MInor Counties Championship 1912

CORNWALL 1912 Championship matches: Played 8, won 4, lost 2, drawn 2 (won on first innings none, lost on first innings 2, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eighth equal with Devon out of twenty Won: v Devon at Camborne, v Monmouthshire at Penzance, v Berkshire at Camborne and v Monmouthshire at Abergavenny Lost: v Kent 2nd XI at Truro and v Kent 2nd XI at Gravesend Drawn - won on first innings: None Drawn - lost on first innings: v Devon at Exeter and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Captain: H Tresawna (8 matches) Wicket-keeper: R F Vibart (8 matches) Debutants: 3 (F G Port, P Symons and J R F Williams) Final Season: 4 (W H Coad, P Symons, A S Whitworth and J R F Williams) Hon Secretary: Major G T Williams 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: With four matches won Cornwall enjoyed a much improved season. Monmouthshire replaced Dorset as opponents. The wicket- keeper Ronald Vibart assisted in 19 dismissals and scored 334 runs at 25.69. William Bickford-Smith also scored over 300 runs, 303 at 30.30. The bowling of Frank Whiting was much more effective than in 1911 when he took 33 wickets at 24.60 as this season his total was 63 at 10.00. During the season career milestones reached were 1000 runs by Ronald Vibart and Dr William Tresawna, 200 wickets by Kit Trevarthen, 100 wickets by Ernest Hawken and 50 catches by Harry Tresawna. CORNWALL MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1912 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 3 players who made their Championship debut for Cornwall during the season. Names in bold denote that 1912 was the last or only season that these 4 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 F C Barnes 8 13 3 78* 214 21.40 - 1 2 2 - 11 4 32 1 32.00 1-14 - - J C Bickford-Smith 2 4 1 15 19 6.33 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - W N Bickford-Smith 6 10 0 139 303 30.30 1 1 3 11 - 45.4 11 125 7 17.85 4-38 - - W H Coad 1 1 0 9 9 9.00 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - G H Escott 8 11 1 28 94 9.40 - - 1 1 - 158.3 39 372 33 11.27 6-42 1 3 E Hawken 8 13 1 26 77 6.41 - - 5 3 - 105 22 316 17 18.58 4-34 - - R J Holman 7 12 1 27 76 6.90 - - 3 3 - 24 0 129 2 64.50 2-55 - - F G Port + 5 8 3 7 20 4.00 - - 1 - - 45.5 9 164 11 14.90 5-16 - 1 T Romer 3 6 0 16 20 3.33 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - P Symons + 2 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H Tresawna 8 14 1 63 214 16.46 - 1 2 4 - 2 0 14 0 - - - - Dr W S Tresawna 2 3 1 93* 99 49.50 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - Trevarthen, C 8 13 2 89* 215 19.54 - 2 5 9 - 90 28 208 9 23.11 3-28 - - Vibart, R F 8 13 0 77 334 25.69 - 3 3 16 3 - - - - - - - - Whiting, F J 8 11 3 6* 16 2.00 - - 7 8 - 240.2 62 630 63 10.00 8-31 4 8 A S Whitworth 3 4 0 17 28 7.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J R F Williams + 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 4 3 3 0 - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 155 - - - - 2 - - - 128 4 - - - - Total 88 140 17 139 1903 15.47 1 9 39 63 3 726.2 178 2121 147 14.42 8-31 5 12 (17 players) (6 ball overs) Note: In Match 24 runs conceded bowling in Monmouthshire first innings add 1 run under; in Match 34 Berkshire second innings adds 1 run over and in Match 62 Monmouthshire second innings adds 2 runs under and overs and maidens for F G Port are unknown. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 4 players made their last appearance for Cornwall in the Championship in 1912. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I W H Coad 1897 51 92 2 140*1500 16.66 1 4 7 22 - 18 15 0 - - - - P Symons 1912 2 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - A S Whitworth 1910 18 34 2 43 319 9.96 - - 7 5 - - - - - - - - J R F Williams 1912 1 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 - - 24 3 0 - - - - (4 players) 147