Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 12 : KENT 2 ND XI V GLAMORGAN At Bromley Cricket Club Ground, Plaistow Lane, Bromley on Monday 30 June, Tuesday 1 July 1913 Result: Glamorgan won by nine wickets Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI 2 (C K Douglas, C T Wycherley); Glamorgan 1 (T R Morgan) First day score: Glamorgan 244; Kent 2 nd XI 110 and 77-3 wickets (L H W Troughton 11*, F Dutnall 9*) Glamorgan * + N V H Riches c Troughton b Douglas 42 W P Morris b Douglas 1 (1) b Freeman 13 R A Gibbs b Freeman 17 (2) not out 17 J R Tait c Dutnall b Douglas 2 (3) not out 4 Bancroft, W J b Freeman 1 Maxwell, J not out 113 J W Jones c Freeman b Douglas 2 D B Williams c Collins b Wycherley 43 T R Morgan lbw b Preston 0 Hacker, W S c and b Preston 2 Creber, H c Collins b Freeman 0 Extras b 16, lb 5 21 b 4 4 Total (all out) 244 (1 wicket) 38 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 43 56 65 119 125 216 219 235 244 Second innings 27 - - - - - - - - - Hickmott 3 2 4 0 - - Douglas 20 3 63 4 - - Freeman 19.2 3 65 3 - - (3) 1 0 5 1 - - Preston 14 2 53 2 - - (4) 1 0 7 0 - - Wycherley 12 0 38 1 - - (1) 4 0 16 0 - - Collins (2) 3 0 6 0 - - Extras - - 21 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 68.2 10 244 10 0 0 9 0 38 1 0 0 Kent 2 nd XI (Followed on) Collins, G C lbw b Hacker 1 (1) b Hacker 25 * L H W Troughton b Hacker 43 (2) c Jones b Hacker 50 Dutnall, F lbw b Maxwell 17 (5) b Maxwell 13 W G M Sarel c and b Maxwell 0 (3) c and b Maxwell 20 C K Douglas hit wicket b Hacker 3 (6) c Williams b Creber 22 H S Hatfeild c Gibbs b Hacker 2 (7) c Gibbs b Creber 1 + A F Leach-Lewis b Maxwell 5 (8) not out 19 Wycherley, C T b Hacker 1 (4) c Riches b Maxwell 8 Freeman, A P c Morris b Maxwell 0 (9) c Morgan b Maxwell 0 Preston, H J B b Hacker 22 (10) c Hacker b Maxwell 2 Hickmott, W E not out 7 (11) c and b Maxwell 3 Extras b 7, lb 2 9 b 4, lb 3 7 Total (all out) 110 (all out) 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 64 64 64 69 74 74 74 81 110 Second innings 40 49 59 81 144 146 146 154 160 170 Creber 6 0 24 0 - - (1) 6 2 14 2 - - Hacker 15.1 4 49 6 - - (2) 21 0 83 2 - - Maxwell 10 3 28 4 - - (3) 18.4 3 66 6 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 31.1 7 110 10 0 0 45.4 5 170 10 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won by 9 wickets before lunch on the second day. Kent had to follow on after losing 6 wickets for just 10 runs in the middle of their first innings. For the winners there were 2 sixes, 1 five and 12 fours in Maxwell’s unbeaten 113, an innings lasting about 2 hours; he added 91 for the seventh wicket with Williams in an hour. Hacker took 6 wickets for 49 runs in Kent’s first innings, whilst Maxwell took 6 wickets for 66 runs in their second innings; he finished with match figures of 10-94. For the losers Troughton scored 50 in the second innings. Hickmott ricked his back and retired injured after bowling just 3 overs in Glamorgan’s first innings and Draper came on as a substitute. This was the first use of this ground for a Championship match. [Missing: Umpires; in Kent second innings boundaries in Troughton’s 50; precise time completed.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1914, p 230-231; South Wales Daily News 1,2 July; Western Mail 1,2 July; Cricket 5 July, p 373; The Sportsman 2 July. 45