Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 52 : DORSET V CORNWALL At The County Ground, Poole Park, Poole on Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 August 1913 Result: Dorset won by 6 runs Points: Dorset 5 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Dorset none; Cornwall none First day score: Dorset 219 and 14-3 wickets (E C Walby 0*, E A McIntyre 0*); Cornwall 230 Dorset F A S Sewell b Whiting 22 (2) b Hawken 4 Freeman, E J lbw b Whiting 1 (6) c Vibart b Whiting 8 C J B Webb run out 4 (1) b Hawken 0 H C B Cummins b Whiting 1 (3) b Hawken 7 J K Manger c W N Bickford-Smith b Whiting 5 (10) c Barnes b Whiting 19 P P Hope b Whiting 22 (8) b Whiting 0 * C P Goodden not out 51 (7) not out 80 Walby, E C c W N Bickford-Smith b Trevarthen 69 (4) c W N Bickford-Smith b Hawken 6 + H W F B Farrer c Trevarthen b Humphrey 29 (9) b Trevarthen 0 R D Busk c Vibart b Trevarthen 10 (11) b Trevarthen 30 E A McIntyre b Trevarthen 0 (5) b Whiting 14 Extras 5 1 Total (all out) 219 (all out) 169 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 24 219 Second innings 14 53 100 169 Hawken 7 0 37 0 - - (1) 13 2 42 4 - - Whiting 21 2 57 5 - - (2) 25 6 58 4 - - Humphrey 8 0 57 1 - - (5) 2 0 8 0 - - Trevarthen 7 0 34 3 - - (3) 12.5 1 45 2 - - Barnes 4 0 13 0 - - (4) 5 0 15 0 - - Davies 6 1 16 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 53 3 219 10 - - 57.5 9 169 10 - - Cornwall * H Tresawna c Farrer b McIntyre 54 (1) c Manger b McIntyre 0 W N Bickford-Smith c Goodden b McIntyre 19 (2) c Farrer b McIntyre 5 Barnes, F C c McIntyre b Freeman 53 (3) c Webb b McIntyre 18 R J Holman c Walby b Webb 18 (4) b McIntyre 0 + Vibart, R F c Manger b Webb 14 (5) b McIntyre 30 J C Bickford-Smith c Farrer b Webb 26 (6) lbw b McIntyre 0 C G Humphreys c Farrer b McIntyre 9 (7) b Walby 55 J Davies c Freeman b Webb 5 (8) not out 30 Trevarthen, C b McIntyre 11 (9) c Busk b Cummins 4 E Hawken b McIntyre 2 (10) c Farrer b Cummins 0 Whiting, F J not out 9 (11) b Cummins 2 Extras 10 8 Total (all out) 230 (all out) 152 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 30 112 152 152 230 Second innings 36 69 133 152 Hope 2 0 13 0 - - (3) 2 0 2 0 - - Walby 2 0 2 0 - - (5) 3 0 8 1 - - McIntyre 20.2 3 69 5 - - (1) 11 1 78 6 - - Sewell 2 0 12 0 - - Busk 7 0 30 0 - - (4) 1 0 5 0 - - Cummins 7 1 12 0 - - (2) 11.4 0 51 3 - - Webb 18 0 69 4 - - Freeman 4 1 13 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 62.2 5 230 10 - - 28.4 1 152 10 - - Notes: Dorset won this return match by just 6 runs on the second day. Earlier in the season Cornwall had defeated Dorset by 57 runs. For the winners there were 4 fours in Goodden’s unbeaten 51 and 10 fours in his unbeaten 80. In Dorset’s second innings he added a crucial 69 for the last wicket with Busk. There were 10 fours in Walby’s 69. McIntyre took 11 wickets for 147 in the match, including figures of 5 wickets for 69 runs in Cornwall’s first innings and 6 for 78 in their second. Farrer took 3 catches in Cornwall’s first innings and 4 in the match. For the losers there were 4 fours in Tresawna’s 54, 9 fours in Barnes’ 53, and 1 six and 9 fours in Humphreys’ 55. In Cornwall’s second innings Humphreys and Davies added 64 for the seventh wicket. Whiting took 9 wickets for 115 runs in the match, including figures of 5 wickets for 57 in Dorset’s first innings. W N Bickford-Smith took 3 catches in the match. [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Dorset County Chronicle 14 August; East Dorset Herald 14 August; The Cornishman 7,14 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 8,14 August; Western Daily Mercury 7,8 August; Cricket 1913, p 509; The Sportsman 7,8 August; Sporting Life 8 August. 85