minc168	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 15th, 16th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by an innings and 187 runs
Points	Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire -1
Umpires	F Gladwin, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 399/4 (LP Collins 59*, Ingram 5*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	b BW Bradford	139
+MJ Dauglish	st Headlam b P Rogers	120
CEMY Nepean	c Headlam b Bassett	17
LP Collins	not out	59
*ACM Croome	c Deane b Bassett	53
FM Ingram	not out	5
W Barker	did not bat
H Barrett	did not bat
FE Chapman	did not bat
FW Finch	did not bat
JA Pott	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 131 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-224, 2-?, 3-310, 4-386

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	26	6	60	1	-	-
A Rogers	32	9	82	0	-	-
Bassett	26	9	52	2	-	2
Kirtland	18	2	60	0	-	-
BW Bradford	14	0	61	1	-	-
Marsh	10	0	47	0	1	-
Compton	2	0	14	0	-	-
Wood	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Nepean b Barker	6
ED Compton	b Barrett	2
JF Marsh	b Barker	6
W Smith	c Croome b Barrett	11
BW Bradford	c Croome b Barker	0
WTF Deane	c Croome b Barker	0
GR Wood	not out	10
P Rogers	c Croome b Barker	0
A Rogers	c LP Collins b Barrett	9
+C Headlam	b Barrett	9
AJ Kirtland	b Barker	2
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)	6
Total	(all out, 31.4 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-24, 4-25, 5-26, 6-30, 7-39, 8-39, 9-45, 10-61 (31.4 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	16	7	30	6	-	-
Barrett	15.4	7	25	4	-	1

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Wood	c Chapman b Barker	2
ED Compton	c Nepean b Barker	19
H Bassett	c Croome b Barker	28
JF Marsh	c Nepean b Barker	0
W Smith	c Ingram b Croome	14
BW Bradford	c Ingram b Barker	0
WTF Deane	c Croome b Barrett	35
P Rogers	not out	3
A Rogers	b Croome	22
+C Headlam	c Nepean b Barker	17
AJ Kirtland	b Finch	9
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-42, 3-51, 4-51, 5-82, 6-87, 7-87, 8-138, 9-139, 10-151 (75 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	28	9	73	6	-	-
Barrett	18	4	23	1	-	-
Croome	23	8	38	2	-	-
Finch	6	0	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Oxfordshire full substitute: GR Wood for CC Bradford (after lunch on the first day)
--> Bowling in the Berkshire first innings adds 4 runs under
--> JA Pott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Dauglish (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Dauglish (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Headlam (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won this return match by an innings and 187 runs on the second day, thus reversing the result of the match at Banbury at the beginning of August. The margin of victory was the biggest during the season and a new record for the Championship, exceeding the innings and 178 runs by which Worcestershire beat Hertfordshire at Watford in 1897. A heavy overnight thunderstorm changed the nature of the pitch and Oxfordshire were dismissed twice in a day, after following on 338 runs behind and with 4¾ hours to bat to save the match. For the winners, L G A Collins and Dauglish put on 224 for the first wicket, which was also a new record for the Championship for that wicket, beating the 179 put on by C Pigg and F Wells for Hertfordshire v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent earlier in the season. There were 19 fours, 2 threes and 12 twos in L G A Collins's 139, scored in 10 minutes short of four hours, whilst Dauglish's 120, an innings of 2 hours and 40 minutes, included 17 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos. L P Collins scored 59 not out and Croome 53. The Berkshire total of 399 runs was the third highest of the season. Barker took 12 wickets in the match for 103 runs. Croome held four catches in the slips in the Oxfordshire first innings, and a further two in their second innings. The six catches taken in the match equalled the Championship record previously set by H P Justice for Oxfordshire v Wiltshire at Trowbridge in 1896 and J Saunders for Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire at Aylesbury in 1897. For the losers, in their second innings Deane and A Rogers added 51 runs for the eighth wicket. Shortly after lunch on the first day C C Bradford, the Oxfordshire captain, damaged a hand when fielding and his opposite number, Croome, agreed to Wood, who also took over the captaincy, replacing him. In the Oxfordshire averages, Bradford and Wood are both counted as having played in this match. All sources listed give the runs conceded in the Berkshire innings as being 4 short.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Berkshire inns boundaries in L P Collins's 59 and Croome's 53, fall of 2nd wicket, and runs conceded by Oxon bowlers 4 short; time completed.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 20 August; Reading Mercury 20 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 20 August; Oxford Chronicle 20 August; Oxford Times 20 August; The Sportsman 16,17 August.

 

 

 

 

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