Minor Counties Championship 1914

CORNWALL 1914 Championship matches: Played 7, won 2, lost 3, drawn 2 (won on first innings 2, lost on first innings none, no decision on first innings none) Position: Eleventh out of twenty one Won: v Devon at Penzance and v Berkshire at Penzance Lost: v Wiltshire at Camborne, v Monmouthshire at Camborne and v Devon at Exeter Drawn - won on first innings: v Monmouthshire at Newport and v Berkshire at Reading Drawn - lost on first innings: None Drawn - no decision on first innings: None Abandoned due to war: v Wiltshire at Trowbridge Captain: H Tresawna (6 matches); W N Bickford-Smith led the side in the match in which H Tresawna did not play. Wicket-keeper: R F Vibart (7 matches) Debutants: 6 (G R Gilpin, R A Godden, F C C Morgan, S Rust, R Teague and B Williams) Final Season: 10 (B B Bennetts, J C Bickford-Smith, W N Bickford-Smith, J Davies, G R Gilpin, R A Godden, F C C Morgan, F G Port, R Teague and R F Vibart) Hon Secretaries: J Bray and Major G T Williams Professionals: 4 (J Davies, C Trevarthen, R F Vibart and F J Whiting) Home Grounds 2: Camborne Cricket Club Ground, Roskear, Camborne (2 matches) and Penzance Cricket Club Ground, St Clare, Penzance (2 matches) Notes: Cornwall did not do quite as well as in 1913 when they won 3 matches as opposed to 2 in 1914. Wiltshire replaced Dorset on the fixture list. The captain, Harry Tresawna scored 327 runs at 32.70. Frank Whiting scored 146 runs at 24.33 and took 54 wickets at 10.57 runs each. The debutant B Williams gave bowling support with 28 wickets at 11.39 runs each. R J Holman had a batting average of 50.25 but half of his 201 runs were obtained in 1 innings. During the season Frank Whiting reached the career milestone of 50 catches. CORNWALL MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AVERAGES 1914 In the averages below, + after the name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Cornwall during the season. Names in bold denote that 1914 was the last or only season that these 10 players appeared for Cornwall in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I B B Bennetts 7 12 0 26 120 10.00 - - 3 4 - 8 1 28 1 28.00 1-28 - - J C Bickford-Smith 1 2 0 2 4 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - W N Bickford-Smith 3 6 1 24 62 12.40 - - 1 8 - 15.2 3 36 5 7.20 4-12 - - Davies, J 3 6 0 5 20 3.33 - - - 1 - 13 1 52 1 52.00 1-12 - - G H Escott 5 8 1 19* 53 7.57 - - 1 1 - 36 7 102 3 34.00 2-44 - - G R Gilpin + 3 5 0 10 28 5.60 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - - R A Godden + 2 4 0 14 37 9.25 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - E Hawken 7 12 0 16 66 5.50 - - 2 3 - 51 8 132 9 14.66 6-27 - 1 R J Holman 3 5 1 100 201 50.25 1 1 - 1 - 12 0 49 0 - - - - F C C Morgan + 7 13 1 41 153 12.75 - - 1 3 - 6 1 28 1 28.00 1-28 - - F G Port 2 4 0 10 21 5.25 - - - - - 14 3 29 3 9.66 1-8 - - S Rust + 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - R Teague + 1 2 0 4 6 3.00 - - - - - 2 0 11 0 - - - - H Tresawna 6 11 1 96* 327 32.70 - 3 - 2 - 11 1 30 0 - - - - Trevarthen, C 5 8 0 39 104 13.00 - - 2 2 - 44 6 154 6 25.66 4-17 - - Vibart, R F 7 13 0 72 241 18.53 - 1 3 11 4 - - - - - - - - Whiting, F J 7 12 6 28* 146 24.33 - - 2 5 - 221 49 571 54 10.57 8-25 2 6 B Williams + 7 12 3 19* 87 9.66 - - 1 6 - 150 44 319 28 11.39 6-39 - 1 Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 114 - - - - - - - - 53 1 - - - - Total 77 137 14 100 1792 14.56 1 5 18 55 4 583.2 124 1594 112 14.23 8-25 2 8 (18 players) (6 ball overs) In match 52 the Cornwall bowling for the Monmouthshire innings adds 2 runs over. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 10 players made their last appearance for Cornwall in the Championship in 1914. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I B B Bennetts 1906 11 19 0 26 176 9.26 - - 3 5 - 48 28 1 28.00 1-28 - - J C Bickford-Smith 1904 60 108 6 87*1818 17.82 - 7 13 55 7 74 61 1 61.00 1-28 - - W N Bickford-Smith 1904 70 127 5 139 2597 21.28 2 8 13 97 - 1594 823 40 20.57 5-14 - 2 Davies, J 1908 16 30 5 65* 318 12.72 - 1 4 4 - 318 264 11 24.00 4-35 - - G R Gilpin 1914 3 5 0 10 28 5.60 - - 1 4 - - - - - - - - R A Godden 1914 2 4 0 14 37 9.25 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - F C C Morgan 1914 7 13 1 41 153 12.75 - - 1 3 - 36 28 1 28.00 1-28 - - F G Port 1912 13 22 4 52 158 8.77 - 1 3 3 - 714 411 25 16.44 5-16 - 1 R Teague 1914 1 2 0 4 6 3.00 - - - - - 12 11 0 - - - - Vibart, R F 1914 47 86 2 149 1915 23.07 2 9 17 53 20 18 18 0 - - - - (10 players) 147