Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 46 : GLAMORGAN V SURREY 2 ND XI At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Monday 4, Tuesday 5 August 1913 Result: Glamorgan won by nine wickets Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Surrey 2 nd XI Umpires: C E Brown and F Johnson Debutants: Glamorgan none; Surrey 2 nd XI 1 (D Roberts) First day score: Surrey 2 nd XI 75 and 139-5 wickets (D Roberts 6*, R C Alwin 0*); Kent 2 nd XI 213 Surrey 2 nd XI C T A Wilkinson c Thomas b Hacker 4 (1) b Maxwell 47 Myers, E B b Hacker 0 (2) c Sweet-Escott b Hacker 12 Abel, W J b Maxwell 16 (3) c Maxwell b Hacker 12 Peach, H A b Maxwell 13 (4) c Tait b Creber 25 Mason, W b Hacker 1 (8) c Jones b Hacker 4 D Roberts b Hacker 2 (5) not out 23 Blacklidge, H G b Maxwell 10 (6) c Gibbs b Hacker 17 Alwin, R C c Hacker b Maxwell 3 (7) b Hacker 0 * A W F Rutty c and b Maxwell 17 (9) c Thomas b Hacker 12 + Sullivan, D not out 2 (10) b Maxwell 0 Freeman, A J b Hacker 1 (11) b Hacker 2 Extras b 6 6 b 14, lb 6 20 Total (all out) 75 (all out) 174 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 19 27 40 40 52 52 72 72 75 Second innings 27 69 113 139 145 174 Hacker 8.4 1 36 5 - - (1) 14.1 2 68 7 - - Maxwell 8 0 33 5 - - (2) 15 3 65 2 - - Creber (3) 10 1 21 1 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 20 0 - - Total 16.4 1 75 10 0 0 39.1 6 174 10 0 0 Glamorgan J R Tait c Sullivan b Freeman 40 (2) not out 15 W P Morris c Alwin b Freeman 1 (1) c Roberts b Freeman 9 R A Gibbs c Peach b Blacklidge 3 (3) not out 9 * T A L Whittington b Abel 4 E R Sweet-Escott c Rutty b Blacklidge 87 Maxwell, J c Alwin b Abel 5 J L G Thomas c Myers b Abel 1 J W Jones b Blacklidge 19 + W A Edwards b Blacklidge 0 Hacker, W S c Blacklidge b Peach 25 Creber, H not out 6 Extras b 14, lb 6, nb 2 22 lb 4 4 Total (all out) 213 (1 wicket) 37 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 28 39 72 110 110 171 213 Second innings 13 - - - - - - - - - Freeman 12 2 32 2 - 2 (1) 5.2 2 13 1 - - Abel 16 2 65 3 - - (2) 3 0 16 0 - - Blacklidge 15.3 3 47 4 - - (3) 2 1 4 0 - - Peach 7 4 11 1 - - Wilkinson 6 0 19 0 - - Roberts 3 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 22 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 59.3 11 213 10 0 2 10.2 3 37 1 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won this return match by 9 wickets, the earlier fixture being left drawn. The match was finished at 12.30 pm on the second morning. Glamorgan’s captain, N V H Riches, was unable to play due to an injury. Surrey were dismissed for only 75 runs in their first innings, which lasted for just 68 minutes. Hacker and Maxwell both bowled unchanged, the former taking 5 wickets for 36 runs and the latter 5 for 33. In Surrey’s second innings Hacker took 7 wickets for 68 runs, giving match figures of 12 for 104. There were 7 fours in Sweet-Escott’s 87 and he and Hacker added 61 runs for Glamorgan’s 9th wicket in just half an hour. For the losers Wilkinson top-scored with 47 runs in his second innings. In Surrey’s second innings Mason was hit in the face by the first delivery he received from Maxwell and forced to retire hurt. Bad light ended play at 6.15 pm and Mason was able to resume his innings on the second morning. [Missing: Part fall of wickets.] Sources: Surrey Year Book, p 109; South Wales Daily News 5,6 August; Western Mail 4,5,6 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August; Cricket 9 August, p 495. 79