Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 42: MONMOUTHSHIRE V GLAMORGAN At Newport Cricket Club Ground, Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 31 July, Saturday 1 August 1914 Result: Match drawn - No decision on first innings Points: No points awarded Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Monmouthshire 2 (F Jones, M R Phillips); Glamorgan 2 (H Arundale, T F Reason) First day score: Monmouthshire 122-5 wickets (E S Phillips 42*) Monmouthshire A M Maltby c Cording b Maxwell 17 Silverlock, A J c Reason b Maxwell 5 * E S Phillips c Creber b Maxwell 57 F G Phillips b Maxwell 0 + Diver, E J c Riches b Creber 44 M R Phillips b Maxwell 9 F Jones b Maxwell 10 Ewing, D A b Gibson 31 C Beevers c Morgan b Arundale 19 B Phillips not out 6 J R Williams lbw b Gibson 15 Extras w 1 9 Total (all out) 222 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 35 35 110 122 142 153 200 202 222 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Creber 25 4 65 1 - - Maxwell 32 9 72 6 1 - Arundale 16 3 39 1 - - Gibson 8.3 0 37 2 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - Total 81.3 16 222 10 1 0 Glamorgan * N V H Riches not out 47 A E Freethy c Diver b F G Phillips 6 E R Sweet-Escott not out 12 Creber, H Maxwell, J Arundale, H W D Gibson T F Reason + G E Cording T R Morgan Hacker, W S Extras 5 Total (1 wicket) 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 37 - - - - - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - F G Phillips 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 70 1 - - Notes: Rain meant that play was ended mid-way through the afternoon on the first day and no play was possible after lunch on the second day, the match being called off at 5.15 pm. As a result this return match was drawn, with there being no decision on the first innings and no points awarded. In July at Cardiff the match between these teams was also drawn, but with Monmouthshire winning on the first innings. For the home side E S Phillips top-scored; his 57 did not include any boundaries. For Glamorgan Riches was left unbeaten with 47 whilst Maxwell took 6 wickets for 72 runs. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; bowling figures for Glamorgan innings.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 31 July, 1 August; South Wales Argus 31 July, 1 August; South Wales Daily News 1,3 August; Western Mail 1,3 August; The Sportsman 1,3 August; World of Cricket 8 August, p 416. 84