MInor Counties Championship 1912

MATCH NUMBER 59: KENT 2 ND XI V CORNWALL At The Bat and Ball Ground, Wrotham Road, Gravesend on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1912 Result: Kent 2 nd XI won by 139 runs Points: Kent 2 nd XI 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Kent 2 nd XI none; Cornwall 1 (J R F Williams) First day score: Kent 2 nd XI 185 and 83-1 wicket (unknown -*, D W Jennings -*); Cornwall 93 Kent 2 nd XI Capt W G M Sarel b Whiting 29 (4) b Whiting 0 Collins, G C c Vibart b Port 72 ( ) lbw b Trevarthen 23 Jennings, D W lbw b Whiting 2 ( ) c Trevarthen b Whiting 21 * L H W Troughton c Vibart b Whiting 0 (1) b Whiting 24 W A Powell c and b Whiting 10 ( ) b Whiting 0 A O Snowden b Escott 2 ( ) c Vibart b Trevarthen 0 + A F Leach-Lewis b Whiting 33 ( ) b Trevarthen 9 Morfee, P E c Vibart b Whiting 6 ( ) run out 44 Freeman, A P lbw b Whiting 9 ( ) b Whiting 6 Preston, H J B not out 3 ( ) b Escott 3 Smith, A lbw b Whiting 7 ( ) not out 1 Extras 12 19 Total (all out) 185 (all out) 150 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 57 59 59 77 82 149 165 167 175 185 Second innings 39 85 85 85 86 87 104 137 147 150 Whiting 32.5 5 80 8 - - (2) 23 7 59 5 - - Escott 16 4 45 1 - - (1) 9 4 18 1 - - Hawken 4 1 13 0 - - (4) 3 2 1 0 - - Port 10 2 35 1 - - (3) 3 0 12 0 - - Williams (5) 4 3 3 0 - - Holman (6) 2 0 10 0 - - Trevarthen (7) 7 2 28 3 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 19 1 - - Total 62.5 12 185 10 - - 51 18 150 10 - - Cornwall * H Tresawna c Morfee b Freeman 43 ( ) c Powell b Freeman 30 A S Whitworth c Snowden b Powell 6 ( ) st Leach-Lewis b Smith 17 F C Barnes b Freeman 10 ( ) c Smith b Freeman 17 + Vibart, R F c Jennings b Freeman 1 ( ) b Freeman 0 J R F Williams lbw b Smith 6 ( ) lbw b Preston 0 Trevarthen, C b Smith 0 ( ) b Preston 0 E Hawken b Freeman 0 ( ) c Collins b Preston 0 R J Holman st Leach-Lewis b Preston 16 ( ) c Snowden b Freeman 6 G H Escott lbw b Preston 2 ( ) b Freeman 12 Whiting, F J b Freeman 0 ( ) c Morfee b Preston 0 F G Port not out 0 ( ) not out 0 Extras 9 21 Total (all out) 93 (all out) 103 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 38 48 60 62 65 91 91 91 93 Second innings 41 66 70 77 77 77 89 96 100 103 Powell 5 0 19 1 - - (1) 3 1 3 0 - - Preston 10 1 28 2 - - (2) 15 5 25 4 - - Freeman 9 2 22 5 - - (3) 15.2 4 30 5 - - Smith 6 1 15 2 - - (4) 5 1 12 1 - - Jennings (5) 3 1 12 0 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 21 0 - - Total 30 4 93 10 - - 41.2 12 103 10 - - Notes: Kent 2nd XI won this return match at 3 pm on the second day, just before heavy rain set in. The match between the two sides at Truro in July was also won by Kent. For the winners Collins scored 72, including 10 fours, the only half-century in the match. Freeman took 10 wickets in the match for 52 runs, including 5 for 22 in the Cornwall first innings and 5 for 30 in the second. For Cornwall Tresawna, with innings of 43 and 30, top-scored in both innings. Whiting took 13 wickets in the match for 139 runs, including 8 for 80 in the Kent first innings and 5 for 59 in the second. In the Cornwall second innings five batsmen were dismissed without scoring. This was the first use of the ground for a Championship match. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; close of play not out batsmen and scores; both second innings batting orders; in Kent first innings all sources give Whiting bowling 32.5 overs with the rest bowling only 30 between them.] Sources: Kent Year Book 1913, p 230-231; Gravesend and Northfleet Standard 13 August; South Eastern Gazette 13 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 15 August; Western Daily Mercury 10,12 August; Cricket 17 August, p 433. 90