Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 19 : CORNWALL V MONMOUTHSHIRE At The Penzance Cricket Club Ground, St Clare, Penzance on Friday 11, [Saturday 12] July 1913 Result: Monmouthshire won by an innings and 45 runs Points: Monmouthshire 5 Toss: Monmouthshire Umpires: C Hughes and E Merrifield Debutants: Monmouthshire 4 (C Hewes, H A Gilbert, L N Phillips, - Smith); Cornwall none First day score: Match completed on first day Monmouthshire W E C Hudden c and b Whiting 0 Silverlock, A J c J C Bickford-Smith b Whiting 40 + Diver, E J b Whiting 4 * E S Phillips b Holman 43 F G Phillips c Hawken b Holman 45 K C Raikes b Holman 15 C Hewes b Whiting 0 L Phillips c W N Bickford-Smith b Holman 1 L N Phillips b Whiting 2 Smith, - lbw b Holman 4 H A Gilbert not out 15 Extras 2 Total (all out) 171 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 12 67 115 141 146 171 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hawken 8 0 31 0 - - Whiting 24 8 48 5 - - W N Bickford-Smith 4 0 21 0 - - Port 5 1 10 0 - - Trevarthen 6 1 17 0 - - Holman 13.2 2 42 5 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - Total 60.2 12 171 10 - - Cornwall (Followed on) * H Tresawna b Silverlock 10 (1) b Gilbert 0 W N Bickford-Smith b Gilbert 0 (4) c F G Phillips b Silverlock 2 Trevarthen, C c E S Phillips b Silverlock 2 (3) c Smith b Gilbert 19 T Romer st Diver b Silverlock 0 (5) b Gilbert 0 + Vibart, R F b Gilbert 1 (6) c E S Phillips b Silverlock 4 J C Bickford-Smith not out 8 (2) b Gilbert 18 Barnes, F C b Silverlock 0 (7) b Gilbert 39 E Hawken c and b Gilbert 1 (8) b Gilbert 2 R J Holman b Silverlock 4 (9) st Diver b Silverlock 2 Whiting, F J b Gilbert 1 (10) b Silverlock 0 F G Port b Silverlock 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 4 9 Total (all out) 31 (all out) 95 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 11 12 13 13 13 31 Second innings 1 39 43 43 49 95 F G Phillips 1 0 8 0 - - Gilbert 7 4 7 4 - - (1) 16 1 55 6 - - Silverlock 6.4 0 12 6 - - (2) 15.2 4 31 4 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 14.4 4 31 10 - - 31.2 5 95 10 - - Notes: Monmouthshire won by an innings and 45 runs at 5.30 pm on the first day. Cornwall had to follow on after being bowled out in just 45 minutes. For the winners, Silverlock, E S Phillips and F G Phillips all scored forties. Silverlock took 10 wickets for 43 runs in the match, including figures of 6 wickets for 12 runs in Cornwall’s first innings. Gilbert took 10 wickets for 62 in the match, including figures of 6 wickets for 55 runs in Cornwall’s second innings. Apart from the opening over, which was delivered by F G Phillips, Gilbert and Silverlock bowled unchanged through both Cornwall innings. For the losers, Barnes top-scored with 39, an innings which contained 8 fours. In Monmouthshire’s innings Whiting took 5 wickets for 48 runs and Holman took 5 wickets for 42 runs. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; Smith's initials.] Sources: Monmouthshire Evening Post 11 July; South Wales Argus 11 July; South Wales Daily News 12 July; Cornish Telegraph 17 July; Royal Cornwall Gazette 17 July; Western Daily Mercury 12 July; Western Mail 12 July; Cricket 19 July, p 416-417. 52