minc345	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 7th, 8th August 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Oxfordshire 0
Umpires	[unknown]
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 236/2 (Morres 71*, Williams 65*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	b Williams	9
+JW Marsh	c Brown b Williams	51
G Holloway	c Brown b Williams	45
JF Marsh	c Henderson b Williams	0
HT Baines	b Williams	8
P Rogers	c Brown b Williams	15
THK Moulder	b Williams	2
A Rogers	c Barrett b Williams	47
*CC Bradford	not out	8
FB Roberts	b Barker	3
HJM Eade	b Williams	2
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 4 nb, 0 w)	11
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-96, 3-100, 4-117, 5-124, 6-129, 7-146, 8-184, 9-200, 10-201 (58.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	23	3	73	1	-	-
Williams	25.3	3	87	9	-	4
Brown	6	1	17	0	-	-
Barrett	4	2	13	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FE Rowe	c Holloway b A Rogers	47
WEC Hutchings	b Eade	41
HFM Morres	b P Rogers	113
RA Williams	b Bassett	143
*JA Gibb	c Bassett b P Rogers	14
+A Henderson	b Bassett	15
EA Watts	b Bassett	9
H Barrett	not out	2
CE Brown	b Bassett	0
W Barker	did not bat
CH Frith	did not bat
Extras		25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 101.4 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-125, 3-303, 4-331, 5-369, 6-406, 7-409, 8-409 (101.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	33	4	105	2	-	-
A Rogers	21	1	82	1	-	-
Bassett	18.4	1	64	4	-	-
Eade	11	0	71	1	-	-
Roberts	16	2	57	0	-	-
Moulder	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	b Williams	17
H Bassett	c Morres b Williams	48
G Holloway	st Henderson b Williams	11
JF Marsh	c Williams b Barrett	2
HT Baines	b Morres	13
P Rogers	c Henderson b Barker	37
THK Moulder	c Barrett b Morres	20
A Rogers	b Rowe	38
*CC Bradford	not out	17
FB Roberts	not out	8
HJM Eade	did not bat
Extras		13
Total	(8 wickets, 86 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-57, 3-62, 4-78, 5-107, 6-138, 7-195, 8-197

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	24	8	50	1	-	-
Williams	30	4	86	3	-	-
Barrett	10	1	26	1	-	-
Morres	13	2	36	2	-	-
Brown	7	2	13	0	-	-
Rowe	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WEC Hutchings made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Frith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Marsh (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Rowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HFM Morres (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HFM Morres (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HFM Morres (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> H Bassett (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 37
--> RA Williams reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 8th wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> CC Bradford retired hurt in the Oxfordshire first innings (team score 178/7) - he returned when the score was 200/9

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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.
A main feature of this game was the all-round performance of Williams for Berkshire.
He took 12 wickets in the match for 173 runs -- the third highest total of the season of runs conceded by a bowler in a match - including 9 for 87 in the Oxfordshire first innings.
He also top-scored with an innings of 143.
It lasted for 2 hours and 50 minutes and included 1 five, 14 fours, 4 threes and 14 twos.
His all-round performance was the best of the season on the basis of used in the statistical survey.
Morres scored 113 in 2 hours and 20 minutes with 1 five, 18 fours and 4 threes.
Morres and Williams put on 178 for the third Berkshire wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season.
For Oxfordshire, J W Marsh's 51 contained 7 fours and was scored at a run a minute.
208 runs behind on first innings, the visitors saved the match, according to press reports, due to the batting of Bassett and the two Rogers brothers.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 10 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Standard 10 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 10 August; Oxford Chronicle 9 August; Oxford Times 10 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August.

 

 

 

 

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