Minor Counties Championship 1913

MATCH NUMBER 59 : BERKSHIRE V CORNWALL At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 August 1913 Result: Berkshire won by eight wickets Points: Berkshire 5 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire none; Cornwall 1 (A C Hancock) First day score: Cornwall 196 and 21-2 wickets (E Hawken 7*, A C Hancock 0*); Berkshire 277 Cornwall * H Tresawna b Hawksworth 59 (9) lbw b Hawksworth 27 W N Bickford-Smith c Belcher b Hawksworth 6 (8) c Todd b Shoosmith 50 Barnes, F C b Hawksworth 4 (7) run out 11 + Vibart, R F c Nepean b Woodburn 44 (5) c Norris b Woodburn 34 J Davies c Todd b Hawksworth 9 (10) c Shoosmith b Woodburn 6 A C Hancock c Shoosmith b Hawksworth 19 (4) c Shoosmith b Hawksworth 0 R J Holman c Bailey b Hawksworth 0 (1) c Todd b Hawksworth 2 Trevarthen, C c Todd b Woodburn 50 (6) b Hawksworth 0 E Hawken c Todd b Woodburn 3 (3) c Bennett b Hawksworth 31 F G Port b Woodburn 0 (2) b Hawksworth 12 Whiting, F J not out 0 (11) not out 0 Extras 2 13 Total (all out) 196 (all out) 186 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 77 122 196 Second innings 62 120 174 186 Belcher 7 2 15 0 - - (1) 13 1 45 0 - - Hawksworth 27.1 8 74 6 - - (2) 24 5 57 6 - - Woodburn 17 3 81 4 - - (3) 10.1 3 30 2 - - Bailey 4 0 24 0 - - (5) 4 1 10 0 - - Norris (4) 5 0 24 0 - - Shoosmith (6) 3 0 7 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 13 1 - - Total 55.1 13 196 10 - - 59.1 10 186 10 - - Berkshire Capt L P Collins lbw b Hawken 9 (1) not out 57 H Brougham b Port 51 (2) b Hawken 9 G G M Bennett b Whiting 31 (3) b Whiting 16 T P W Norris run out 53 (4) not out 22 G Belcher c Bickford-Smith b Port 0 Bailey, W G c Vibart b Whiting 8 Dr W Y Woodburn lbw b Barnes 49 Shoosmith, H W c Tresawna b Trevarthen 2 * Sir C E M Y Nepean not out 29 Hawksworth, G M c Trevarthen b Holman 24 + A F Todd b Whiting 0 Extras 21 3 Total (all out) 277 (2 wickets) 107 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 38 78 107 128 195 216 277 277 Second innings 15 49 - - - - - - - - Hawken 13 1 60 1 - - (1) 4 1 25 1 - - Whiting 24.2 3 97 3 - - (2) 10 3 35 1 - - Port 10 1 41 2 - - (3) 5 0 22 0 - - Davies 3 1 5 0 - - (4) 3 0 22 0 - - Trevarthen 9 1 31 1 - - Barnes 4 0 21 1 - - Holman 1 0 1 1 - - Extras - - 21 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 64.2 7 277 10 - - 22 4 107 2 - - Notes: Berkshire won this return match by 8 wickets soon after 3.00 pm on the second day. The match between the two teams at Penzance in July had been won by Cornwall by an innings and 3 runs. For the winners there were 8 fours in Brougham’s 51, 8 fours in Norris’ 53, and 11 fours in Collins’ 57 not out. In Berkshire’s first innings Nepean and Hawksworth added 61 runs for the 9th wicket. Hawksworth took 6 wickets for 74 in Cornwall’s first innings and 6 wickets for 57 in their second, giving him match figures of 12 for 131. Todd took 5 catches in the match. For the losers Tresawna scored 59, there were 9 fours in Trevarthen’s 50 and 9 fours in Bickford-Smith’s 50. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cornwall first innings boundaries in Tresawna’s 59.] Source: Berkshire Chronicle 15 August; Reading Chronicle 15 August; Reading Observer16 August; The Cornishman 14 August; Cornish Telegraph 14 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 14 August; Western Daily Mercury 12,13 August; Cricket 23 August, p 546. 92