minc160	Wiltshire v Glamorgan
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 8th, 9th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Wiltshire 1; Glamorgan -1
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 155/7 (Stancomb 23*)

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JH Brain	b Overton	14
WJ Bancroft	b Miller	19
HB Letcher	b Miller	4
W Russell	c Awdry b Newman	10
R Lowe	c Smart b Miller	1
JG Clark	st Smart b Miller	14
+WH Brain	not out	32
JPA Geoghegan	b Newman	0
WSR Sweet-Escott	c Goudge b Miller	43
H Creber	b Dibsdall	1
S Lowe	c and b Dibsdall	0
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-37, 3-38, 4-48, 5-55, 6-64, 7-65, 8-136, 9-137, 10-143 (67 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	16	5	45	1	-	-
Newman	30	17	34	2	-	-
Miller	18	5	55	5	-	-
Dibsdall	3	2	4	2	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OG Radcliffe	c Letcher b Creber	2
CS Awdry	b Russell	39
HS Snell	c Geoghegan b Creber	15
*AM Miller	b Sweet-Escott	46
AJ Atfield	b Letcher	1
WH Goudge	c S Lowe b Sweet-Escott	17
FW Stancomb	b Russell	35
FW Newman	c WH Brain b S Lowe	4
+T Smart	c Russell b Sweet-Escott	45
AG Dibsdall	not out	5
W Overton	run out	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-42, 3-75, 4-76, 5-114, 6-128, 7-155, 8-200, 9-217, 10-217 (95 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
S Lowe	18	3	57	1	-	-
Creber	24	2	66	2	-	-
Russell	29	10	46	2	-	-
Letcher	9	2	18	1	-	-
Sweet-Escott	15	7	22	3	-	-

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Glamorgan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Bancroft	b Newman	3
+WH Brain	c Atfield b Dibsdall	16
HB Letcher	b Newman	0
W Russell	b Newman	18
R Lowe	b Miller	9
JG Clark	b Dibsdall	2
*JH Brain	c Dibsdall b Newman	48
JPA Geoghegan	b Newman	5
WSR Sweet-Escott	c Dibsdall b Overton	15
H Creber	run out	13
S Lowe	not out	0
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-29, 4-42, 5-46, 6-49, 7-?, 8-98, 9-130, 10-130 (80.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	17	8	25	1	-	-
Newman	35.1	12	43	5	-	-
Miller	9	3	19	1	-	-
Smart	2	1	2	0	-	-
Dibsdall	17	6	40	2	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Snell	not out	13
CS Awdry	not out	41
OG Radcliffe	did not bat
*AM Miller	did not bat
AJ Atfield	did not bat
WH Goudge	did not bat
FW Stancomb	did not bat
FW Newman	did not bat
+T Smart	did not bat
AG Dibsdall	did not bat
W Overton	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(no wicket, 16.2 overs)	58

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sweet-Escott	5	2	14	0	1	1
Creber	6	2	11	0	-	-
S Lowe	3	0	15	0	-	-
Russell	1.2	0	9	0	-	-
Letcher	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WSR Sweet-Escott (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Goudge (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> FW Stancomb (1) equalled his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Smart (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> JH Brain (2) equalled his previous highest score of 48 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Miller reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Glamorgan first innings
--> WSR Sweet-Escott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 2-38)
--> FW Newman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Glamorgan second innings (previous best was 3-10)
--> FW Newman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Glamorgan second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Needing 57 runs in their second innings to win in this return match, Wiltshire scored the runs in 40 minutes without losing a wicket by 4.40 pm on the second day. Glamorgan had won the match at Cardiff at the end of July. For Glamorgan, J H Brain top-scored in the match with 48. In the visitors' first innings, W H Brain and Sweet-Escott put on 71 runs for the eighth wicket.
Miller played Wiltshire's highest innings of 46. When bowling Bancroft's wicket in the Glamorgan first innings, Miller achieved the feat of taking his one hundredth wicket in championship matches.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Glamorgan 2nd inns fall of 7th wicket.]
Sources: North Wilts Herald 12 August; Swindon Advertiser 13 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 13 August; South Wales Daily News 9,10 August; South Wales Echo 8,9 August; Western Mail 9,10 August; Sporting Life 9,10 August; The Sportsman 9,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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