Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 36 : CORNWALL V BERKSHIRE At Penzance Cricket Club Ground, St Clare, Penzance on Friday 25, Saturday 26 July 1913 Result: Cornwall won by an innings and 3 runs Points: Cornwall 5 Toss: Berkshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cornwall 1 (T F Pendray); Berkshire none First day score: Berkshire 169 and 32-4 wickets (Dr W Y Woodburn 6*); Cornwall 287 Berkshire Capt L P Collins c Tresawna b Hawken 11 (1) st Vibart b Hawken 11 T P W Norris c Hawken b Port 39 (2) c Vibart b Whiting 5 Shoosmith, H W c Barnes b Escott 10 (3) c J C Bickford-Smith b Whiting 4 A J Murdoch b Whiting 24 (4) c and b Hawken 2 Dr W Y Woodburn c Pendray b Barnes 24 (5) b Hawken 7 Bailey, W G c and b Whiting 8 (6) not out 27 Hawksworth, G M b Whiting 20 (7) b Hawken 4 * Sir C E M Y Nepean st Vibart b Whiting 6 (8) b Whiting 42 W H R Hinde lbw b Whiting 0 (9) b Whiting 1 G H B Chance lbw b Barnes 9 (10) b Whiting 0 + A F Todd not out 4 (11) b Whiting 1 Extras 14 11 Total (all out) 169 (all out) 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 31 81 88 105 129 141 156 169 Second innings 18 22 24 32 33 41 105 111 111 115 Hawken 6 0 26 1 - - (1) 11 2 36 4 - - Whiting 22 7 44 5 - - (2) 16.2 4 35 6 - - Escott 10 2 26 1 - - (3) 3 0 18 0 - - Port 6 0 30 1 - - (4) 4 0 15 0 - - Pendray 4 1 15 0 - - Barnes 3.5 1 14 2 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 51.5 11 169 10 - - 34.2 6 115 10 - - Cornwall W N Bickford-Smith b Hawksworth 9 F C Barnes c Shoosmith b Hawksworth 23 J Davies run out 5 + Vibart, R F st Todd b Hawksworth 55 J C Bickford-Smith b Hawksworth 15 * H Tresawna c Chance b Hawksworth 64 G H Escott lbw b Hawksworth 61 E Hawken b Hawksworth 10 Pendray, T F c Hinde b Hawksworth 6 F G Port lbw b Woodburn 17 Whiting, F J not out 1 Extras 21 Total (all out) 287 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 40 53 95 121 214 240 254 286 287 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Chance 5 0 30 0 - - Hawksworth 32.4 11 78 8 - - Bailey 14 0 63 0 - - Woodburn 10 0 57 1 - - Murdoch 5 1 20 0 - - Shoosmith 9 2 18 0 - - Extras - - 21 1 - - Total 75.4 14 287 10 - - Notes: Cornwall won this match by an innings and 3 runs more than an hour before lunch on the second morning. For the winners Vibart scored 55, Tresawna 64, and Escott 61. Whiting took 5 wickets for 44 runs in Berkshire’s first innings and 6 wickets for 35 runs in their second, giving him match figures of 11 for 79. Vibart made 3 dismissals in the match. For the losers Nepean top-scored with 42 in Berkshire’s second innings whilst Hawksworth took 8 wickets for 78 runs in Cornwall’s innings. [Missing: Umpires; breakdown of extras; in Berkshire second innings fall of eighth wicket; in Cornwall innings boundaries in Vibart’s 55, Tresawna’s 64, and Escott’s 61; precise time completed.] Sources: The Cornishman 31 July; Cornish Telegraph 31 July; Royal Cornwall Gazette 31 July; Western Daily Mercury 26,28 July; Berkshire Chronicle 1 August; Reading Chronicle 1 August; Reading Observer 2 August; Cricket 2 August, p 469. 69