minc73	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Britannia Works Ground, Banbury on 21st, 22nd August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 6 runs
Points	Oxfordshire -1; Buckinghamshire 1
Umpires	R Barber, F Gladwin
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 98/3 (Saunders 57*, HJ Bird 4*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	st Headlam b P Rogers	7
FN Bird	b P Rogers	15
J Saunders	b A Rogers	64
MW Wright	c Wood b Polley	12
HJ Bird	b A Rogers	4
CM Woodbridge	b P Rogers	1
CH Allcock	b A Rogers	17
JW Stratton	c Wood b A Rogers	2
ENN Bartlett	b P Rogers	0
+AM Grenfell	c and b A Rogers	10
G Nash	not out	0
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-41, 3-83, 4-108, 5-110, 6-110, 7-?, 8-?, 9-130, 10-139 (103 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	51	24	63	4	-	-
A Rogers	35	14	49	5	-	-
Polley	16	7	19	1	-	-
Williams	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Miller	c Bartlett b Nash	7
CE Brownrigg	c Bartlett b Nash	20
W Smith	b Nash	0
G Polley	c FN Bird b Nash	0
HG Durrant	b Wright	4
A Rogers	c Gresson b Nash	37
*GR Wood	b Wright	0
RA Williams	b Wright	1
P Rogers	b Wright	0
+C Headlam	b Wright	4
FG Arnold	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-23, 4-?, 5-39, 6-?, 7-49, 8-49, 9-58, 10-87 (56 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nash	28	10	48	5	-	-
Wright	28	13	33	5	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Woodbridge	b A Rogers	6
CH Allcock	b A Rogers	2
J Saunders	b A Rogers	6
CRH Gresson	b A Rogers	0
JW Stratton	c and b P Rogers	7
MW Wright	b P Rogers	1
FN Bird	b P Rogers	3
HJ Bird	b A Rogers	0
ENN Bartlett	not out	0
+AM Grenfell	st Headlam b P Rogers	3
G Nash	b A Rogers	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 25.4 overs)	30
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-14, 3-21, 4-21, 5-21, 6-25, 7-25, 8-?, 9-?, 10-30 (25.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	13	6	16	4	-	-
A Rogers	12.4	7	12	6	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Miller	b Nash	0
CE Brownrigg	lbw b Nash	6
W Smith	c Stratton b Nash	27
G Polley	b Nash	5
HG Durrant	c Grenfell b Nash	0
A Rogers	c and b Nash	17
*GR Wood	c and b Wright	2
FG Arnold	b Wright	2
P Rogers	c HJ Bird b Wright	5
+C Headlam	c FN Bird b Nash	2
RA Williams	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 44.1 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-33, 3-43, 4-45, 5-46, 6-55, 7-?, 8-72, 9-75, 10-76 (44.1 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	22.1	14	13	3	-	-
Nash	22	6	54	7	-	-

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Notes
--> HJ Bird made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ENN Bartlett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Polley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Durrant made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Miller made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Nash reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings
--> G Nash reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Buckinghamshire won this return match by the narrow margin of 6 runs, thus completing the double over Oxfordshire, having won at Aylesbury the previous week. The win was a boost for the visitors challenge to Worcestershire for the championship title. Rain delayed play on the first day until 4.20 pm. For the winners, Nash took 12 wickets in the match for 102 runs, and bowled unchanged in both of the Oxfordshire innings with Wright who took 8 wickets for 46 runs. Nash's match bowling performance was statistically the second best of the season. He had already achieved the best with 14 for 100 against Northamptonshire at Aylesbury in July. For Oxfordshire A Rogers took 11 wickets in the match for 61 runs and P Rogers 8 for 79. Newspaper reports indicate that the match ended in a contentious way. With Oxfordshire needing 7 runs to win, Headlam was given out caught by F N Bird and it was suggested that the fielder was standing on the boundary line and it should have been a four rather than a dismissal. Barber, the visitor's umpire, declined to reverse his decision despite protests from the Oxfordshire team and the spectators who witnessed the catch. He was subject to "a very unpleasant reception on returning to the dressing room". It was also claimed that Durrant had been given out by Barber caught behind the wicket when none of the Buckinghamshire side had appealed. Buckinghamshire's second innings total of 30 and the match aggregate of 332 runs were both the second lowest of the season. In the furore surrounding Headlam's dismissal, it does not appear to have been noted that he was Nash's 100th wicket in championship matches. Nash was the first bowler to reach this milestone. There is some uncertainty about which Bird caught Polley in the Oxfordshire first innings, but it has been attributed to F N Bird in line with the scorecard in the Banbury newspapers.
[Missing: Buckinghamshire Captain; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 1st inns boundaries in Saunders's 64; time completed.]
Sources: Banbury Advertiser 27 August; Banbury Beacon 29 August; Banbury Guardian 27 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 29 August; Oxford Chronicle 29 August; Oxford Times 29 August; Bucks Herald 29 August; South Bucks Free Press 28 August; The Sportsman 22,24 August.

 

 

 

 

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