minc593	Oxfordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	Hertford College Ground, Oxford on 12th, 13th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cambridgeshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Cambridgeshire 1
Umpires	W Hearne, S Wrigley
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 62/5 (Bassett 15*, Hartley 9*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Prest	b Bassett	81
E Briggs	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	4
HC Tebbutt	c JF Marsh b P Rogers	28
JB Hobbs	c P Rogers b A Rogers	54
DM Hayward	c Arnold b A Rogers	0
+GH Watts	c Smith b P Rogers	23
HA Hancock	c JF Marsh b Higgins	24
J Bacon	c Bassett b A Rogers	32
*H Gray	b Bassett	30
GPM Robins	not out	16
W Coote	c Hartley b Bassett	9
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-62, 3-149, 4-152, 5-191, 6-203, 7-230, 8-269, 9-?, 10-307 (104.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	34	7	107	4	-	-
Bassett	32.4	8	73	3	-	-
P Rogers	22	5	48	2	-	-
Higgins	16	1	73	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	b Hayward	3
FG Arnold	b Gray	5
GRW Dickinson	b Gray	0
*JF Marsh	b Gray	14
W Smith	c Hayward b Gray	13
H Bassett	b Gray	114
R Hartley	b Gray	71
P Rogers	b Gray	3
SCB Lee	not out	21
A Rogers	b Gray	8
AC Higgins	b Gray	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-9, 4-?, 5-40, 6-216, 7-223, 8-249, 9-?, 10-259 (113.4 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayward	29	8	54	1	-	-
Gray	46.4	11	123	9	-	-
Briggs	7	3	15	0	-	-
Coote	6	3	12	0	-	-
Bacon	7	2	12	0	-	-
Tebbutt	3	1	11	0	-	-
Hobbs	15	8	25	0	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Prest	c Arnold b A Rogers	3
E Briggs	b A Rogers	18
HC Tebbutt	b Higgins	5
JB Hobbs	c JF Marsh b Higgins	52
DM Hayward	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	8
+GH Watts	not out	37
HA Hancock	not out	14
J Bacon	did not bat
*H Gray	did not bat
GPM Robins	did not bat
W Coote	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 51 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	18	3	55	3	-	-
Higgins	16	5	30	2	-	-
P Rogers	13	3	37	0	-	-
Arnold	3	0	14	0	-	-
Dickinson	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AC Higgins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Coote made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Prest (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HC Tebbutt (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Hancock (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Bassett (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SCB Lee (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Gray achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 8-23)
--> A Rogers reached 400 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridgeshire second 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 the beginning of the month.
For Cambridgeshire, Prest scored
81, and Hobbs had two innings of 54 and 52.
For Oxfordshire, Bassett scored 114 and Hartley 71.
In the Oxfordshire innings Bassett and Hartley put on 176 runs for the sixth wicket.
The 46.4 overs bowled by Gray were the second most in an innings during the season.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Cambridgeshire first innings boundaries in Prest's 81 and Hobbs's 54; in Cambridgeshire second innings boundaries in Hobbs's 52; in Oxfordshire innings breakdown and duration of Bassett's 114, and boundaries in Hartley's 71.]
Sources: Oxford Chronicle 19 August; Oxford Times 20 August; Abingdon Herald 19 August; Cambridge Daily News 12,13,15 August; Cambridge Express 20 August; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 19 August; The Sportsman 13,15 August.

 

 

 

 

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