minc678	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 11th, 12th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 2; Oxfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 103/2 (Bassett 35*, JF Marsh 10*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Hartley b A Rogers	121
H Brougham	c JF Marsh b A Rogers	108
FE Rowe	c A Rogers b Follett	137
HW Hutson	c Hartley b Price	9
+EA Watts	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	19
WM Greenfield	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	2
ACM Croome	lbw b Price	10
*CEMY Nepean	c Price b A Rogers	0
W Barker	b Bassett	17
W Cave	b Price	0
CW Turner	not out	20
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	453
Fall of wickets:
1-174, 2-370, 3-376, 4-?, 5-?, 6-407, 7-408, 8-?, 9-420, 10-453 (84 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	25	1	115	5	-	-
Price	13	0	70	3	-	-
Bassett	14	0	73	1	-	-
Arnett	10	0	86	0	-	-
P Rogers	13	0	58	0	-	-
Follett	9	1	42	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	c Croome b Barker	31
H Bassett	c Cave b Hutson	79
R Hartley	b Barker	18
*JF Marsh	c Nepean b Barker	40
P Rogers	c Croome b Barker	5
WH Follett	run out	55
GA Roberts	not out	53
PP Bancalari	c Nepean b Hutson	2
BHE Price	c Turner b Hutson	1
MG Arnett	c Watts b Cave	4
A Rogers	c Barker b Cave	0
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	37
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-89, 3-?, 4-143, 5-248, 6-293, 7-295, 8-?, 9-?, 10-325 (123 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	23	7	44	2	-	-
Hutson	39	13	80	3	-	-
Barker	45	10	126	4	1	-
Croome	8	5	4	0	-	-
Bennett	5	0	22	0	-	-
Turner	2	1	5	0	-	-
Rowe	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	b P Rogers	49
+EA Watts	c JW Marsh b Hartley	130
CW Turner	c and b Hartley	45
WM Greenfield	c Arnett b P Rogers	32
ACM Croome	not out	6
*CEMY Nepean	c and b Hartley	1
H Brougham	did not bat
FE Rowe	did not bat
HW Hutson	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
W Cave	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(5 wickets, 41 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-215, 3-236, 4-?, 5-271 (41 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnett	5	0	48	0	-	-
Follett	4	0	30	0	-	-
Price	8	0	54	0	-	-
P Rogers	12	1	53	2	-	-
Hartley	8	2	39	3	-	-
Roberts	4	0	40	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Berkshire first innings adds 1 run over
--> Bowling in the Berkshire second innings adds 1 run over
--> CW Turner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PP Bancalari made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 116 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Brougham (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Rowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Rowe (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> WH Follett (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Roberts (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Watts (2) passed his previous highest score of 104 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BHE Price achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 1-47)
--> R Hartley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire 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 was a drawn high-scoring return match with Berkshire winning on first innings. The match between the two sides at Oxford in the previous week had also been drawn. A number of records were broken. The match aggregate of 1049 runs was the first time a thousand had been scored in a Championship match. The three Berkshire centuries in an innings and the four in the match were also firsts for one team in a match. Berkshire were 241-1 wicket at lunch on the first day. For the home side, in the first innings Rowe scored 137, Bennett 121 and Brougham 108, an innings of 190 minutes, and in the second innings Watts scored 130. In the Berkshire first innings, Bennett and Brougham put on 174 for the first wicket, and Brougham and Rowe 196 for the second. Bennett reached his century in 45 minutes and Rowe in 65 minutes. In the Berkshire second innings Watts and Turner put on 117 runs for the second wicket. For the visitors, Bassett scored 79, Follett 55 and Roberts 53 not out. The 45 overs bowled by Barker in the Oxfordshire innings were the second most in an innings during the season. During the match 15 players bowled. The 37 extras conceded in the Oxfordshire innings were the second highest of the season.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Berkshire first innings breakdown and duration of Rowe's 137 and Bennett's 121, breakdown of Brougham's 108, and runs bowling 1 in excess; in Berkshire second innings breakdown and duration of Watts's 130, part batting order, and runs bowling 1 in excess; in Oxfordshire innings boundaries in Bassett's 79, Follett's 55 and Roberts's 53 not out]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 19 August; Reading Mercury 19 August; Reading Observer 12 August; Reading Standard 19 August; Oxford Chronicle 18 August; Oxford Times 19 August; Sporting Life 12,14 August; The Sportsman 12,14 August.

 

 

 

 

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