Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 57: BERKSHIRE V CORNWALL At The County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on Friday 7, [Saturday 8] August 1914 Result: Match drawn - Cornwall won on first innings Points: Cornwall 3, Berkshire 1 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 3 (A J W Croom, W A Owen, W V Stokes); Cornwall none First day score: As scorecard – no play on the second day Cornwall * H Tresawna not out 96 F C C Morgan b Hawksworth 6 + Vibart, R F b Woodburn 17 R J Holman c Nepean b Hawksworth 52 G R Gilpin b Hawksworth 10 Trevarthen, C c Stevens b Bailey 37 B B Bennetts c Shoosmith b Bailey 0 G H Escott c Shoosmith b Bailey 0 E Hawken c and b Shoosmith 1 Whiting, F J lbw b Woodburn 16 B Williams c Shoosmith b Woodburn 4 Extras 10 Total (all out) 249 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 47 124 152 212 212 212 217 249 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Hawksworth 32 14 70 3 - - Bailey 16 5 52 3 - - Woodburn 22 7 60 3 - - Stokes 7 1 35 0 - - Croom, A J W 3 0 11 0 - - Shoosmith 6 4 11 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 86 31 249 10 - - Berkshire (Followed on) G G M Bennett st Vibart b Whiting 4 (1) b Williams 16 Shoosmith, H W c Vibart b Whiting 3 (2) not out 10 Dr W Y Woodburn b Williams 1 (3) b Whiting 1 W V Stokes c Gilpin b Whiting 11 (4) not out 7 W A Owen b Williams 1 * Sir C E M Y Nepean c Hawken b Whiting 8 + S H Stevens b Williams 6 Bailey, W G not out 28 Hawksworth, G M b Williams 27 Croom, A J W c Hawken b Williams 0 A B Croom b Williams 1 Extras 7 0 Total (all out) 97 (2 wickets) 34 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 97 Second innings - - - - - - - - Whiting 18 6 39 4 - - (1) 9 3 18 1 - - Williams 19 7 39 6 - - (2) 8 2 16 1 - - Hawken 1 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 38 13 97 10 - - 17 5 34 2 - - Notes: With no play being possible on the second day, this return match was drawn with Cornwall winning on first innings; Berkshire having been forced to follow on. The match between the two teams at Penzance in July had been won by Cornwall. For Cornwall Tresawna carried his bat for 96; his innings lasted for 3 ½ hours and included 12 fours. Holman’s 52 included 2 sixes and 6 fours. Williams took 6 wickets for 39 runs in the Berkshire first innings, bowling throughout. For Berkshire Bailey top-scored with 28 not out, adding 55 for the eighth wicket with Hawksworth, and Shoosmith took 4 catches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets.] Sources: West Briton 10 August; Western Daily Mercury 8,10 August; Western Morning News 8,10 August; Reading Mercury 15 August; World of Cricket 15 August, p 431. 98