Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 19: CORNWALL V WILTSHIRE At Camborne Cricket Club Ground, Roskear, Camborne on Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 July 1914 Result: Wiltshire won by 52 runs Points: Wiltshire 5 Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cornwall 3 (R A Godden, F C C Morgan, B Williams); Wiltshire 2 (Rev V R Rogers, C Williams, sen) First day score: Wiltshire 127 and 135; Cornwall 72 Wiltshire Newman, A W b Escott 27 (1) hit wkt b Hawken 37 Overton, W b Whiting 20 (2) c Godden b Whiting 8 + G C Davenport b Williams 26 (3) c Davies b Port 43 J R Tayler b Davies 4 (4) b Hawken 8 * R W Awdry b Williams 14 (5) c Bickford-Smith b Hawken 11 Rev V R Rogers b Whiting 5 (6) b Hawken 1 C Williams, sen c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 3 (7) c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 1 G W Mathews c Bickford-Smith b Williams 11 (8) c Godden b Hawken 0 A Whitehead c Williams b Whiting 6 (9) b Whiting 8 W E Yockney not out 5 (10) c Godden b Hawken 10 Mitchell, H b Williams 0 (11) not out 6 Extras nb 1 6 w 1 2 Total (all out) 127 (all out) 135 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 61 71 96 97 105 116 127 127 Second innings 86 97 101 119 135 Hawken 4 1 7 0 - - (6) 16 3 27 6 1 - Escott 14 4 39 1 - 1 (3) 3 0 10 0 - - Williams 10 3 20 4 - - (2) 8 2 18 0 - - Whiting 16 3 43 4 - - (1) 14.2 4 34 3 - - Davies 5 1 12 1 - - (4) 3 0 21 0 - - Bickford-Smith (5) 3 0 14 0 - - Port (7) 4 2 9 1 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 49 12 127 10 0 1 51.2 11 135 10 1 0 Cornwall * W N Bickford-Smith run out 7 (2) c Mathews b Mitchell 0 R A Godden c Newman b Mitchell 3 (3) st Davenport b Mitchell 14 Davies, J c Whitehead b Overton 5 (4) lbw b Newman 2 F C C Morgan c and b Mitchell 11 (6) run out 1 + Vibart, R F c Rogers b Mitchell 0 (1) c Mitchell b Newman 72 B B Bennetts c Awdry b Overton 7 (5) b Newman 12 E Hawken b Overton 1 (7) b Newman 4 G H Escott b Mitchell 1 (8) not out 19 F G Port c Overton b Mitchell 5 (9) c Awdry b Newman 1 B Williams c Newman b Overton 11 (10) c Newman b Mitchell 9 Whiting, F J not out 13 (11) c Newman b Mitchell 0 Extras 8 4 Total (all out) 72 (all out) 138 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 18 29 34 37 55 72 Second innings 62 90 101 106 123 138 Mitchell 14 3 27 5 - - (1) 17.3 7 58 4 - - Overton 13 2 37 4 - - (2) 6 0 40 0 - - Newman (3) 11 0 36 5 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 4 1 - - Total 27 5 72 10 - - 34.3 7 138 10 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this match by 52 runs before lunch on the second day. Cornwall were bowled out in just 27 overs in their first innings. For Wiltshire Davenport top-scored with 43. Mitchell took 9 wickets for 85 runs in the match, including 5 for 27 in the Cornwall first innings. He bowled unchanged throughout, with Overton also unchanged in the Cornwall first innings. Newman took 5 wickets for 36 runs in the Cornwall second innings and also took 4 catches in the match. For Cornwall Vibart’s 72 included 4 sixes and 5 fours and came in only 35 minutes. It was scored out of just 90 runs made while he was at the wicket. Hawken took 6 wickets for 27 runs in the Wiltshire second innings. Bickford-Smith took 4 catches in the match and Godden took 3 in the Wiltshire second innings. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; extras breakdown; precise time completed.] Sources: Durham Scorebook; Cornish Post 16 July; Cornish Telegraph 16 July; West Briton 16 July; Western Daily Mercury 9,10 July; Wiltshire Gazette 16 July; The Sportsman 9 July; World of Cricket 18 July, p 355. 61