minc57	Cambridgeshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 7th, 8th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cambridgeshire 0; Oxfordshire 0
Umpires	RP Carpenter, F Gladwin
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (2) 91/2 (Miller 32*, P Rogers 17*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Wells	c Coulson b O'Connor	4
AC Miller	run out	11
+FG Arnold	b O'Connor	3
*GR Wood	not out	59
P Rogers	c French b O'Connor	1
HPWA Justice	b Coulson	14
WFJ North	c and b O'Connor	1
A Rogers	c Winter b O'Connor	6
THK Moulder	c Hattersley-Smith b O'Connor	4
EG Gray	c Roberson b O'Connor	5
RO Lee	absent
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-16, 3-26, 4-84, 5-86, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-116 (35 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	14	2	45	7	-	-
Hayward	8	0	26	0	-	-
Gray	5	2	14	0	-	-
Coulson	8	2	23	1	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Winter	b A Rogers	2
HS French	b North	39
P Hattersley-Smith	b P Rogers	46
*F Roberson	c Miller b North	8
+GH Watts	c Arnold b A Rogers	14
RS Swann-Mason	b A Rogers	10
DM Hayward	b Justice	4
H Coulson	run out	3
H Gray	c Wood b P Rogers	5
JH Widdicombe	run out	1
J O'Connor	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-69, 3-79, 4-106, 5-120, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-139 (51 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	17	5	44	2	-	-
A Rogers	20	6	46	3	-	-
North	9	1	34	2	-	-
Justice	5	1	8	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Wells	b Hayward	21
AC Miller	not out	32
*GR Wood	c Watts b Hayward	17
P Rogers	not out	17
+FG Arnold	did not bat
HPWA Justice	did not bat
WFJ North	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
THK Moulder	did not bat
EG Gray	did not bat
RO Lee	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(2 wickets, 34 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-56

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Connor	13	5	24	0	-	-
Coulson	6	0	27	0	-	-
Hayward	9	1	30	2	-	-
Gray	6	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RO Lee made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Winter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Watts made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Swann-Mason made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Widdicombe made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GE Winter made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HPWA Justice made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Gray made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Miller (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J O'Connor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-44)
--> J O'Connor achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Heavy rain on Saturday morning prevented any further play and the game was abandoned as a draw. Wood top-scored for Oxfordshire with 59 not out. For Cambridgeshire, O'Connor took 7 wickets for 45 runs in the Oxfordshire first innings. This was Cambridgeshire's only Championship match of the season as they scratched the re-arranged match due to be played at Oxford later in the month. Match reports stated Lee failed to turn up for the match, but no reasons were given. He was to make his debut for Oxfordshire in their next match v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire 1st inns boundaries in Wood's 59 not out, and why Lee absent; in Oxfordshire 2nd inns extras breakdown.]
Sources: Cambridge Chronicle 7 and 14 August; Ely Weekly Guardian 14 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 15 August; Oxford Chronicle 15 August; Oxford Times 15 August; East Anglian Daily Times 8 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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