Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 22: GLAMORGAN V ESSEX 2 ND XI At Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea on Friday 10, Saturday 11 July 1914 Result: Match drawn - Glamorgan won on first innings Points: Glamorgan 3, Essex 2 nd XI 1 Toss: Glamorgan Umpires: Not known Debutants: Glamorgan none; Essex 2 nd XI none First day score: Glamorgan 185 and 2-0 wicket (J R Tait 2*, W P Morris 0*); Essex 2 nd XI 92 Glamorgan * N V H Riches c Smith b Hills 7 J R Tait b Smith 8 (1) c Round b Hills 5 A E Freethy b Smith 16 (3) b Hills 7 Bancroft, W J b Smith 0 (4) not out 81 S H Rees b Hills 14 (5) b Smith 21 Maxwell, J b Hills 35 (6) not out 102 W P Morris b McGahey 43 (2) c Coleman b Hills 5 D B Williams lbw b Hills 11 + E A Billings b McGahey 26 Hacker, W S lbw b McGahey 19 Creber, H not out 3 Extras 3 21 Total (all out) 185 (4 wickets declared) 242 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 20 20 74 82 185 Second innings 5 13 22 91 - - - - - - Hills 25 3 68 4 - - (2) 20 6 40 3 - - Smith 21 3 54 3 - - (1) 21 6 43 1 - - Mead 2 1 2 0 - - (3) 15 3 26 0 - - Round 3 0 16 0 - - McGahey 5.4 1 26 3 - - (4) 6 0 31 0 - - Meadowcroft 4 1 16 0 - - Douglas (5) 11 0 65 0 - - Richardson (6) 4 1 16 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 60.4 9 185 10 - - 77 16 242 4 - - Essex 2 nd XI C H Douglas b Hacker 1 (1) c Williams b Hacker 35 L W Newman st Billings b Creber 7 ( ) b Hacker 7 C P McGahey b Hacker 15 ( ) c Billings b Hacker 40 H Clarke b Hacker 2 ( ) st Billings b Creber 14 C S Richardson not out 17 (3) b Maxwell 0 J L Meadowcroft b Hacker 10 ( ) b Creber 2 * C J Round b Maxwell 18 (2) c substitute b Maxwell 47 Hills, H M c Hacker b Creber 2 ( ) not out 10 Smith, H W b Maxwell 5 ( ) not out 3 Mead, H lbw b Creber 0 + E C Coleman b Hacker 4 ( ) b Creber 1 Extras 11 25 Total (all out) 92 (8 wickets) 184 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 92 Second innings 95 100 100 - - Hacker 19 5 39 5 - - (1) 25 6 54 3 - - Creber 22.5 11 30 3 - - (2) 26 6 58 3 - - Maxwell 4 1 12 2 - - (3) 11 0 37 2 - - Morris (4) 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 25 0 - - Total 45.5 17 92 10 - - 64 12 184 8 - - Notes: This match was drawn with Glamorgan winning on the first innings. Glamorgan’s declaration set Essex 336 to win in 3 hours. For Glamorgan there were 3 sixes and 10 fours in Maxwell’s unbeaten 102, an innings of 90 minutes, and 1 six and 7 fours in Bancroft’s unbeaten 81; they added an unbroken 151 for the Glamorgan fifth wicket before the declaration. In the absence of the injured Riches, who took no part in the second day’s play, the declaration was made by Bancroft, who deputised as captain despite being a professional. Hacker took 5 wickets for 39 runs in the Essex first innings, during which Creber bowled unchanged. Billings took 1 catch and made 2 stumpings in the match. For Essex Round top-scored with 47 whilst Hills took 7 wickets in the match. There was a crowd of around 1,200 on the second day. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in the Essex second innings part batting order and who was the substitute who caught Round.] Sources: Cumbria Daily Leader 10,11 July; Monmouthshire Evening Post 13 July; South West Daily News 11,13 July; South Wales Daily Post 11 July; Western Mail 11,13 July; The Sportsman 11 July; World of Cricket 18 July, p 357. 64