minc304	Wiltshire v Glamorgan
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	Great Western Railway Ground, Swindon on 27th, 28th May 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 5 runs
Points	Wiltshire 1; Glamorgan -1
Umpires	R Barber, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (2) 107/3 (Stevens 18*, Taunton 15*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Medlicott	st WH Brain b Creber	32
LB Usher	b S Lowe	0
ET Shorland	c JH Brain b Creber	12
JE Stevens	c Morgan b Creber	11
OG Radcliffe	b Creber	8
SJH Taunton	c WH Brain b Creber	6
*AM Miller	b Russell	9
+T Smart	c R Lowe b Creber	0
RFB Bowes	lbw b Russell	19
WRR Smith	b Russell	0
W Overton	not out	4
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-31, 3-47, 4-55, 5-63, 6-78, 7-78, 8-96, 9-96, 10-107 (48.5 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
S Lowe	7	3	13	1	2	-
Creber	24	4	67	6	-	-
Russell	17.5	10	21	3	-	-

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Creber	c Stevens b Smart	14
AWC Cameron	c Stevens b Overton	39
W Russell	c Stevens b Bowes	2
*JH Brain	b Miller	17
W Morgan	b Overton	1
WJ Bancroft	c Medlicott b Smith	14
R Lowe	b Miller	8
+WH Brain	not out	7
RA Rooney	c Miller b Smith	6
NVH Riches	b Miller	0
S Lowe	c Smart b Smith	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 36.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-46, 3-64, 4-69, 5-88, 6-90, 7-97, 8-108, 9-108, 10-115 (36.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14.2	3	37	3	-	-
Shorland	8	1	22	0	-	-
Smart	3	0	14	1	-	-
Bowes	3	0	13	1	-	-
Overton	4	0	12	2	-	-
Miller	4	2	10	3	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ET Shorland	b Russell	4
OG Radcliffe	lbw b S Lowe	40
WS Medlicott	b S Lowe	26
JE Stevens	b Russell	42
SJH Taunton	c Creber b Cameron	59
*AM Miller	c Riches b Creber	0
RFB Bowes	c Cameron b Creber	2
LB Usher	st WH Brain b Cameron	6
+T Smart	run out	6
WRR Smith	not out	0
W Overton	b Creber	3
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-72, 3-75, 4-150, 5-151, 6-?, 7-?, 8-195, 9-?, 10-198 (74.5 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Creber	26.5	6	74	3	1	-
Russell	24	10	37	2	-	-
Cameron	8	1	31	2	-	-
S Lowe	11	0	39	2	-	1
Morgan	5	1	7	0	-	-

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Glamorgan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AWC Cameron	b Miller	17
NVH Riches	c Overton b Miller	7
W Russell	b Smith	11
*JH Brain	lbw b Miller	44
W Morgan	b Smart	21
WJ Bancroft	b Miller	27
R Lowe	b Miller	15
+WH Brain	b Miller	25
H Creber	c and b Overton	2
RA Rooney	b Overton	4
S Lowe	not out	3
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-39, 3-39, 4-83, 5-130, 6-137, 7-160, 8-165, 9-171, 10-185 (60.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	24	4	64	1	-	-
Miller	21.2	7	51	6	-	-
Overton	10	1	31	2	-	-
Smart	4	0	17	1	-	-
Shorland	1	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LB Usher made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RFB Bowes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NVH Riches made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LB Usher made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Rooney made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AWC Cameron (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJH Taunton (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Morgan (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
Wiltshire won this close match by 5 runs on the second day, after setting Glamorgan a victory target of 191 runs.
The margin of victory was the closest of the season and a new record for the Championship, beating the margin of 6 runs when Buckinghamshire beat Oxfordshire at Banbury in 1896.
Miller and Creber each took 9 wickets in the match for their respective teams.
For the winners, Taunton batted for an hour and three-quarters for his 59.
It was the only score of 50 or more in the match.
Miller kept
wicket for Wiltshire when Smart bowled.
It was the first time that a championship match had been played on this ground.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Wiltshire 2nd inns boundaries in Taunton's 59, and part fall of wickets; time completed.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 30 May; North Wilts Guardian 1 June; North Wilts Herald 31 May; Swindon Advertiser 31 May; Wiltshire Chronicle 1 June; Wiltshire Times 1 June; South Wales Daily News 28,29 May; Western Mail 28,29 May; The Sportsman 28,29 May.