MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 43: DEVON V CORNWALL At The County Ground, Prince of Wales Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Devon won on first innings Points: Devon 3, Cornwall 1 Toss: Devon Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon 1 (M R Fishwick); Cornwall 1 (P Symons) First day score: Devon 208 and 0-0 wicket (J F Orchard 0*, R Knight 0*); Cornwall 121 Devon J F Orchard hit wicket b Barnes 37 (1) c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 15 R Knight c Vibart b Bickford-Smith 64 (2) c and b Whiting 42 W F Sturt c Symons b Whiting 16 (3) b Holman 59 Light, W F c H Tresawna b Bickford-Smith 8 (4) b Whiting 28 * J F Shelley c Vibart b Whiting 2 (5) b Whiting 4 M M F Conde-Williams st Vibart b Whiting 14 R G Cruwys c Trevarthen b Bickford-Smith 30 (6) c Barnes b Whiting 1 F Pepys b Whiting 3 Preedy, E A not out 20 (7) b Holman 20 + Davies, T c Trevarthen b Whiting 2 (8) not out 1 M R Fishwick b Bickford-Smith 2 Extras b 8, lb 2 10 b 3, lb 1 4 Total (all out) 208 (7 wickets declared) 174 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 86 119 130 135 139 166 182 184 202 208 Second innings 27 106 130 150 157 159 174 - - - Hawken 13 3 35 0 - - (4) 3 1 6 0 - - Trevarthen 8 2 16 0 - - (5) 3 1 12 0 - - Holman 2 0 14 0 - - (6) 10 0 55 2 - - Escott 14 8 22 0 - - (2) 6 3 8 0 - - Whiting 27 9 59 5 - - (1) 17 5 53 5 - - Bickford-Smith 18.4 5 38 4 - - (3) 7 1 27 0 - - Barnes 4 2 14 1 - - (7) 2 0 9 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 86.4 29 208 10 0 0 48 11 174 7 0 0 Cornwall * H Tresawna b Light 6 (1) c Preedy b Fishwick 0 W N Bickford-Smith c Conde-Williams b Preedy 15 (3) b Preedy 34 F C Barnes not out 78 (6) c Davies b Preedy 10 Dr W S Tresawna c and b Preedy 0 (2) b Fishwick 6 + Vibart, R F b Fishwick 2 (4) c Conde-Williams b Preedy 65 R J Holman b Fishwick 0 (8) not out 3 Trevarthen, C b Fishwick 2 (5) b Preedy 6 P Symons b Preedy 0 E Hawken c Davies b Light 11 (7) not out 14 G H Escott c Cruwys b Knight 2 Whiting, F J st Davies b Preedy 0 Extras b 5 5 b 9, nb 4 13 Total (all out) 121 (6 wickets) 151 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 59 63 72 78 88 91 113 120 121 Second innings 5 9 83 104 123 134 - - - - Light 16 2 53 2 - - (3) 5 0 10 0 - - Fishwick 19 6 29 3 - - (1) 13 4 30 2 - - Preedy 15 6 29 4 - - (4) 17 3 51 4 - 3 Knight 3 1 5 1 - - (2) 4 0 12 0 - 1 Sturt (5) 13 4 35 0 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 53 15 121 10 0 0 52 11 151 6 0 4 Notes: This return match was drawn with Devon winning on first innings. The Devon declaration left the visitors 2¾ hours to score 262 runs to win but some rain breaks reduced the actual playing time. The match between the two sides at Camborne in July had also been drawn, but with Cornwall winning on first innings. On the second day, overnight rain left the pitch resembling a quagmire. The captains agreed to a fresh pitch being prepared, and a delayed start was made at noon. For the home side, Knight scored 64 and Sturt 59. Preedy took 8 wickets for 80 runs in the match. For the visitors, Whiting took 10 wickets for 112 runs in the match, including 5 wickets for 59 in Devon’s first innings and 5 for 53 in their second. Barnes scored 78 not out in the first innings and Vibart 65 in the second. [Missing: Umpires; in Devon first innings boundaries in Knight’s 64; in Devon second innings boundaries in Sturt’s 59; in Cornwall first innings boundaries in Barnes’s 78 not out; in Cornwall second innings boundaries in Vibart’s 65.] Sources: Devon and Exeter Gazette 6,7 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 8 August; Western Daily Mercury 6,7 August; Western Mail 6 August; Cricket 17 August, p 431. 74