Minor Counties Championship 1908

118 MATCH NUMBER 85 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V CORNWALL – WEST DIVISION At The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1908 Result: Monmouthshire won by four wickets Points: Monmouthshire 5 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: W Hearne and G Perkins Debutants: Monmouthshire none; Cornwall none First day score: Cornwall 210 and 3-1 wicket (G H Escott 1*); Monmouthshire 244 Cornwall * H Tresawna b W A Williams 16 (1) b F G Phillips 1 W H Coad c Stanton b F G Phillips 37 (3) b Steeples 1 W N Bickford-Smith c T B Williams b Silverlock 8 (6) c Stanton b W A Williams 36 Trevarthen, C b Steeples 12 (4) c W A Williams b F G Phillips 8 Dr W S Tresawna lbw b W A Williams 68 (5) c N C Phillips b W A Williams 21 Hosking, S c Silverlock b Steeples 9 (8) not out 6 + J C Bickford-Smith c Stanton b F G Phillips 32 (7) lbw b W A Williams 3 J Brewer b F G Phillips 0 (10) b W A Williams 0 E Hawken c Stanton b W A Williams 9 (9) b W A Williams 4 G H Escott b F G Phillips 8 (2) b Steeples 18 Whiting, F not out 0 (11) c W A Williams b F G Phillips 8 Extras w 1 11 6 Total 210 112 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 43 52 81 81 90 154 154 192 210 210 Second innings 3 12 27 35 90 94 99 103 103 112 Steeples 22 8 65 2 1 - (1) 12 5 13 2 - - F G Phillips 20.2 4 62 4 - - (2) 13 1 45 3 - - Silverlock 14 2 37 1 - - (4) 5 1 19 0 - - W A Williams 12 3 35 3 - - (3) 8 1 21 5 - - Weight (5) 2 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 68.2 17 210 10 1 0 40 8 112 10 - - Monmouthshire * E S Phillips c J C Bickford-Smith b Hosking 13 (1) b Whiting 5 Silverlock, A J c W S Tresawna b Hawken 81 (2) c H Tresawna b Whiting 16 Dr A L Tatham b Hosking 14 (3) b Whiting 16 N C Phillips c and b Whiting 41 (4) c Coad b Whiting 9 T B Williams c W N Bickford-Smith b Hawken 0 (5) b Hosking 1 F G Phillips run out 29 (6) not out 11 L H Weight not out 33 (7) b Whiting 5 E H Francis b Hosking 1 (8) not out 4 W A Williams b Trevarthen 28 Steeples, R c H Tresawna b Hosking 4 + C L S Stanton lbw b Trevarthen 0 Extras 0 13 Total 244 (6 wickets) 80 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 68 143 149 151 197 199 238 244 244 Second innings 13 40 53 56 56 61 - - - - Hosking 18 0 82 4 - - (1) 13 4 24 1 - - Whiting 15 2 71 1 - - (2) 12.3 2 43 5 - - Trevarthen 13.3 1 46 2 - - Brewer 2 0 20 0 - - Hawken 4 0 25 2 - - Extras - - 0 1 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 52.3 3 244 10 0 0 25.3 6 80 6 - - Notes: Monmouthshire won this return match at 3.10 pm on the second day. The match between the two sides at Penzance at the start of July had also been won by Monmouthshire. For the winners, Silverlock scored 81. For the losers, W S Tresawna scored 68. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Cornwall first innings boundaries in W Tresawna’s 68; in Monmouthshire first innings boundaries in Silverlock’s 81.] Sources: Monmouthshire Beacon 21 August ; South Wales Argus 14,15 August; South Wales Daily News 15,17 August; Western Mail 15,17 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 20 August; West Briton 17 August; Western Daily Mercury 15,17 August; Western Morning News 15,17 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August; Cricket 27 August, p 380.