Minor Counties Championship 1909

113 MATCH NUMBER 82 : CARMARTHENSHIRE V CORNWALL – WEST DIVISION At Stradey Park, Llanelly on Monday 9, Tuesday 10 August 1909 Result: Match drawn - Carmarthenshire won on first innings Points: Carmarthenshire 3 Toss: Carmarthenshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Carmarthenshire none; Cornwall none First day score: Carmarthenshire 255; Cornwall 189-5 wickets (A E Meyrick 3*, R F Vibart 4*) Carmarthenshire B P Rees b Harvey 33 (5) b Tresawna 37 I Evans b Tresawna 40 (3) c and b Tresawna 13 + Davies, W b Harvey 2 (7) b Hawken 10 J C Rees st Vibart b Tresawna 24 (2) b Tresawna 12 E Gee b Tresawna 38 (9) not out 77 C A Bowen c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 2 (4) c Harvey b Tresawna 48 C Morgan c Bickford-Smith b Williams 74 (6) b Tresawna 22 * Capt D Hughes Morgan b Whiting 3 (1) c Meyrick b Tresawna 12 H E John st Vibart b Tresawna 2 (8) not out 16 J T Davies lbw b Hawken 18 J M Bevan not out 13 Extras 6 24 Total 255 (7 wickets declared) 271 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 66 76 76 255 Second innings 33 - - - Hawken 19 2 63 1 - - (1) 13 7 20 1 - - Whiting 26 5 81 2 - - (2) 32 8 74 0 - - Harvey 10 2 32 2 - - (7) 1 0 1 0 - - Tresawna 22 4 62 4 - - (3) 27 6 103 6 - - Trevarthen 5 2 4 0 - - (4) 7 2 27 0 - - Williams 1.5 0 7 1 - - (5) 5 0 15 0 - - Meyrick (6) 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 24 0 - - Total 83.5 15 255 10 - - 87 23 271 7 - - Cornwall * H Tresawna b Morgan 21 (2) not out 43 W N Bickford-Smith c Evans b Hughes Morgan 64 (1) not out 109 R Rogers c Bowen b Hughes Morgan 32 Trevarthen, C b Gee 25 W H Coad b Hughes Morgan 27 A E Meyrick c Bowen b Gee 7 + Vibart, R F b Gee 20 E Hawken b J Davies 3 G Harvey c Bevan b J Davies 5 Maj G T Williams not out 1 Whiting, F J b J Davies 0 Extras 17 9 Total 222 (no wicket) 161 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 222 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Gee 30 7 71 3 - - (3) 13 4 41 0 - - J Davies 16.5 3 68 3 - - (4) 12 1 43 0 - - Morgan 4 0 20 1 - - J C Rees 5 0 40 0 - - Hughes Morgan 7 1 22 3 - - (1) 10 0 43 0 - - Bowen (2) 4 0 25 0 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 62.5 11 238x 10 - - 39 5 161 0 - - 222 Notes: Drawn return match with the Carmarthenshire declaration setting Cornwall a victory target of 305 runs in 90 minutes. The match between the two sides at Camborne the previous week had been won by Cornwall. For the visitors there were 19 fours in Bickford-Smith’s 109 not out, an innings of 1½ hours. In the first innings he scored 64. In the Cornwall second innings, Bickford-Smith and Tresawna put on an undefeated 161 for the first wicket. For Carmathenshire Gee scored 77 not out and Morgan’s 74 contained 9 fours. The match run aggregate of 909 was the third highest for a completed match during the season. When keeping wicket on the first morning with the score 112 for 3 wickets, Vibart was injured and temporarily retired with Rogers taking over the gloves. Vibart returned to his wicket-keeping duties after lunch. Newspaper reports indicate that ‘the excessive heat on the second morning forced Tresawna to make frequent changes in the bowling’. [Missing: Ground location; umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Carmarthenshire first innings boundaries in Gee’s 77 not out; Cornwall first innings bowling adds 16 runs over and boundaries in Bickford- Smith’s 64.] Sources: Llanelly Guardian 12 August; Llanelly Mercury 12 August; South Wales Daily News 10,11 August; South Wales Press 11 August; Western Mail 10,11 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 12 August; West Briton 12 August; Western Daily Mercury 10,11 August; The Sportsman 12 August; Cricket 19 August, p 338.