minc1510	Berkshire v Cornwall
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 7th, 8th August 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cornwall won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Cornwall 3
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 34/2 (Shoosmith 10*, Stokes 7*)

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Cornwall first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Tresawna	not out	96
FCC Morgan	b Hawksworth	6
+RF Vibart	b Woodburn	17
RJ Holman	c Nepean b Hawksworth	52
GR Gilpin	b Hawksworth	10
C Trevarthen	c Stevens b Bailey	37
BB Bennetts	c Shoosmith b Bailey	0
GH Escott	c Shoosmith b Bailey	0
EF Hawken	c and b Shoosmith	1
F Whiting	lbw b Woodburn	16
B Williams	c Shoosmith b Woodburn	4
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-47, 3-124, 4-152, 5-212, 6-212, 7-212, 8-217, 9-?, 10-249 (86 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawksworth	32	14	70	3	-	-
Bailey	16	5	52	3	-	-
Woodburn	22	7	60	3	-	-
Stokes	7	1	35	0	-	-
AJW Croom	3	0	11	0	-	-
Shoosmith	6	4	11	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	st Vibart b Whiting	4
HW Shoosmith	c Vibart b Whiting	3
WY Woodburn	b Williams	1
WV Stokes	c Gilpin b Whiting	11
WA Owen	b Williams	1
*CEMY Nepean	c Hawken b Whiting	8
+SH Stevens	b Williams	6
WG Bailey	not out	28
GM Hawksworth	b Williams	27
AJW Croom	c Hawken b Williams	0
AB Croom	b Williams	1
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-97 (38 ov)

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whiting	18	6	39	4	-	-
Williams	19	7	39	6	-	-
Hawken	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	b Williams	16
HW Shoosmith	not out	10
WY Woodburn	b Whiting	1
WV Stokes	not out	7
WA Owen	did not bat
*CEMY Nepean	did not bat
+SH Stevens	did not bat
WG Bailey	did not bat
GM Hawksworth	did not bat
AJW Croom	did not bat
AB Croom	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 17 overs)	34
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whiting	9	3	18	1	-	-
Williams	8	2	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> WV Stokes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Owen made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJW Croom made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FCC Morgan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Gilpin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BB Bennetts made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WV Stokes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Owen made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEMY Nepean made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Whiting reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire first innings
--> B Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 4-14)
--> B Williams achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
With no play being possible on the second day, this return match was left drawn with Cornwall winning on first innings; Berkshire having been forced to follow on.
Earlier in the season Cornwall had recorded an easy victory.
For the visitors 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 Berkshire's first innings, bowling throughout.
For the hosts Bailey top-scored with 28, adding 55 for the eighth wicket with Hawksworth, and Shoosmith took 4 catches.
[Missing: Umpires; breakdown of extras; 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.

 

 

 

 

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