minc110	Oxfordshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	Britannia Works Ground, Banbury on 6th, 7th August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Oxfordshire -1; Wiltshire 1
Umpires	F Gladwin, W Haggard
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 16/1 (Gmelin 5*, Compton 7*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Goudge	b P Rogers	0
+T Smart	b P Rogers	16
OG Radcliffe	lbw b A Rogers	10
JE Stevens	b A Rogers	0
CE Ashfield	c Smith b A Rogers	87
CS Awdry	b A Rogers	11
*AM Miller	c A Rogers b Allen	48
HS Snell	c Smith b A Rogers	2
AEJ Chivers	b A Rogers	26
W Overton	st Weippert b A Rogers	12
AG Eldridge	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-47, 6-127, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-221 (67.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	28	2	94	2	-	-
A Rogers	30.4	9	80	7	-	-
Smith	7	0	25	0	-	-
Allen	2	0	15	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Brownrigg	c Radcliffe b Miller	0
CHS Gmelin	c Smart b Eldridge	7
ED Compton	b Overton	25
AE Allen	st Smart b Overton	2
HF Piggott	st Smart b Overton	0
HGC Day	c Miller b Overton	0
P Rogers	c Stevens b Eldridge	10
A Rogers	c and b Overton	10
HG Durrant	not out	0
WC Smith	c and b Overton	2
+WHC Weippert	c Miller b Eldridge	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 33 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-67 (33 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	5	0	11	1	-	-
Eldridge	16	5	25	3	-	-
Overton	12	5	24	6	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Brownrigg	b Miller	20
CHS Gmelin	b Eldridge	29
ED Compton	b Eldridge	30
AE Allen	b Eldridge	6
HF Piggott	lbw b Overton	12
HGC Day	b Eldridge	0
P Rogers	c Chivers b Eldridge	14
A Rogers	c Radcliffe b Overton	4
HG Durrant	b Eldridge	12
WC Smith	b Eldridge	21
+WHC Weippert	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-74, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-161 (57 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	23	7	56	2	-	-
Eldridge	21	8	42	7	-	-
Miller	9	1	38	1	-	-
Radcliffe	3	0	11	0	-	-
Smart	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEJ Chivers	not out	2
+T Smart	not out	1
WH Goudge	did not bat
OG Radcliffe	did not bat
JE Stevens	did not bat
CE Ashfield	did not bat
CS Awdry	did not bat
*AM Miller	did not bat
HS Snell	did not bat
W Overton	did not bat
AG Eldridge	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(no wicket, 2 overs)	9

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	1	0	2	0	-	-
P Rogers	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CE Ashfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AE Allen made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HF Piggott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WC Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WHC Weippert made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Rogers reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Wiltshire first innings
--> W Overton equalled his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> AG Eldridge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 7-58)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Wiltshire won by ten wickets on the second day, after Oxfordshire followed on 154 runs behind. Rain interrupted play on several occasions on the first day, and press reports suggested that overnight rain made conditions difficult for batting on the Saturday. For the winners, Eldridge took 10 wickets in the match for 67 runs, including 7 for 42 in the Oxfordshire second innings. Ashfield top-scored for Wiltshire with 87. By a quirk of fate, both the brothers Rogers had taken 99 Championship wickets in their careers at the start of this match. P Rogers was the first to get to the hundred when bowling Goudge at the start of the Wiltshire first innings, while A Rogers achieved it soon afterwards. The feats were not mentioned in the press reports of the games. By coincidence, G J Thompson of Northamptonshire was to reach the same milestone later in the day playing against Durham at Burnmoor.

 

 

 

 

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