minc362	Oxfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	New College Ground, Oxford on 16th, 17th August 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Berkshire 0
Umpires	H Coulson, R Humphrey
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 85/1 (Williams 48*, Hutchings 6*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Holloway	c Barrett b CE Brown	5
+JW Marsh	c Collins b CE Brown	23
W Smith	c Frith b CE Brown	19
JF Marsh	c Gibb b Mercer	2
P Rogers	b Mercer	2
CE Ponsonby	b Williams	16
THK Moulder	b Williams	31
A Rogers	b Williams	38
*CC Bradford	c Gibb b Mercer	3
EK Twiss	c Collins b Williams	29
F Smart	not out	13
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-48, 3-51, 4-51, 5-59, 6-98, 7-103, 8-121, 9-?, 10-187 (73 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CE Brown	24	10	37	3	-	-
Barrett	5	2	8	0	-	-
Williams	18	2	59	4	1	-
Mercer	22	5	70	3	-	-
Relf	4	0	7	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b P Rogers	27
RA Williams	b A Rogers	53
WEC Hutchings	b P Rogers	11
*JA Gibb	c JF Marsh b A Rogers	33
FM Ingram	b A Rogers	3
LG Brown	b Smart	29
D Mercer	b A Rogers	38
H Barrett	c P Rogers b Smart	1
CE Brown	b A Rogers	6
+CH Frith	not out	25
RR Relf	b A Rogers	8
Extras	(28 b, 1 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-102, 3-?, 4-?, 5-146, 6-208, 7-216, 8-216, 9-255, 10-263 (114.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	37	10	71	2	-	-
A Rogers	44.3	10	82	6	-	-
Twiss	11	3	30	0	-	-
Smart	15	7	24	2	-	-
Moulder	4	1	9	0	-	-
JF Marsh	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	lbw b Williams	13
G Holloway	b Collins	49
W Smith	c CE Brown b LG Brown	98
JF Marsh	not out	7
P Rogers	did not bat
CE Ponsonby	did not bat
THK Moulder	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
*CC Bradford	did not bat
EK Twiss	did not bat
F Smart	did not bat
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 43.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-143, 3-177 (43.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	11	1	43	1	-	1
CE Brown	8	2	18	0	-	-
Collins	6	0	28	1	-	-
Mercer	2	0	10	0	-	-
LG Brown	7.2	1	28	1	1	-
Relf	5	1	11	0	-	-
Barrett	4	0	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> F Smart made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LG Brown (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Mercer made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 89 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Rogers reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket 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.
This return match was drawn, as had been the game between the two teams at Reading earlier in the month.
It was played on what newspaper reports described as a slow wicket.
For Berkshire, there were 3 fours in Williams's 53.
For Oxfordshire, Smith scored 98. in an innings of one hour and 45 minutes.
He was out in the final over of the game, going for his century.
In the Oxfordshire second innings Holloway and Smith put on 126 runs for the second wicket..
[An alternative version of this score has Smith c and b L G Brown.]
[Missing: In Oxfordshire 1st inns fall of ninth wicket; in Oxfordshire 2nd inns boundaries in Smith's 98, and extras breakdown; in Berkshire inns fall of third and fourth wickets.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 24 August; Reading Mercury 24 August; Reading Observer 24 August; Reading Standard 24 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 24 August; Oxford Chronicle 23 August; Oxford Times 24 August; The Sportsman 17,19 August.

 

 

 

 

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