minc134	Glamorgan v Worcestershire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff on 24th, 25th June 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Glamorgan 0; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	J Edge, D Harman
Close of play day 1	Glamorgan (1) 185/7 (WH Brain 17*, Sweet-Escott 8*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	c Clark b R Lowe	64
J Howard	c R Lowe b Sweet-Escott	16
FL Bowley	lbw b R Lowe	0
GF Wheldon	c WH Brain b R Lowe	4
A Millward	c Sweet-Escott b R Lowe	8
EP Jobson	b R Lowe	3
EG Bromley-Martin	c JH Brain b R Lowe	8
A Bird	c R Lowe b Creber	3
RD Burrows	c JH Brain b Creber	4
GA Wilson	c Jones b Creber	11
+T Straw	not out	0
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-63, 3-83, 4-101, 5-104, 6-114, 7-114, 8-119, 9-121, 10-132 (53 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Creber	15	4	35	3	-	-
S Lowe	10	3	30	0	1	-
Sweet-Escott	12	3	31	1	-	-
R Lowe	16	6	25	6	-	-

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Bancroft	c Bowley b Bromley-Martin	53
EW Jones	c Bird b Wilson	9
HB Letcher	b Wilson	5
JG Clark	b Wilson	0
*JH Brain	c and b Bird	2
R Lowe	c Bird b Bromley-Martin	62
HE Morgan	c Bird b Bromley-Martin	19
+WH Brain	b Bird	24
WSR Sweet-Escott	not out	13
H Creber	did not bat
S Lowe	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, ? nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 68.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-35, 3-35, 4-44, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-198 (68.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bird	23.2	7	48	2	-	-
Wilson	28	12	53	3	1	-
Bromley-Martin	10	0	49	3	-	-
Millward	4	0	23	0	-	-
Burrows	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HK Foster	b R Lowe	12
J Howard	c WH Brain b R Lowe	14
FL Bowley	c JH Brain b Creber	1
A Millward	not out	17
GF Wheldon	not out	30
EP Jobson	did not bat
EG Bromley-Martin	did not bat
A Bird	did not bat
RD Burrows	did not bat
GA Wilson	did not bat
+T Straw	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(3 wickets, 48 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-27, 3-27

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Lowe	18	7	32	2	-	-
Creber	16	8	28	1	-	-
Sweet-Escott	5	4	4	0	-	-
S Lowe	7	5	6	0	-	-
Letcher	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Howard made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Lowe (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 57
--> R Lowe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 3-15)
--> R Lowe achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> GA Wilson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Glamorgan first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This weather-interrupted match was drawn. Heavy rainfall delayed the start of the first day by one hour and also prevented play on the second day before 3.15 pm. For the visitors, Foster's 64 scored in 75 minutes included 6 fours. The 4 catches held by Bird in the Glamorgan innings equalled the record for the Championship jointly held by H P Justice for Oxfordshire v Wiltshire at Trowbridge in 1896, and Dr R Smith for Norfolk v Northumberland at Norwich in 1897. The feat was to be repeated later in the season by L C V Bathurst for Norfolk v Durham at Norwich and by A C M Croome for Berkshire v Oxfordshire at Reading.
For Glamorgan, R Lowe's 62 included 10 fours and Bancroft's 53 contained 4 fours. The umpires disagreed when play should start on the second day. The Glamorgan official Harman believed the pitch was fit enough for play to begin at 2.15 pm and then again at 2.45 pm. However, the Worcestershire umpire Edge disagreed and play did not start until 3.15 pm. This incident gave rise to considerable bad feeling. It was agreed subsequently that neutral umpires should be used in the return match at Worcester in July.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Glamorgan inns fall of 5th, 6th and 7th wickets.]
Sources: South Wales Daily News 25,27 June; South Wales Daily Post 25,27 June; South Wales Echo 24,25 June; Worcester Herald 2 July; The Sportsman 27 June.

 

 

 

 

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