minc937	Glamorgan v Devon
	Minor Counties Championship 1908 (West Division)
Venue	St Helen's, Swansea on 29th, 30th July 1908 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Glamorgan won by 8 wickets
Points	Glamorgan 5; Devon 0
Close of play day 1	Glamorgan (1) 134/2 (Riches 63*, Bancroft 33*)

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Carroll	b Creber	0
JF Orchard	b Preedy	42
RG Cruwys	c Gibson b Creber	18
WF Light	b Rattenbury	118
JF Shelley	b Nash	49
WF Sturt	c Riches b Nash	0
GM Hawksworth	b Nash	8
+T Davies	b Creber	0
*L Tamworth	not out	20
LHW Crockwell	c Bancroft b Rattenbury	0
WH Aston	b Preedy	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-30, 3-93, 4-172, 5-172, 6-200, 7-201, 8-253, 9-257, 10-258 (80.1 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Creber	30	9	71	3	-	-
Nash	25	8	92	3	-	-
Preedy	17.1	1	62	2	-	-
Rattenbury	8	2	31	2	-	-

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NVH Riches	c Davies b Aston	69
TAL Whittington	c Davies b Hawksworth	28
EW Jones	c and b Light	9
WJ Bancroft	c Cruwys b Carroll	157
T Preece	c Davies b Light	16
HG Symonds	b Light	11
GL Rattenbury	lbw b Hawksworth	1
*A Gibson	c and b Carroll	27
A Nash	c Aston b Carroll	3
EA Preedy	not out	6
H Creber	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 114.4 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-59, 3-145, 4-184, 5-218, 6-233, 7-325, 8-329, 9-336 (114.4 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aston	40	7	95	1	-	-
Hawksworth	38	14	78	2	-	-
Light	20	4	85	3	-	-
Cruwys	8	1	48	0	-	-
Sturt	2	1	2	0	-	-
Shelley	4	1	7	0	-	-
Carroll	2.4	0	12	3	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WF Light	b Rattenbury	30
JF Orchard	c Nash b Creber	10
RG Cruwys	st Riches b Creber	13
FH Carroll	c Riches b Rattenbury	17
JF Shelley	c and b Preedy	14
+T Davies	b Preedy	14
WF Sturt	b Preedy	0
GM Hawksworth	b Preedy	5
*L Tamworth	b Preedy	12
LHW Crockwell	b Preedy	2
WH Aston	not out	5
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-49, 3-65, 4-79, 5-107, 6-108, 7-109, 8-114, 9-132, 10-137 (67.4 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Creber	30	12	62	2	-	-
Nash	11	4	20	0	-	-
Rattenbury	16	6	23	2	-	-
Preedy	10.4	3	17	6	-	-

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Glamorgan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Jones	c Aston b Tamworth	27
WJ Bancroft	c and b Orchard	19
+NVH Riches	not out	11
HG Symonds	not out	4
TAL Whittington	did not bat
T Preece	did not bat
GL Rattenbury	did not bat
*A Gibson	did not bat
A Nash	did not bat
EA Preedy	did not bat
H Creber	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 14.4 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-57

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aston	7	1	28	0	-	-
Hawksworth	5	1	22	0	-	-
Tamworth	2	0	5	1	-	-
Orchard	0.4	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WF Light (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Tamworth (1) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EW Jones (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> H Creber reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Devon first innings
--> FH Carroll achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Glamorgan first innings (previous best was 1-22)
--> EA Preedy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon second innings (previous best was 6-47)
--> EA Preedy reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Devon second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
Glamorgan won this return match by eight wickets at 5.55 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Exeter earlier in the month had been won by Devon. For the winners, there were 1 six, 18 fours, 7 threes and 9 twos in Bancroft's 157. Riches 69 contained 8 fours. In the Glamorgan first innings, Bancroft and Gibson added 92 runs for the seventh wicket. In the Devon second innings, Preedy took 6 wickets for 17 runs. For the losers, Light's 118, scored in 178 minutes, contained 20 fours, 1 three and 6 twos. In the Devon first innings, Light and Tamworth put on 52 runs for the eighth wicket.
[Missing: Umpires.]
Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; The Cambrian 31 July; South Wales Argus 29,30 July; South Wales Daily News 30,31 July; Western Mail 30.31 July; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 30,31 July; Western Daily Mercury 30,31 July; Western Morning News 30,31 July; The Sportsman 30,31 July; Cricket 6 August, p 326.

 

 

 

 

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