MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 50: BERKSHIRE V CORNWALL At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1912 Result: Match drawn - Berkshire won on first innings Points: Berkshire 3, Cornwall 1 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Cornwall none First day score: Berkshire 183; Cornwall 87-7 wickets (C Trevarthen 52*, G H Escott 11*) Berkshire H Brougham c Symons b Port 15 Shoosmith, H W c Vibart b Port 0 G G M Bennett b Whiting 46 G Belcher b Whiting 12 C T Wynyard b Whiting 19 J E D Denning c Tresawna b Whiting 74 J H B Lockhart c Holman b Whiting 0 * Sir C E M Y Nepean b Whiting 1 + A F Todd b Whiting 0 Dr W Y Woodburn not out 8 Hawksworth, G M b Whiting 0 Extras 8 Total (all out) 183 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 First innings 0 93 107 160 180 183 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hawken 5 0 28 0 - - Port 11 0 64 2 - - Trevarthen 12 4 29 0 - - Whiting 14 8 44 8 - - Holman 2 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 44 12 183 10 - - Cornwall * H Tresawna c Todd b Belcher 5 F C Barnes b Belcher 0 R J Holman b Belcher 0 + Vibart, R F c Hawksworth b Belcher 0 A S Whitworth run out 3 Trevarthen, C not out 71 E Hawken st Todd b Lockhart 5 P Symons c Nepean b Wynyard 4 G H Escott b Hawksworth 25 Whiting, F J b Lockhart 0 F G Port run out 2 Extras nb 5 12 Total (all out) 127 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 18 55 64 127 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Belcher 17 7 29 4 - - Hawksworth 19 10 23 1 - - Wynyard 4 0 20 1 - 2 Lockhart 11 1 36 2 - - Brougham 4 1 7 0 - 3 Extras - - 2 2 - - Total 55 19 127 10 0 5 Notes: This return match was drawn with Berkshire winning on first innings just 12 days after Cornwall had won the earlier match at Camborne by 10 wickets. On the first day rain stopped play shortly after 5.00 pm. Rain also affected the second day and there was no play after lunch, the match being abandoned at 3.30 pm. For Berkshire there were 11 fours in Denning’s 74, scored in 1½ hours, and in the Cornwall innings Belcher took a hat-trick, dismissing Barnes, Holman and Vibart. This feat was celebrated by Denning and Brougham, arm-in-arm, performing a series of step dances! For Cornwall there were 10 fours in Trevarthen’s 71 not out, scored in 2 hours. Whiting took 8 wickets for 44 runs, all the wickets taken in his last 4 overs including a spell of 5 wickets for 1 run. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extras breakdown.] Sources: Reading Chronicle 9 August; Wokingham Chronicle 9 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 15 August; Western Daily Mercury 8,9 August; Cricket 17 August, p 431. 81