Minor Counties Championship 1909

118 MATCH NUMBER 87 : GLAMORGAN V CORNWALL – WEST DIVISION At The Swansea Cricket Club Ground, St Helen’s, Swansea on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 August 1909 Result: Glamorgan won by an innings and 47 runs Points: Glamorgan 5 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: G L R Hutchings and G Perkins Debutants: Glamorgan none; Cornwall none First day score: Cornwall 164; Glamorgan 306 Cornwall * H Tresawna b Maxwell 22 (1) b Creber 45 W N Bickford-Smith b Maxwell 27 (2) c W J Bancroft b Creber 14 R Rogers b Hacker 16 (3) b Maxwell 2 Trevarthen, C b Maxwell 0 absent ill 0 W H Coad b Nash 26 (4) b Maxwell 4 + Vibart, R F not out 50 (5) st Riches b Creber 16 A E Meyrick b Nash 0 (6) lbw b Creber 0 E Hawken b Nash 2 (7) b Maxwell 10 G Harvey c Riches b Creber 0 (8) b Maxwell 0 Maj G T Williams c Hacker b Nash 5 (9) c Riches b Maxwell 0 Whiting, F J c Gibson b Creber 0 (10) not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 11, nb 1 16 b 2, w 1, nb 1 4 Total 164 95 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 44 75 75 81 142 142 152 153 163 164 Second innings 38 47 63 78 80 95 95 95 95 - Creber 20.2 3 54 2 - - (2) 16.2 5 41 4 1 - Nash 19 6 40 4 - - (1) 7 2 26 0 - 1 Maxwell 10 2 37 3 - 1 (3) 10 4 24 5 - - Hacker 9 3 17 1 - - Extras - - 16 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 58.2 14 164 10 0 1 33.2 11 95 9 1 1 Glamorgan T A L Whittington c Tresawna b Hawken 0 Bancroft, W J c Coad b Harvey 109 N V H Riches c Hawken b Whiting 120 S H Rees lbw b Hawken 3 Hacker, W S b Whiting 4 Hon A Windsor-Clive b Whiting 16 * A Gibson c Rogers b Hawken 4 Maxwell, J c Williams b Trevarthen 35 + J Bancroft c Tresawna b Whiting 10 Nash, A c Hawken b Whiting 0 Creber, H not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 Total 306 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 190 225 237 238 257 265 292 292 306 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hawken 15 3 75 3 - - Whiting 26 6 96 5 - - Tresawna 8 0 44 0 - - Trevarthen 15.1 1 53 1 - - Harvey 5 0 33 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - Total 69.1 10 306 10 0 0 Notes: Glamorgan won this return match by an innings and 47 runs at 12.55 pm on the second day. The match between the two teams at Penzance had also been won by the Welsh County. For the winners, there were 22 fours in Riches 120, scored in 130 minutes, and 16 fours in W J Bancroft’s 109, an innings of 128 minutes. Riches and W J Bancroft put on 190 runs for the second wicket in 128 minutes. For Cornwall Vibart’s 50 not out contained 8 fours, 1 five and 1 six. Trevarthen fell ill overnight and did not bat on the second day. J Bancroft hurt his thumb and Riches kept wicket for Glamorgan in the Cornwall second innings. The match was played in glorious weather on both days. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Glamorgan Scorebook; South Wales Daily News 12,13 August; Western Mail 12,13 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 19 August; West Briton 19 August; Western Daily Mercury 12,13 August; Western Morning News 12,13 August; The Sportsman 14 August; Cricket 19 August, p 350.