The Minor Counties Championship 1905

109 MATCH NUMBER 83 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V CORNWALL At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Cambridgeshire won on first innings Points: Cambridgeshire 2 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cambridgeshire 1 (F Hayward); Cornwall none First day score: Cambridgeshire 212-7 wickets (Rev R S Swann-Mason 40*, C D Odams 0*) Cambridgeshire G P M Robins lbw b Barnes 0 O W Bocock c J C Bickford-Smith b Barnes 3 + Watts, G H c Maunsell b W N Bickford-Smith 26 P A French b Maunsell 50 Hayward, D M c W S Tresawna b W N Bickford-Smith 16 H C Tebbutt b W N Bickford-Smith 19 Rev R S Swann-Mason not out 70 F Hayward c Trevarthen b H Tresawna 44 C D Odams c Rogers b Trevarthen 11 C D F Waters lbw b W N Bickford-Smith 3 * Rev H Gray c H Tresawna b Maunsell 42 Extras 17 Total 301 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 3 67 90 108 211 232 241 301 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Trevarthen 30 10 73 1 - - Barnes 21 6 76 2 - - W N Bickford-Smith 23 1 71 4 - - Maunsell 12.2 1 44 2 - - H Tresawna 7 2 17 1 - - Hawken 1 0 3 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - Total 94.2 20 301 10 - - Cornwall (Followed on) * H Tresawna b Tebbutt 50 (1) b Watts 51 J G Donaldson c D M Hayward b Gray 7 (2) not out 106 W N Bickford-Smith b D M Hayward 2 (3) b D M Hayward 7 W S Tresawna b Gray 4 (4) b D M Hayward 20 + J C Bickford-Smith b Gray 2 R Rogers c Watts b Gray 0 (5) b D M Hayward 0 E Hawken b D M Hayward 20 Trevarthen, C b Gray 39 (6) not out 16 R Maunsell lbw b Gray 1 W G Blackwell not out 7 F C Barnes c Tebbutt b Gray 0 Extras 13 31 Total 145 (4 wickets) 231 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 54 76 129 145 145 Second innings 137 156 - - - - - - Gray 23 3 61 7 - - (3) 8 3 26 0 - - Hayward, D M 16 1 46 2 - - (1) 22 2 93 3 - - Tebbutt 6 0 25 1 - - (5) 4 0 16 0 - - Waters (2) 9 3 13 0 - - Swann-Mason (4) 6 2 11 0 - - French (6) 3 0 9 0 - - Watts (7) 13 2 32 1 - - Odams (8) 2 2 0 0 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 31 0 - - Total 45 4 145 10 - - 67 14 231 4 - - Notes: This return match was drawn with Cambridgeshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Truro at the beginning of the month had also been drawn. For Cornwall, Donaldson scored 106 not out and H Tresawna played two innings of 50 and 51 respectively. In the visitors’ first innings, Hawken and Trevarthen added 53 runs for the seventh wicket, while in the Cornwall second innings, H Tresawna and Donaldson put on 137 runs for the first wicket. For the home team, Swann- Mason scored 70 not out and French 50. Gray took 7 wickets for 61 runs in the Cornwall first innings. In the Cambridgeshire innings, Swann-Mason and Gray added 60 runs for the last wicket. On the first day rain prevented the start until shortly before noon, when just 45 minutes of play was possible. The resumption was delayed until 3.30 pm and play ended 20 minutes early due to bad light. During the match 14 players bowled. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cambridgeshire innings boundaries in Swann- Mason’s 70 not out and French’s 50; in Cornwall first innings boundaries in H Tresawna’s 50; in Cornwall second innings breakdown and duration of Donaldson’s 106 not out, boundaries in H Tresawna’s 51, and who kept wicket for Cambridg eshire when Watts bowled .] Sources: Cambridge Daily News 30,31 August; Cambridge Express 1 September; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 1 September; East Anglian Daily Times 31 August,1 September; Royal Cornwall Gazette 7 September; Western Morning News 31 August,1 September; The Sportsman 31August,1 September.