Minor Counties Championship 1909

174 CORNWALL 1909 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 5, drawn 1 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 1, no decision on first innings none) Position: Fourth out of five in West Division Won: v Carmarthenshire at Camborne and v Monmouthshire at Newport Lost: v Glamorgan at Penzance, v Monmouthshire at Truro, v Devon at Camborne, v Devon at Exeter and v Glamorgan at Swansea Drawn – won on first innings: None Drawn – lost on first innings: v Carmarthenshire at Llanelly Drawn – no decision on first innings: None Captain: H Tresawna (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: R F Vibart (8 matches) Debutants: 8 (A R Godrich, G Harvey, A E Meyrick, R Richards, J H Trevenen, R F Vibart, B Williams and G T Williams) Final Season: 7 (H Blackwell, G Harvey, A B Lubbock, A E Meyrick, R Richards, J H Trevenen and G T Williams) Hon Secretary: J Bray Professionals: 3 (C Trevarthen, R F Vibart 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: Cornwall again finished fourth in the West Division in spite of the fact that they won two matches, one more than in 1908. The same opponents were met as last season. The captain, Harry Tresawna, and W N Bickford-Smith batted well scoring 508 runs at 36.28 and 422 at 35.16 respectively. E Hawken, whose bowling performance had been modest in the previous season, was the leading wicket taker with 40 at 17.65. He was supported by Frank Whiting with 36 at 21.16 albeit a decline from 53 at 16.45 in 1908. Career milestones reached during the season were two thousand runs by Harry Tresawna and one thousand runs by J C Bickford-Smith. CORNWALL MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1909 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 8 players who made their Championship debut for Cornwall during the season. Names in bold denote that 1909 was the last or only season that these 7 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 2 4 0 26 37 9.25 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J C Bickford-Smith 5 9 1 40 140 17.50 - - 2 4 - 5 0 26 0 - - - - W N Bickford-Smith 7 13 1 109* 422 35.16 1 2 - 13 - - - - - - - - - H Blackwell 1 2 0 35 37 18.50 - - - 1 - 4 0 13 0 - - - - W H Coad 4 7 0 27 106 15.14 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - G H Escott 2 3 0 7 11 3.66 - - 1 3 - 13 3 34 2 17.00 2-34 - - A R Godrich + 2 3 0 43 48 16.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - G Harvey + 4 6 0 10 25 4.16 - - 2 2 - 16 2 66 3 22.00 2-32 - - E Hawken 8 14 2 31 115 9.58 - - - 5 - 228 60 706 40 17.65 6-62 - 2 A B Lubbock 2 4 0 47 87 21.75 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - A E Meyrick + 7 11 1 23 102 10.20 - - 2 5 - 10 1 55 0 - - - - R Richards + 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 1.2 0 5 2 2.50 2-5 - - R Rogers 4 7 0 72 203 29.00 - 1 - 2 - 0.3 0 - 0 - - - - H Tresawna 8 15 1 101 508 36.28 1 3 - 5 - 92 22 284 21 13.52 6-103 1 1 Dr W S Tresawna 1 2 0 84 160 80.00 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - Trevarthen, C 8 13 0 88 268 20.61 - 2 3 7 - 82.5 16 258 7 36.85 4-91 - - J H Trevenen + 1 2 2 4* 5 - - - - 1 - 15 4 42 1 42.00 1-42 - - Vibart, R F + 8 14 1 50* 204 15.69 - 1 2 4 4 - - - - - - - - Whiting, F J 8 13 5 18 26 3.25 - - 5 4 - 255.3 66 762 36 21.16 6-37 - 3 B Williams + 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2 - - 4 0 14 0 - - - - Maj G T Williams + 4 6 2 6 14 3.50 - - 1 2 - 14.5 1 36 2 18.00 1-7 - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 174 - - - - - - - - 135 2 - - - - Total 88 152 16 109* 2697 19.83 2 11 21 62 4 742 175 2436 116 21.00 6-37 1 6 (21 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Cornwall in the Championship in 1909. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I H Blackwell 1904 5 7 0 35 105 15.00 - - 1 3 - 240 136 4 34.00 1-0 - - G Harvey 1909 4 6 0 10 25 4.16 - - 2 2 - 96 66 3 22.00 2-32 - - A B Lubbock 1908 6 12 1 78* 213 19.36 - 1 - 4 - - - - - - - - A E Meyrick 1909 7 11 1 23 102 10.20 - - 2 5 - 60 55 0 - - - - R Richards 1909 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - 1 - - 8 5 2 2.50 2-5 - - J H Trevenen 1909 1 2 2 4* 5 - - - - 1 - 90 42 1 42.00 1-42 - - Maj G T Williams 1909 4 6 2 6 14 3.50 - - 1 2 - 89 36 2 18.00 1-7 - - (7 players)