f16195 cc7890	Glamorgan v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Stradey Park, Llanelli on 25th, 27th June 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 3 runs
Points	Glamorgan 4; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	LC Braund, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (2) 145/5 (Martin 48*, Warne 15*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BP King	c and b DE Davies	25
CH Bull	run out	1
E Cooper	b DE Davies	5
HHIH Gibbons	b Clay	3
SH Martin	c Smart b Clay	0
*CJ Lyttelton	st HG Davies b DE Davies	6
FB Warne	c Matthews b Clay	3
J Horton	b DE Davies	7
+JS Buller	not out	7
R Howorth	b DE Davies	12
RTD Perks	c HG Davies b Clay	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-30, 3-33, 4-33, 5-35, 6-44, 7-44, 8-54, 9-70, 10-71 (37.5 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mercer	6	2	12	0	-	-
Matthews	8	1	18	0	-	-
DE Davies	13	6	19	5	-	-
Clay	10.5	6	20	4	-	-

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Dyson	lbw b Martin	23
DE Davies	lbw b Perks	1
TL Brierley	c Buller b Martin	14
D Davies	lbw b Howorth	8
RG Duckfield	not out	11
CC Smart	c and b Martin	15
EC Jones	lbw b Howorth	6
+HG Davies	st Buller b Howorth	0
ADG Matthews	c Buller b Martin	1
*JC Clay	lbw b Martin	5
J Mercer	c King b Martin	18
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 41.5 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-38, 3-39, 4-49, 5-66, 6-74, 7-74, 8-75, 9-83, 10-103 (41.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	5	0	11	1	-	-
Martin	20.5	6	46	6	-	-
Howorth	16	5	45	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BP King	lbw b Clay	49
CH Bull	c HG Davies b DE Davies	4
E Cooper	lbw b DE Davies	3
HHIH Gibbons	lbw b Jones	8
SH Martin	lbw b Mercer	79
*CJ Lyttelton	b Jones	13
FB Warne	lbw b DE Davies	20
J Horton	b Mercer	0
+JS Buller	not out	6
R Howorth	b DE Davies	5
RTD Perks	st HG Davies b DE Davies	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-53, 3-65, 4-101, 5-117, 6-159, 7-178, 8-187, 9-192, 10-192 (58.5 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mercer	8	0	39	2	-	-
Matthews	8	1	15	0	-	-
DE Davies	22.5	4	55	5	-	-
Clay	11	0	51	1	-	-
Jones	9	1	27	2	-	-

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Glamorgan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Dyson	b Perks	0
DE Davies	c Buller b Howorth	61
TL Brierley	lbw b Perks	31
D Davies	b Martin	0
RG Duckfield	b Perks	9
CC Smart	b Howorth	11
EC Jones	lbw b Howorth	6
+HG Davies	st Buller b Howorth	5
ADG Matthews	c King b Howorth	15
*JC Clay	not out	7
J Mercer	c Warne b Perks	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-77, 3-86, 4-100, 5-118, 6-121, 7-127, 8-132, 9-155, 10-157 (67.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	19.3	3	42	4	-	-
Martin	29	11	36	1	-	-
Howorth	19	2	68	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AH Dyson (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> TL Brierley (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> SH Martin (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 53
--> SH Martin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 59
--> R Howorth (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> DE Davies reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> SH Martin reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Glamorgan first innings
--> SH Martin reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Glamorgan first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Glamorgan second innings

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Glamorgan's defeat by three runs in under two days was the county's narrowest run defeat, beating the eight run defeat in 1936 by Worcestershire and in 1926 by Gloucestershire.

 

 

 

 

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