 2 17.50 2-19 - - G E Martin + 1 2 0 8 9 4.50 - - - - - 40 4 121 5 24.20 3-78 - - Maxwell, J 8 12 1 113* 214 19.45 1 - 1 10 - 168.4 26 537 35 15.34 6-66 1 3 E Morgan 2 4 0 2 4 1.00 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - T R Morgan + 4 6 2 29* 41 10.25 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - W P Morris 6 11 0 51 139 12.63 - 1 2 4 - 12 2 24 1 24.00 1-4 - - N V H Riches 8 13 3 71 357 35.70 - 2 1 11 1 1 0 5 0 - - - - E R Sweet-Escott 3 4 0 87 110 27.50 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - J R Tait 8 13 2 66 316 28.72 - 2 - 4 - - - - - - - - - A E Thomas + 1 2 0 26 27 13.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J L G Thomas 4 6 0 25 51 8.50 - - 1 3 - - - - - - - - - T A L Whittington 2 2 0 18 22 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - D B Williams 5 8 1 43 169 24.14 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 235 - - - - 1 - - - 192 7 - - - - Total 99 152 21 113* 2645 20.19 2 9 23 79 7 824.1 145 2549 165 15.44 8-33 5 15 (25 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 8 players made their last appearance for Glamorgan in the Championship in 1913. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Dr A W C Cameron 1900 17 24 2 39 272 12.36 - - 3 12 - 764 456 21 21.71 6-89 - 2 E Cooper 1912 2 2 0 14 14 7.00 - - 1 - - 162 59 1 59.00 1-21 - - A C G David 1913 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - A C R David 1911 2 1 0 8 8 8.00 - - - 1 - 36 33 0 - - - - W A Edwards 1913 2 3 0 37 38 12.66 - - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - J J Horspool 1905 6 7 2 11* 45 9.00 - - - 5 4 - - - - - - - E Morgan 1903 3 6 1 5 10 2.00 - - 2 4 - 36 18 3 6.00 3-18 - - A E Thomas 1913 1 2 0 26 27 13.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - (8 players) 160