Date-stamped : 12 Sep95 - 14:22 CC: Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire, Cardiff, 7-11 September 1995 ====> Day 1, 7 Sep 95 No play due to rain. ====> Day 2, 8 Sep 95 Morris motors past hundred - Edward Bevan Second day of four: Glamorgan (344-5) v Notts ALTHOUGH Hugh Morris does not relinquish the responsibilities of captaincy until the end of the season, he played with rare free- dom as Glamorgan made up for the first day`s wash-out. Morris, 144 not out, struck the 42nd century of his career from 165 deliveries, the majority of his 21 boundaries struck with perfect timing through the off side. As Glamorgan gained three batting points, the opener gave only one chance in the day, to Chris Cairns, when on 143 and nearing his career-best of 160 not out, made here five years ago against Derbyshire. With only six runs required for the final batting point, the batsmen came off for bad light, which suggests that Morris is likely to bat on for another hour or so this morning. Paul Johnson, leading Nottinghamshire before he takes over from Tim Robinson on a permanent basis next season, put Glamorgan in on a firm pitch and the home county responded with a positive performance. Steve James and Morris raised 57 for the first wicket before James, pushing forward to the off-spin of Richard Bates, nudged to silly point. After David Hemp became Bates`s second victim, Matthew Maynard, who survived a stumping chance off Bates on one, unleashed a series of powerful strokes and helped add 93 in 18 overs with his captain before he was bowled by David Pennett. Pennett, who turned his ankle on a greasy outfield in the sixth over, returned to bowl a useful spell after lunch. But no one troubled Morris, who played easily his best innings of the sum- mer. Tony Cottey, using his feet effectively to nullify the spinners, struck an enterprising half-century, adding 113 in 27 overs with Morris before cutting Bates to backward point. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com) ====> Day 3, 9 Sep 95 Third day of four: Glamorgan (417-6 dec & 8-0) lead Not- tinghamshire (319-6 dec) by 106 runs GLAMORGAN`S lead of 106 runs could be the catalyst for an intri- guing final day at Sophia Gardens tomorrow against a Not- tinghamshire side that has lost Paul Pollard for the remainder of the season. Pollard was carried from the field in the fifth over of the in- nings and taken to hospital suffering from a serious groin inju- ry. Notts` innings was built around Graeme Archer (110), who struck two sixes and 13 fours and an aggressive knock of 43 from Chris Cairns. Archer, who scored a career-best 168 against Glamorgan last year, shared a partnership of 86 with Paul Johnson, who is leading Notts in this game, before taking over the captaincy from Tim Ro- binson next season. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com) ====> Day 4, 11 Sep 95 Glamorgan have room to spare - Edward Bevan Glamorgan (417-6 dec & 213-0 dec) bt Notts (319-6 dec & 122) by 189 runs GLAMORGAN, whose last championship success came here against Northamptonshire on May 8, gained their third win of the season with nearly 15 overs to spare at Sophia Gardens yesterday. Nottinghamshire, set a target of 312 from 65 overs, surrendered to the off-spin of Robert Croft and a hostile spell from Darren Thomas. Earlier, Hugh Morris, who completed a century against Not- tinghamshire in each innings for the third time in his career, and Steve James (101) shared an unbroken partnership of 213. Nottingamshire, on a pitch offering turn and bounce, were also handicapped by the absence of the opener Paul Pollard with a groin injury. After Tim Robinson was lbw sweeping Croft, much depended on Chris Cairns but Notts`s hopes diminished when he was stumped in the first over after tea. There was brief resistance from Wayne Noon until Thomas came back to uproot his middle stump in a second spell reading 5-4-4-3. Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by The Management (help@*ogi.edu)