The Minor Counties Championship 1905

50 MATCH NUMBER 24 : DEVON V CORNWALL At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Friday 14, Saturday 15 July 1905 Result: Match drawn – Devon won on first innings Points: Devon 2 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: B WMason and H Willis Debutants: Devon 5 (R T Arundell, R J Bamberger, E A Fulcher, Lt G C Harrison, W F Sturt); Cornwall none First day score: Cornwall 302; Devon 157-1 wicket (R G Cruwys 76*, H F Brunskill 44*) Cornwall W H Coad c Cruwys b Aston 27 (1) c Davies b Scott 21 E Hawken b Aston 7 (8) not out 21 R Rogers c and b Light 80 (3) b Sturt 33 W N Bickford-Smith c Light b Sturt 47 (6) c Sturt b Aston 7 * H Tresawna c Davies b Aston 25 (2) lbw b Light 9 J C Bickford-Smith b Aston 45 (5) c Aston b Bamberger 45 B Jenkin c Sturt b Scott 10 (4) c Brunskill b Sturt 0 Trevarthen, C c Light b Sturt 37 (7) c Davies b Bamberger 16 D R Dempster c Harrison b Aston 4 (10) st Davies b Aston 0 + E F Waterhouse not out 10 (9) c and b Aston 0 J Pascoe c Arundell b Sturt 3 (11) not out 1 Extras b 7 7 b 5, lb 7 12 Total 302 (9 wickets) 165 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 115 117 174 199 214 235 269 298 302 Second innings 23 64 64 66 84 133 144 145 159 - Aston 41 9 113 5 - - (1) 25 10 50 3 - - Light 38 12 100 1 - - (2) 21 7 42 1 - - Scott 11 2 37 1 - - (4) 7 1 28 1 - - Sturt 16.1 5 33 3 - - (3) 12 4 22 2 - - Bamberger 4 1 12 0 - - (6) 7 3 11 2 - - Cruwys (5) 2 2 0 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 110.1 29 302 10 0 0 74 27 165 9 0 0 Devon R G Cruwys c W N Bickford-Smith b Pascoe 117 E A Fulcher c Waterhouse b Jenkin 21 * H F Brunskill b Trevarthen 86 Lt G C Harrison c Tresawna b Trevarthen 117 Light, W F c Trevarthen b Tresawna 64 R T Arundell b Jenkin 11 Aston, W H c J C Bickford-Smith b Jenkin 0 W F Sturt c Tresawna b Pascoe 24 R J Bamberger c J C Bickford-Smith b Tresawna 5 + Davies, T not out 1 Hon D Scott c Hawken b Trevarthen 7 Extras b 28, lb 2 30 Total 483 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 71 234 263 374 405 405 457 475 476 483 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Trevarthen 33.1 6 113 3 - - Jenkin 36 4 157 3 - - Tresawna 27 8 58 2 - - Pascoe 14 1 74 2 - - W N Bickford-Smith 6 0 29 0 - - Dempster 5 0 22 0 - - Extras - - 30 0 - - Total 121.1 19 483 10 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn with Devon winning on first innings. In the Cornwall second innings, the ninth wicket fell with 6 minutes of play remaining, but Hawken and Pascoe held out for a draw. For the home team, there were 12 fours, 9 threes and 6 twos in Cruwys’s 117. Harrison also scored 117 with 9 fours, 7 threes and 14 twos, while Brunskill scored 86 with 12 fours an d Light 64 with 10 fours. In the Devon innings, Cruwys and Brunskill added 163 runs for the second wicket, and Harrison and Light 111 for the fourth wicket. The Devon total of 483 was the highest of the season. The 66 overs bowled by Aston in the match were the third highest of the season. For Cornwall, Rogers scored 80 with 8 fours. In the Cornwall first innings, Coad and Rogers added 104 runs for the second wicket. The 157 runs conceded by Jenkin in the Devon innings were the second highest of the season. The 950 run aggregate was the third highest of the season. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 15,17 July; Western Daily Mercury 15,17 July; Western Morning News 15,17 July; Royal Cornwall Gazette 20 July; Sporting Life 17 July; The Sportsman 15,17 July.