Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 33 : DEVON V BERKSHIRE At Kelly College Cricket Ground, Parkwood Road, Tavistock on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 July 1913 Result: Devon won by 1 run Points: Devon 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Devon none; Berkshire 2 (W H R Hinde, W G Bailey) First day score: Devon 157; Berkshire 259-7 wickets (C E M Y Nepean 13*, G M Hawksworth 6*) Devon Rev W H Arundell c Hinde b Bailey 0 (1) not out 6 Reed, S O run out 0 (2) c Todd b Hawksworth 15 F H Carroll b Hawksworth 51 (3) b Hawksworth 57 E A Fulcher hit wicket b Woodburn 17 (4) c Nepean b Chance 8 R Knight b Hawksworth 12 (5) lbw b Hawksworth 63 * J F Shelley b Hawksworth 6 (6) b Chance 5 Light, W F b Bailey 0 (9) b Hawksworth 2 M M F Conde-Williams b Hawksworth 16 (7) c Hinde b Hawksworth 11 R G Cruwys b Hawksworth 0 (8) lbw b Hawksworth 60 W Wreford c Chance b Hawksworth 32 (10) c Chance b Hawksworth 2 + Davies, T not out 0 (11) c Shoosmith b Chance 9 Extras b 22, nb 1 23 b13, lb 4, w 2 19 Total (all out) 157 (all out) 257 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 6 38 62 67 100 111 111 144 157 Second innings 25 44 121 126 145 204 206 210 241 257 Hawksworth 31.2 16 49 6 - - ( ) 35.2 15 81 7 - - Bailey 24 10 43 2 - 1 ( ) 23 10 31 0 - - Chance 11 1 32 0 - - ( ) 17 2 71 3 - - Woodburn 6 3 10 1 - - ( ) 11 4 30 0 - - Shoosmith 2 2 0 0 - - ( ) 5 1 21 0 - - Murdoch ( ) 3 2 4 0 - - Extras - - 23 1 - - - - 19 0 - - Total 74.2 32 157 10 0 1 94.2 34 257 10 2 0 Berkshire Capt L P Collins c Cruwys b Light 91 (1) c Conde-Williams b Wreford 5 W H R Hinde b Knight 7 (2) st Davies b Light 1 Shoosmith, H W c Davies b Wreford 34 (4) c Davies b Wreford 3 T P W Norris b Wreford 11 (3) c Carroll b Light 24 Bailey, W G c Cruwys b Wreford 39 (8) c Light b Wreford 0 Dr W Y Woodburn b Wreford 37 (5) c and b Light 9 A J Murdoch c Light b Wreford 8 (6) b Light 0 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Knight b Wreford 34 (7) b Light 3 Hawksworth, G M c Knight b Light 52 (9) c Davies b Light 13 G H B Chance st Davies b Wreford 7 (10) not out 13 + A F Todd not out 4 (11) c Knight b Light 1 Extras b 4, lb 1, w 3, nb 6 14 b 2, nb 1 3 Total (all out) 338 (all out) 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 27 116 146 150 207 239 240 305 330 338 Second innings 6 6 21 32 32 43 46 52 67 75 Knight 10 1 49 1 - 1 Fulcher 4 1 19 0 3 - Light 32 4 109 2 - 1 (2) 12.4 2 40 7 - - Wreford 31.4 7 103 7 - 4 (1) 13 2 32 3 - - Reed 9 1 33 0 - - Cruwys 2 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 88.4 14 338 10 3 6 25.4 4 75 10 0 1 Notes: Devon won this match by a single run on the second day after trailing by 181 runs on the first innings. Berkshire were set an easy target of 77 in 90 minutes on a wicket which was still good but collapsed as Light and Wreford bowled unchanged. For the winners there were 8 fours in Carroll’s 51 and 7 in his 57. There were 6 fours in Knight’s 63 and 9 fours in Cruwys’ 60. In Devon’s second innings Arundell was hit on the knee and had to retire hurt. Wreford had match figures of 10 wickets for 135 runs, including 7 for 103 in Berkshire’s first innings. Light had match figures of 9 wickets for 149 runs, including 7 for 40 in Berkshire’s second innings. Davies took 3 catches and made 2 stumpings in the match. Both Light and Knight took 3 catches in the match. For the losers there were 1 six and 13 fours in Collins’ 91 and 8 fours in Hawksworth's 52; the latter put on 65 for the eighth wicket with Nepean in Berkshire’s first innings. Hawksworth had match figures of 13 wickets for 130 runs, including 6 for 49 in Devon’s first innings and 7 for 81 in their second. [Missing: Toss; umpires; in Devon second innings bowling order and who bowled the 2 wides; in Berkshire second innings who bowled the no ball; precise time of completion.] Sources: Devon Scorebook; Devon Annual Handbook; Western Daily Mercury 24,25 July; Western Morning News 25 July; Reading Chronicle 1 August; Cricket 2 August, p 469. 66