Minor Counties Championship 1908

112 MATCH NUMBER 79 : GLAMORGAN V CORNWALL – WEST DIVISION At The Arms Park, Westgate Street, Cardiff on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1908 Result: Glamorgan won by nine wickets Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: G L R Hutchings and G Perkins Debutants: Glamorgan 1 (W S Hacker); Cornwall none First day score: Cornwall 59 and 118-3 wickets (H Tresawna 62*, W S Tresawna 25*); Glamorgan 162 Cornwall * H Tresawna c Letcher b Nash 0 (1) b Nash 63 W H Coad c and b Nash 20 (2) c Preedy b Nash 2 W N Bickford-Smith c Gibson b Creber 4 (3) c Riches b Creber 17 Trevarthen, C c Bancroft b Creber 5 (4) c Hacker b Nash 3 Dr W S Tresawna c Riches b Creber 1 (5) b Nash 55 Hosking, S st Riches b Creber 1 (6) c and b Nash 16 + J C Bickford-Smith c Letcher b Creber 8 (7) c Bancroft b Nash 7 J Brewer c Bancroft b Creber 0 (8) c Hacker b Creber 12 E Hawken not out 14 (9) b Creber 0 G Escott b Nash 4 (10) b Nash 2 Whiting, F c Creber b Nash 0 (11) not out 1 Extras w 1, nb 1 2 b 11, lb 4, nb 2 17 Total 59 195 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 7 24 30 32 34 40 44 59 59 Second innings 13 40 51 119 144 158 187 187 191 195 Nash 19.1 9 28 4 - 1 (1) 32.5 12 79 7 - 2 Creber 19 10 29 6 1 - (2) 30 12 52 3 - - Preedy (3) 9 3 20 0 - - Hacker (4) 7 1 27 0 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 17 0 - - Total 38.1 19 59 10 1 1 78.5 28 195 10 0 2 Glamorgan + N V H Riches run out 25 (1) b Hosking 12 Preece, T c W N Bickford-Smith b Whiting 6 (2) not out 34 Bancroft, W J c W N Bickford-Smith b Hosking 11 (3) not out 46 H G Symonds b Hosking 35 * A Gibson c J C Bickford-Smith b Whiting 17 Hacker, W S st J C Bickford-Smith b Hawken 32 H B Letcher b Trevarthen 16 Nash, A b Trevarthen 0 G L Rattenbury c and b Trevarthen 17 Preedy, E A c H Tresawna b Trevarthen 0 Creber, H not out 0 Extras lb 2, w 1 3 b 1 1 Total 162 (1 wicket) 93 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 36 53 84 106 143 145 162 162 162 Second innings 30 - - - - - - - - - Hosking 16 3 58 2 - - (1) 9.5 2 36 1 - - Whiting 19 4 56 2 1 - (2) 6 0 48 0 - - Trevarthen 6.5 0 24 4 - - (3) 3 0 8 0 - - Hawken 3 0 21 1 - - Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 44.5 7 162 10 1 0 18.5 2 93 1 0 0 N otes: Glamorgan won this return match by nine wickets at 1.35 pm on the second day. The match between the two teams at Truro in July had also been won by the Welsh side. H Treswana was out to the first ball of the match. For the winners, Nash took 11 wickets in the match for 107 runs, including 7 for 79 in the Cornwall second innings. For the losers, H Tresawna’s 63 contained 5 fours and W S Tresawna’s 55 10 fours. Near the end of the first day Riches damaged a hand and Bancroft took over as wicket-keeper. Trevarthen ended the Glamorgan first innings by taking the wickets of Nash, Preedy and Rattenbury with the 2nd, 3rd and 5th balls of his 7th over. Glamorgan’s second innings lasted only 65 minutes. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; Cardiff Evening Express 12,13 August; South Wales Argus 12,13 August; South Wales Daily News 13,14 August; South Wales Echo 12,13 August; Western Mail 13,14 August; West Briton 17 August; Western Daily Mercury 13,14 August; Western Morning News 13,14 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August; Cricket 27 August, p 374.