minc736	Monmouthshire v Cornwall
	Minor Counties Championship 1906
Venue	Rodney Parade, Newport on 16th, 17th July 1906 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Monmouthshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Monmouthshire won by 281 runs
Umpires	CE Brown, H Willis
Close of play day 1	Cornwall (1) 99/7 (LW Bickford-Smith 4*)

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Monmouthshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ES Phillips	b Trevarthen	10
AJ Silverlock	c WN Bickford-Smith b Tresawna	62
+EJ Diver	c and b Hawken	120
*PC Phillips	b Hawken	1
TB Williams	not out	69
HJ Rowlands	b Hawken	5
G Abraham	b Knight	26
JH Evans	did not bat
LF Stedman	did not bat
R Steeples	did not bat
WA Williams	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 0 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-146, 3-173, 4-240, 5-262, 6-309 (98 ov)

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tresawna	25	4	75	1	-	-
Trevarthen	33	12	68	1	-	-
WN Bickford-Smith	4	0	7	0	-	-
Aitken	9	1	38	0	-	1
LW Bickford-Smith	1	0	3	0	-	-
Knight	11	2	44	1	-	-
Hawken	15	2	58	3	-	-

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Cornwall first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*H Tresawna	b Steeples	49
WH Coad	c Diver b Stedman	1
WAG Moore	b Steeples	0
E Edmonds	c Diver b WA Williams	20
+JC Bickford-Smith	b Steeples	11
C Trevarthen	b Steeples	2
EF Hawken	b WA Williams	5
LW Bickford-Smith	c Evans b Steeples	15
WN Bickford-Smith	b Stedman	7
JC Knight	not out	7
HIP Aitken	b Steeples	6
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-47, 4-80, 5-82, 6-91, 7-99, 8-?, 9-?, 10-136 (60.1 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	30.1	2	57	6	-	-
Stedman	18	6	36	2	-	-
WA Williams	12	4	30	2	-	-

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Monmouthshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ES Phillips	c and b Aitken	37
AJ Silverlock	st JC Bickford-Smith b Tresawna	14
JH Evans	b Aitken	14
*PC Phillips	not out	44
TB Williams	not out	30
+EJ Diver	did not bat
HJ Rowlands	did not bat
G Abraham	did not bat
LF Stedman	did not bat
R Steeples	did not bat
WA Williams	did not bat
Extras		14
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-78, 3-81

Cornwall bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tresawna	9	0	41	1	-	-
Trevarthen	7	1	17	0	-	-
WN Bickford-Smith	2	0	12	0	-	-
Aitken	6	3	7	2	-	-
LW Bickford-Smith	3	0	22	0	-	-
Knight	6	0	29	0	-	-
Hawken	6	3	11	0	-	-

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Cornwall second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WAG Moore	b Steeples	0
*H Tresawna	c Silverlock b Stedman	7
E Edmonds	b Steeples	6
+JC Bickford-Smith	b Steeples	1
WN Bickford-Smith	b Steeples	0
WH Coad	c Diver b Stedman	0
EF Hawken	b Steeples	0
C Trevarthen	b WA Williams	13
LW Bickford-Smith	b Steeples	5
JC Knight	not out	0
HIP Aitken	b WA Williams	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 24 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-20, 3-20, 4-20, 5-21, 6-21, 7-21, 8-45, 9-45, 10-45 (24 ov)

Monmouthshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steeples	12	6	12	6	-	-
Stedman	11	6	20	2	-	-
WA Williams	1	1	0	2	-	-

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Notes
--> HJ Rowlands made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Abraham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Evans made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Edmonds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EJ Diver (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EJ Diver (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TB Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EF Hawken achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Monmouthshire first innings (previous best was 1-18)

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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.
Monmouthshire won this match by 281 runs at 3.35 pm on the second day. Monmouthshire declared both their innings. For the winners, Steeples took 12 wickets in the match for 69 runs. There were 11 fours in Diver's 120. He batted for 2 minutes short of three hours. T B Williams scored 69 not out and Silverlock 62. In the home side's first innings, Silverlock and Diver put on 128 runs for the second wicket. For Cornwall, Tresawna top scored with 49. In the Cornwall second innings when the score was 21 for 7 wickets, T B Williams took over the wicket-keeping from Diver. Towards the end of the Monmouthshire first innings, W N Bickford-Smith injured his knee and left the field. Stedman and then P C Phillips acted as substitute fielder.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Monmouthshire first innings twos and threes in Diver's 120, and boundaries in T B Williams's 69 not out
and Silverlock's 62; in Cornwall's first innings fall of first, eighth and ninth wickets.]
Sources: Pontypool Free Press 20 July; South Wales Argus 16,17 July; South Wales Daily News 17,18 July; South Wales Weekly Argus 21 July; Western Mail 17,18 July; Royal Cornwall Gazette 19 July; Western Daily Mercury 17,18 July; Western Morning News 17,18 July; The Sportsman 17,18 July; Cricketer and Football Player 26 July, p 8-9.