minc100	Glamorgan v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff on 30th, 31st July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Glamorgan won by 10 wickets
Points	Glamorgan 1; Wiltshire -1
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 61/6 (Goudge 8*, Snell 2*)

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Morgan	lbw b Eldridge	15
WJ Bancroft	b Eldridge	7
HB Letcher	lbw b Overton	22
R Lowe	c Goudge b Smart	86
*JH Brain	c and b Smart	37
+WH Brain	b Overton	47
EU David	c Awdry b Overton	2
AW Morris	c Awdry b Overton	19
WSR Sweet-Escott	b Overton	4
S Lowe	c Eldridge b Miller	0
BA Lambert	not out	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-96, 4-168, 5-211, 6-236, 7-?, 8-251, 9-251, 10-256 (94.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eldridge	30	4	73	2	-	-
Miller	22	6	46	1	1	1
Gerrish	12	2	45	0	-	-
Overton	17.2	9	36	5	-	-
Smart	13	3	39	2	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OG Radcliffe	b Lambert	3
BL Gerrish	b S Lowe	12
CE Ashfield	c WH Brain b S Lowe	8
JE Stevens	b S Lowe	22
CS Awdry	b S Lowe	3
WH Goudge	not out	20
*AM Miller	b S Lowe	1
HS Snell	c David b Lambert	6
+T Smart	c sub b Lambert	13
W Overton	b S Lowe	0
AG Eldridge	b S Lowe	2
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	2
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-20, 3-31, 4-50, 5-51, 6-53, 7-68, 8-88, 9-90, 10-92 (51 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
S Lowe	26	10	44	7	-	1
Lambert	25	8	46	3	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OG Radcliffe	b Lambert	4
BL Gerrish	c WH Brain b Lambert	3
WH Goudge	c Bancroft b Lambert	6
CE Ashfield	b S Lowe	7
JE Stevens	c JH Brain b Lambert	9
CS Awdry	b S Lowe	18
*AM Miller	b Lambert	54
HS Snell	c R Lowe b S Lowe	30
+T Smart	st WH Brain b Lambert	22
W Overton	lbw b Lambert	4
AG Eldridge	not out	7
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-14, 4-25, 5-45, 6-61, 7-115, 8-150, 9-154, 10-166 (49.2 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	25	1	103	7	-	-
S Lowe	24.2	6	61	3	-	-

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Glamorgan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Lowe	not out	4
+WH Brain	not out	0
HE Morgan	did not bat
WJ Bancroft	did not bat
HB Letcher	did not bat
*JH Brain	did not bat
EU David	did not bat
AW Morris	did not bat
WSR Sweet-Escott	did not bat
S Lowe	did not bat
BA Lambert	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 0.1 overs)	4

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eldridge	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Morris made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Morris made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Lowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CS Awdry (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Miller (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HS Snell (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Lowe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 6-39)
--> BA Lambert achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 6-29)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Glamorgan won by 10 wickets on the second day, after Wiltshire followed on 164 runs behind. For the victors, S Lowe and Lambert bowled throughout both Wiltshire innings, Lowe taking 10 wickets in the match for 105 runs, including 7 for 44 in the Wiltshire first innings, and Lambert 10 for 149, including 7 for 103 in the Wiltshire second innings. R Lowe's 86 contained 8 fours for the home side, and Miller top-scored for the visitors with 54. In the Wiltshire second innings, Miller and Snell added 54 runs for the seventh wicket. In the same innings, Snell is reported to have played a ball from S Lowe onto his wicket without shifting the bails.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire1st innings who held substitute catch; in Wiltshire 2nd inns boundaries in Miller's 54; time completed.]
Sources: South Wales Echo 30,31 July; Western Mail 31 July, 2 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 7 August; Wiltshire Times 7 August; Sporting Life 31 July, 2 August; The Sportsman 31 July, 2 August.

 

 

 

 

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