Minor Counties Championship 1907

161 CORNWALL 1907 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 3, drawn 4 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of five in West Division Won: v Dorset at Poole Lost: v Glamorgan at Penzance, v Dorset at Camborne and v Devon at Truro Drawn – won on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Camborne and v Devon at Exeter Drawn – lost on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport and v Glamorgan at Swansea Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H Tresawna (7 matches) – It is not known who led the side in the match in which Tresawna did not play, v Glamorgan at Penzance Wicket-keepers: J C Bickford-Smith (7 matches). It is not known who kept wicket in the match v Dorset at Camborne Debutants: 3 (E Hain, R J Holman and T Lang) Final season: 3 (E Dymond, Capt W A Gwennap-Moore and W H Treweeke) Hon Secretary: J Bray Professionals: 3 (S Hosking, C Trevarthen and F J Whiting) Home grounds 3: The Camborne Cricket Club Ground, Roskear, Camborne (2 matches); The Penzance Cricket Club Ground, St Clare, Penzance (1 match); and The Truro Cricket Club Ground, Tremorvah, Truro (1 match) Notes: As in 1906 only one match was won as Cornwall finished last but one in their Division. Of the teams met in 1906 Glamorgan replaced Berkshire. The batting form of Capt W A Gwennap-Moore in 1906 was not reproduced in 1907. The batting relied upon the captain Harry Tresawna and Dr William Tresawna who scored 307 runs at 30.70 and 290 at 32.22 respectively. There was very little bowling support for Frank Whiting, 44 wickets at 15.34 and Sam Hosking, 40 wickets at 15.40. These two professionals bowled 451 of the 598 overs bowled in the season. Career milestones reached during the season were on e thousand runs by Harry Tresawna and one hundred wickets by ‘Kit’ Trevarthen. CORNWALL MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1907 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Cornwall during the season. Names in bold denote that 1907 was the last or only season that these 3 players appeared for Cornwall in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J C Bickford-Smith 7 10 2 56 154 19.25 - 1 1 11 - - - - - - - - - W N Bickford-Smith 7 10 1 29* 175 19.44 - - - 8 - 2 0 5 0 - - - - W H Coad 8 12 0 50 181 15.08 - 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - - W J Daniel 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - 15 2 52 2 26.00 2-52 - - E Dymond 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Capt W A Gwennap-Moore 3 5 0 34 58 11.60 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - E Hain + 2 4 0 55 100 25.00 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - E Hawken 8 12 3 34 114 12.66 - - 1 2 - 21 4 79 4 19.75 2-21 - - R J Holman + 4 7 0 10 24 3.42 - - 3 1 - - - - - - - - - Hosking, S 8 12 2 54* 158 15.80 - 1 1 7 - 218.3 44 616 40 15.40 7-34 1 4 C G Humphreys 1 1 1 0* 0 - - - - - - 15 4 42 5 8.40 5-42 - 1 T Lang + 1 2 0 2 3 1.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - R Rogers 3 3 0 41 44 14.66 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H Tresawna 7 10 0 79 307 30.70 - 1 - 4 - 23 2 84 3 28.00 1-17 - - Dr W S Tresawna 6 9 0 99 290 32.22 - 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Trevarthen, C 8 12 1 45 154 14.00 - - 3 7 - 71.2 12 238 11 21.63 5-106 - 1 W H Treweeke 5 7 0 21 48 6.85 - - 2 1 - - - - - - - - - Whiting, F J 8 11 2 20 54 6.00 - - 4 5 - 233 49 675 44 15.34 6-133 1 6 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 151 - - - - - - - - 148 3 - - - - Total 88 131 12 99 2017 16.95 0 8 18 57 0 598.5 117 1939 112 17.31 7-34 2 12 (18 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 3 players made their last appearance for Cornwall in the Championship in 1907. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I E Dymond 1906 2 3 0 7 8 2.66 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Capt W A Gwennap-Moore 1906 7 13 2 75 279 25.36 - 2 3 8 - - - - - - - - W H Treweeke 1897 14 22 0 61 392 17.81 - 1 2 6 - - - - - - - - (3 players)