Minor Counties Championship 1908

167 CORNWALL 1908 Championship matches: Played 8, won 1, lost 6, drawn 1 (won on first innings 1, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of five in West Division Won: v Carmarthenshire at Camborne Lost: v Monmouthshire at Penzance, v Glamorgan at Truro, v Devon at Camborne, v Devon at Exeter, v Glamorgan at Cardiff and v Monmouthshire at Newport Drawn – won on first innings: v Carmarthenshire at Llandovery Drawn – lost on first innings: None Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H Tresawna (7 matches) – W N Bickford-Smith (1 match) captained the side in the match in which H Tresawana did not play Wicket-keepers: J C Bickford-Smith (7 matches). It is not known who kept wicket in the first innings of the match against Devon at Exeter Debutants: 6 (W S Boase, J Davies, G H Escott, W Gundry-Mills, A B Lubbock and T Romer) Final Season: 6 (W S Boase, J Brewer, T E Dunstan, W Gundry-Mills, S Hosking and J Pascoe) Hon Secretary: J Bray Professionals: 3 (S Hosking, C Trevarthen and F J Whiting) Home grounds 3: Camborne Cricket Club Ground, Roskear, Camborne (2 matches); Penzance Cricket Club Ground, St Clare, Penzance (1 match); and Truro Cricket Club Ground, Tremorvah, Truro (1 match) Notes: Defeated in six of their eight matches Cornwall had another poor season. William Coad was the top scorer with 364 runs at 28.00. Five other batsmen scored between 200 and 300 runs each. The most successful bowler was Frank Whiting with 53 wickets at 16.45. He was supported by Sam Hosking with 28 at 25.00 and Kit Trevarthen with 24 at 15.70. Career milestones reached during the season were one thousand runs by Kit Trevarthen, William Coad and W N Bickford-Smith and one hundred wickets by Frank Whiting. CORNWALL MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1908 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Cornwall during the season. Names in bold denote that 1908 was the last or only season that these 6 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 B B Bennetts 1 2 0 8 16 8.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J C Bickford-Smith 7 13 0 53 212 16.30 - 1 2 7 3 0.2 0 1 0 - - - - W N Bickford-Smith 7 13 0 87 295 22.69 - 2 1 9 - 4 0 9 0 - - - - W S Boase + 2 4 1 10 28 9.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J Brewer 5 9 0 38 103 11.44 - - 4 1 - 2 0 20 0 - - - - W H Coad 7 14 1 140* 364 28.00 1 1 - 6 - - - - - - - - - J Davies + 1 2 1 10* 12 12.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - T E Dunstan 1 2 0 3 3 1.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - G H Escott + 5 9 1 25* 76 9.50 - - - - - 2 0 14 0 - - - - W Gundry-Mills + 1 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - E Hawken 7 13 1 19 65 5.41 - - 6 1 - 29 5 127 5 25.40 2-25 - - Hosking, S 8 15 1 31 144 10.28 - - 1 3 - 205.5 42 700 28 25.00 6-42 - 2 A B Lubbock + 4 8 1 78* 126 18.00 - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - Dr J W Nunn 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - J Pascoe 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - R Rogers 1 2 0 64 91 45.50 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - T Romer + 2 4 1 12 22 7.33 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H Tresawna 7 14 0 81 266 19.00 - 3 3 5 - 47 4 163 8 20.37 3-55 - - Dr W S Tresawna 4 7 0 68 212 30.28 - 3 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Trevarthen, C 8 16 1 39 215 14.33 - - 1 5 - 121.3 20 377 24 15.70 6-48 - 2 Whiting, F J 8 15 8 27* 83 11.85 - - 3 8 - 270.4 56 872 53 16.45 7-85 2 7 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 131 - - - - - - - - 164 7 - - - - Total 88 168 17 140* 2482 16.43 1 12 27 50 3 682.2 127 2447 125 19.57 7-85 2 11 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 6 players made their last appearance for Cornwall in the Championship in 1908. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W S Boase 1908 2 4 1 10 28 9.33 - - - - - - - - - - - - J Brewer 1897 7 13 2 38 116 10.54 - - 4 3 - 87 68 5 13.60 5-48 - 1 T E Dunstan 1906 2 4 2 19* 24 12.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W Gundry-Mills 1908 1 2 0 11 11 5.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Hosking, S 1897 18 31 3 54* 303 10.82 - 1 5 12 - 2951 1546 79 19.56 7-34 1 7 J Pascoe 1905 6 11 3 18* 55 6.87 - - 3 1 - 435 311 6 51.83 3-26 - - (6 players)