Minor Counties Championship 1914

MATCH NUMBER 52: MONMOUTHSHIRE V CORNWALL At Newport Cricket Club Ground, Athletic Grounds, Rodney Parade, Newport on Wednesday 5, [Thursday 6] August 1914 Result: Match drawn - Cornwall won on first innings Points: Cornwall 3, Monmouthshire 1 Toss: Cornwall Umpires: Not known Debutants: Cornwall none; Monmouthshire none First day score: As scorecard – no play on the second day Cornwall * H Tresawna c Diver b F G Phillips 4 (1) c and b Silverlock 38 W N Bickford-Smith c Jones b Ewing 24 (2) b F G Phillips 6 R J Holman b B Phillips 2 (4) not out 40 + Vibart, R F b B Phillips 3 (3) b F G Phillips 21 F C C Morgan c Diver b B Phillips 10 (5) not out 18 Trevarthen, C c Ewing b B Phillips 0 B B Bennetts b B Phillips 10 G H Escott c Diver b F G Phillips 8 E Hawken c Maltby b B Phillips 3 Whiting, F J not out 6 B Williams c M R Phillips b B Phillips 13 Extras 13 9 Total (all out) 96 (3 wickets) 132 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 73 96 Second innings 93 - - - - - - - F G Phillips 2 - - ( ) 2 - - B Phillips 7 - - ( ) - - Ewing 1 - - ( ) - - Silverlock 0 - - ( ) 1 - - Beevers 0 - - ( ) - - Extras - - 13 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 96 10 - - 132 3 - - Monmouthshire Silverlock, A J c Hawken b Whiting 0 A M Maltby c and b Whiting 6 * E S Phillips b Bickford-Smith 1 H C James c Escott b Williams 41 + Diver, E J b Whiting 3 F G Phillips c Trevarthen b Williams 6 M R Phillips b Williams 1 F Jones c Tresawna b Whiting 5 Ewing, D A c Bickford-Smith b Whiting 1 C Beevers not out 7 B Phillips c Vibart b Williams 0 Extras 1 Total (all out) 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 72 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Whiting 13 1 43 5 - - Bickford-Smith 5 2 10 1 - - Hawken 2 1 6 0 - - Williams 5.3 0 14 4 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - Total 25.3 4 74x 10 - - 72 Notes: With no play being possible on the second day, this return match was drawn with Cornwall winning on first innings. In July at Camborne the match between the two sides had been won by Monmouthshire. For Cornwall Holman top-scored with an unbeaten 40 in their second innings. Whiting took 5 wickets in the Monmouthshire innings. For Monmouthshire James made 41 out of their total of 72; no other batsman scored more than 7. B Phillips took 7 wickets and Diver held 3 catches in the Cornwall first innings. The bowling figures in the Monmouthshire innings have been calculated from the end of season averages. The runs conceded add 2 runs over. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; extras breakdown; Monmouthshire bowling analyses and bowling orders; in Monmouthshire innings bowling adds 2 runs over; precise time completed.] Sources: West Briton 10 August; Western Daily Mercury 6,7 August; Western Mail 6,7 August; Monmouthshire Evening Post 5,6 August; South Wales Argus 5,6,7 August; South Wales Daily News 6,7 August; World of Cricket September, p 445. 93