minc585	Oxfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	Hertford College Ground, Oxford on 5th, 6th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Oxfordshire won by an innings and 12 runs
Points	Oxfordshire 3; Berkshire 0
Umpires	W Copeland, W Griffiths
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 77/8 (Nepean 18*, Wright 15*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Marsh	c Watts b Croom	21
H Bassett	c Strange b Barker	15
GRW Dickinson	c Edwards b Barker	23
*JF Marsh	b Barker	93
G Polley	b Barker	10
W Smith	c Matthews b Nepean	53
+FG Arnold	c Nepean b Barker	5
SCB Lee	b Wright	4
GA Roberts	b Wright	2
P Rogers	not out	4
A Rogers	c and b Barker	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-242 (87.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	29.2	9	72	6	-	2
Wright	24	6	40	2	-	-
Cave	15	3	39	0	-	-
Croom	11	2	40	1	-	-
Blundell	2	0	12	0	-	-
Bennett	4	1	23	0	-	-
Nepean	2	0	14	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c and b P Rogers	22
ED Matthews	b A Rogers	3
DHBH Blundell	b A Rogers	2
FG Strange	b P Rogers	3
+HW Edwards	b A Rogers	0
EA Watts	c Dickinson b A Rogers	5
W Barker	st Arnold b P Rogers	4
*CEMY Nepean	c Smith b A Rogers	39
W Cave	run out	0
W Wright	c Dickinson b Bassett	27
AB Croom	not out	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-111 (66.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	33.3	7	59	5	-	-
P Rogers	26	10	38	3	-	-
Bassett	7	2	10	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c Polley b Bassett	54
ED Matthews	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	1
DHBH Blundell	b A Rogers	27
FG Strange	b A Rogers	15
+HW Edwards	c JF Marsh b Bassett	0
EA Watts	b A Rogers	0
W Barker	run out	1
*CEMY Nepean	c JF Marsh b Bassett	7
W Cave	not out	8
W Wright	c Arnold b Bassett	0
AB Croom	b A Rogers	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-119 (68.2 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	30.2	10	51	5	-	-
P Rogers	10	2	21	0	1	-
Bassett	24	14	22	4	-	-
Polley	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Oxfordshire first innings adds 6 runs over
--> Bowling in the Berkshire second innings adds 1 run over
--> W Wright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Wright made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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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.
Oxfordshire won by an innings and 12 runs on the second day, after enforcing the follow-on.
For the winners, A Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 110 runs.
J F Marsh scored
93 and Smith 63, which included 3 sixes.
Together they added over 100 runs in the Oxfordshire innings for the fifth wicket.
For Berkshire, Bennett scored 54.
In the Berkshire first innings Nepean and Wright were reported as adding over fifty runs for the ninth wicket.
[Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in the Oxfordshire innings boundaries in J F Marsh's 93, fours in Smith's 53, and runs conceded bowling 6 in excess; in Berkshire second innings batting order, and runs conceded bowling one in excess; time completed.]
Sources: Abingdon Herald 13 August; Oxford Chronicle 12 August; Oxford Times 13 August; Berkshire Chronicle 13 August; Reading Mercury 13 August; Reading Standard 13 August; The Sportsman 6,8 August.

 

 

 

 

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