Minor Counties Championship 1909

125 MATCH NUMBER 94 : MONMOUTHSHIRE V CORNWALL – WEST DIVISION At The Newport Cricket Club Ground, The Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Friday 13, Saturday 14 August 1909 Result: Cornwall won by 345 runs Points: Cornwall 5 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: T Attwell and A T Chamberlain Debutants: Monmouthshire 2 (T Blandford, G P Steer); Cornwall none First day score: Cornwall 147 and 175-2 wickets (Dr W S Tresawna 74*, R Rogers 19*); Monmouthshire 73 Cornwall * H Tresawna b F G Phillips 2 (1) b Raikes 65 W N Bickford-Smith c Diver b Raikes 9 (2) c Geen b Raikes 9 Dr W S Tresawna c Raikes b Watkins 76 (3) b Silverlock 84 R Rogers b Silverlock 15 (4) c Steer b F G Phillips 25 Trevarthen, C c F G Phillips b Silverlock 0 (6) c Geen b F G Phillips 88 W H Coad b Raikes 21 (7) c Hudden b Silverlock 15 + Vibart, R F c Williams b Raikes 1 (5) c E S Phillips b Silverlock 46 E Hawken b F G Phillips 7 (8) not out 13 A E Meyrick not out 3 G Harvey c Diver b Raikes 3 Whiting, F J c Silverlock b Raikes 0 Extras nb 1 10 w 8, nb 2 36 Total 147 (7 wickets declared) 381 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 20 62 62 132 132 139 143 146 147 Second innings 25 133 188 196 245 334 381 - - - F G Phillips 13 3 51 2 - - (1) 31.4 5 113 2 - 2 Raikes 15.4 8 28 5 - - (2) 31 12 63 2 8 - Watkins 5 0 22 1 - - (3) 11 1 44 0 - - Silverlock 9 2 35 2 - 1 (4) 28 1 102 3 - - Blandford 1 0 1 0 - - (5) 2 1 1 0 - - Hudden (6) 5 0 15 0 - - Diver (7) 2 0 7 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 36 0 - - Total 43.4 13 147 10 0 1 110.4 20 381 7 8 2 Monmouthshire * E S Phillips c Vibart b Hawken 0 (2) c and b Hawken 14 Silverlock, A J c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 5 (1) c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 8 T B Williams c Rogers b Hawken 35 ( ) b Whiting 8 + Diver, E J b H Tresawna 17 ( ) b H Tresawna 28 W E C Hudden b Hawken 0 ( ) b Whiting 0 F G Phillips c Trevarthen b H Tresawna 2 ( ) c Whiting b Hawken 1 G P Steer c Bickford-Smith b Hawken 1 ( ) b H Tresawna 8 K C Raikes c Harvey b H Tresawna 0 ( ) c Bickford-Smith b Hawken 13 W P Geen b Hawken 0 ( ) c Hawken b H Tresawna 0 E WWatkins c Trevarthen b H Tresawna 3 ( ) not out 6 T Blandford not out 0 (11) c Trevarthen b Hawken 11 Extras 10 w 1 13 Total 73 110 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 8 58 67 67 67 73 Second innings 21 35 35 37 37 67 80 80 96 110 Hawken 14 3 28 5 - - (1) 25 11 46 4 1 - Whiting 7 0 30 1 - - (2) 21 3 49 3 - - H Tresawna 6 3 5 4 - - (3) 3 1 2 3 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 27 6 73 10 - - 49 15 110 10 1 0 Notes: Cornwall won this return match by 345 runs at 5.05 pm on the second day, after declaring and setting the home side a victory target of 456 runs in 3½ hours. The match between the two sides at Truro in July had been won by Monmouthshire. For the winners, there were 11 fours and 7 fours respectively in W S Tresawna’s two innings of 76 and 84. Trevarthen’s 88 included 12 fours and H Tresawna scored 65. In the Cornwall second innings, the Tresawna brothers put on 108 runs for the second wicket. Williams top-scored for Monmouthshire with 35. In the Cornwall second innings Geen took over as wicket-keeper when Diver bowled. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cornwall second innings boundries in Tresawna’s 65; in Monmouthshire second innings batting order.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 13,14 August; South Wales Argus 13,14.16 August; South Wales Daily News 14,16 August; Western Mail 14,16 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 19 August; West Briton 19 August; Western Mail 14,16 August; Western Daily Mercury 14,16 August; Western Morning News 14,16 August; The Sportsman 14,15 August; Cricket 2 September, p 384.