minc1060	Devon v Cornwall
	Minor Counties Championship 1909 (West Division)
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 6th, 7th August 1909 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cornwall won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Devon won by 10 wickets
Points	Devon 5; Cornwall 0
Close of play day 1	Devon (1) 303/8 (Sturt 32*, Tamworth 1*)

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Cornwall first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Tresawna	b Hartley	13
WN Bickford-Smith	b Light	29
R Rogers	c Boles b Light	72
C Trevarthen	c Hartley b Light	3
WH Coad	c Orchard b Hartley	7
+RF Vibart	st Davies b Hartley	1
JC Bickford-Smith	b Boles	20
EF Hawken	c Shelley b Light	3
AE Meyrick	b Boles	12
GT Williams	b Hartley	6
F Whiting	not out	2
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-96, 3-114, 4-119, 5-120, 6-137, 7-142, 8-161, 9-168, 10-170 (61.2 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hartley	28.2	4	88	4	-	-
Boles	12	2	42	2	-	-
Aston	4	0	16	0	-	-
Light	17	6	22	4	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Orchard	b Trevarthen	31
DC Boles	b Hawken	4
WF Light	c Whiting b Trevarthen	156
CVL Hooman	c Meyrick b Trevarthen	4
JF Shelley	b Trevarthen	8
FH Carroll	lbw b Hawken	30
WF Sturt	not out	66
JC Hartley	lbw b Whiting	18
+T Davies	run out	12
*L Tamworth	b Whiting	21
WH Aston	b Whiting	6
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-102, 3-108, 4-138, 5-214, 6-236, 7-274, 8-297, 9-353, 10-365 (94 ov)

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawken	35	8	137	2	-	-
Whiting	23	1	120	3	-	-
Trevarthen	27	4	91	4	-	-
Tresawna	9	4	8	0	-	-

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Cornwall second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Tresawna	b Light	64
WN Bickford-Smith	b Light	22
R Rogers	c Davies b Light	41
C Trevarthen	c Davies b Hartley	4
WH Coad	c Shelley b Light	6
+RF Vibart	c Hooman b Light	6
JC Bickford-Smith	b Boles	26
EF Hawken	c and b Hartley	1
AE Meyrick	b Aston	23
GT Williams	b Boles	2
F Whiting	not out	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 70.4 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-115, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-199 (70.4 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hartley	24	2	84	2	-	-
Boles	14.4	5	30	2	-	-
Aston	10	3	22	1	-	-
Light	19	4	49	5	-	-
Sturt	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+T Davies	not out	0
WF Sturt	not out	0
JF Orchard	did not bat
DC Boles	did not bat
WF Light	did not bat
CVL Hooman	did not bat
JF Shelley	did not bat
FH Carroll	did not bat
JC Hartley	did not bat
*L Tamworth	did not bat
WH Aston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(no wicket, 0.3 overs)	5

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rogers	0.3	0	0	0	1	-

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Notes
--> DC Boles made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CVL Hooman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Tamworth made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Light (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WF Sturt (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Meyrick (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
Devon won this return match by ten wickets on the second day. The match between the two sides at Camborne in July had been won by Devon in a single day. For the winners, Light's 156 was scored in two hours and included 6 sixes and 21 fours. He also took 9 wickets in the match for 71 runs. Sturt scored 66 not out. In the Devon first innings Sturt and Tamworth added 56 runs for the ninth wicket. For Cornwall, Rogers scored 72 and Tresawna 64. Devon needed 5 runs to win in their second innings and they were obtained with a wide and four byes.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Cornwall first innings boundaries in Rogers's 72 in Cornwall second innings boundaries in Tresawna's 64; in Devon first innings boundaries in Sturt's 66, precise time completed.]
Sources: Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette 7,9 August; Western Daily Mercury 7.9 August; Western Morning News 7,9 August; Royal Cornwall Gazette 12 August; West Briton 12 August; The Sportsman 7, 9 August; Cricket 26 August, p 368.

 

 

 

 

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