MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 24: CORNWALL V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The Penzance Cricket Club Ground, St Clare, Penzance on Friday 19, Saturday 20 July 1912 Result: Cornwall won by 192 runs Points: Cornwall 5 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: C E Brown and E Merrifield Debutants: Cornwall 1 (F G Port); Monmouthshire none First day score: Cornwall 165 and 172-4 wickets (W N Bickford-Smith 49*, R J Holman 6*); Monmouthshire 119 Cornwall R J Holman c and b Silverlock 6 (6) b Raikes 27 F C Barnes c Silverlock b Raikes 4 (8) c F G Phillips b Silverlock 46 * H Tresawna b Raikes 10 (2) c F G Phillips b Raikes 4 + Vibart, R F c J R Williams b G C Phillips 36 (5) b Stedman 76 Trevarthen, C c L Phillips b Raikes 4 (3) b Stedman 28 T Romer c N C Phillips b Raikes 16 (4) run out 3 E Hawken b F G Phillips 26 (7) b Raikes 2 W N Bickford-Smith c Silverlock b Raikes 41 (1) c Raikes b F G Phillips 59 G H Escott b F G Phillips 0 (9) st J R Williams b Silverlock 28 F G Port c E S Phillips b F G Phillips 7 (11) not out 2 Whiting, F J not out 6 (10) st J R Williams b Silverlock 0 Extras 9 17 Total (all out) 165 (all out) 292 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 22 27 31 75 85 121 121 143 165 Second innings 7 46 49 140 188 199 216 289 289 292 F G Phillips 9 1 36 3 - - (1) 19 3 59 1 - - Raikes 14.3 0 44 5 - - (2) 24 4 76 3 - - Stedman 4 0 21 0 - - (4) 9 0 41 2 - - Silverlock 5 1 26 1 - - (3) 9 0 42 3 - - G C Phillips 7 0 29 1 - - (5) 10 0 39 0 - - E S Phillips (6) 3 1 18 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 17 1 - - Total 39.3 2 165 10 - - 74 8 292 10 - - Monmouthshire * E S Phillips b Hawken 12 (2) b Port 5 Silverlock, A J c Vibart b Port 39 (1) c Vibart b Whiting 66 N C Phillips b Port 21 (3) c Bickford-Smith b Trevarthen 13 G P Williams b Trevarthen 1 (6) b Escott 8 W P Geen b Trevarthen 1 (5) b Whiting 10 F G Phillips c Holman b Port 0 (7) b Whiting 1 G C Phillips run out 2 (8) c and b Whiting 9 L Phillips b Port 0 (9) b Whiting 0 K C Raikes lbw b Port 22 (4) c Tresawna b Hawken 11 L F Stedman c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 11 (10) st Vibart b Port 6 + J R Williams not out 0 (11) not out 1 Extras 10 16 Total (all out) 119 (all out) 146 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 45 73 80 82 82 85 85 85 109 119 Second innings 7 28 63 86 105 146 Escott 7 0 22 0 - - (5) 5 1 15 1 - - Whiting 12 2 28 1 - - (2) 15 4 26 5 - - Hawken 3 0 19 1 - - (4) 9 3 25 1 - - Port 9 5 16 5 - - (1) 12.5 2 32 2 - - Trevarthen 7 1 23 2 - - (3) 11 3 32 1 - - Extras - - 10 1 - - - - 16 0 - - Total 38 8 118x 10 - - 52.5 13 146 10 - - 119 Notes: Cornwall won by 192 runs soon after 4pm on the second day. For the winners, Vibart scored 76 which included 1 six and 10 fours in his first 50 runs and Bickford-Smith scored 59. Barnes and Escott added 73 for the eighth wicket in the second innings. Port took 5 wickets for 16 runs in the Monmouthshire first innings whilst Whiting took 5 wickets for 26 in their second innings. For the losers, Silverlock top-scored in both innings with scores of 39 and 66. Raikes took 8 wickets for 120 in the match, including 5 for 44 in Cornwall’s first innings. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets;in Monmouthshire first innings bowling adds 1 run under; in Cornwall second innings boundaries in Vibart’s 76 and Bickford-Smith’s 59; in Monmouthshire second innings boundaries in Silverlock’s 66.] Sources: Cornish Telegraph 25 July; Royal Cornwall Gazette 25 July; Monmouthshire Evening Post 19,20 July; South Wales Argus 19,20 July; South Wales Daily News 20,22 July; Western Daily Mercury 20,22 July; Western Mail 20,22 July; Cricket 27 July, p 373. 55