minc101	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 2nd, 3rd August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire -1
Umpires	F Gladwin, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 321/8 (Chapman 130*, Willett 81*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE Brownrigg	lbw b Daffen	13
CHS Gmelin	c Daffen b Barker	1
+ED Compton	b Barker	14
RHW Brewis	c Chapman b Barker	2
WTF Deane	c Daffen b Barker	0
P Rogers	c Willett b Barker	5
HGC Day	c LGA Collins b Croome	48
A Rogers	c Nepean b LGA Collins	31
WA Wells	b LGA Collins	0
R Hinton	not out	7
AW Roberts	c Daffen b Croome	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-26, 3-30, 4-30, 5-35, 6-42, 7-106, 8-107, 9-127, 10-127 (43.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	18	4	45	5	-	-
Daffen	15	4	45	1	-	-
Croome	6.1	1	13	2	-	-
LGA Collins	4	1	18	2	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c A Rogers b P Rogers	8
LP Collins	c Gmelin b A Rogers	10
A Daffen	b A Rogers	37
*ACM Croome	b A Rogers	5
CEMY Nepean	c Hinton b A Rogers	17
EF Hill	st Compton b P Rogers	6
FE Chapman	b A Rogers	130
+MJ Dauglish	c Compton b P Rogers	4
HL Wethered	b A Rogers	15
EK Willett	not out	82
W Barker	b P Rogers	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-29, 3-51, 4-68, 5-81, 6-89, 7-93, 8-120, 9-321, 10-324 (83.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	32	8	106	6	-	-
P Rogers	32.4	5	105	4	-	-
Hinton	7	1	23	0	-	-
Roberts	2	0	14	0	-	-
Gmelin	4	0	23	0	-	-
Wells	6	0	43	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CHS Gmelin	c Croome b LGA Collins	34
WA Wells	c Chapman b Daffen	5
+ED Compton	c and b Croome	91
WTF Deane	b Croome	24
HGC Day	c LGA Collins b Croome	0
P Rogers	c LGA Collins b Hill	23
RHW Brewis	b LGA Collins	1
A Rogers	c LP Collins b Hill	7
AW Roberts	b Barker	10
R Hinton	c Nepean b Croome	0
CE Brownrigg	not out	2
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 83.2 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-69, 3-100, 4-103, 5-167, 6-168, 7-183, 8-212, 9-212, 10-217 (83.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	25	8	52	1	-	-
Croome	29.2	9	63	4	-	-
Daffen	10	1	37	1	-	-
LGA Collins	12	3	23	2	-	-
Hill	7	1	22	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ACM Croome	c sub (LP Collins) b P Rogers	4
EF Hill	not out	6
+MJ Dauglish	not out	11
LGA Collins	did not bat
LP Collins	did not bat
A Daffen	did not bat
CEMY Nepean	did not bat
FE Chapman	did not bat
HL Wethered	did not bat
EK Willett	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5 overs)	21
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Croome)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	3	0	13	0	-	-
P Rogers	2	0	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Berkshire first innings adds 1 run under
--> ED Compton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RHW Brewis made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Hinton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LP Collins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HL Wethered made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EK Willett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Hinton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HGC Day (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Chapman (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Chapman (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CHS Gmelin (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Barker reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> P Rogers reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won this match by 9 wickets at 4.20 pm on the second day. A feature of the game was a partnership of 201 runs for the ninth wicket in the Berkshire first innings between Chapman and Willett, which was a new record for the competition. It exceeded the 89 put on by H E Kingston and T Horton in the Northamptonshire first innings versus Worcestershire at Northampton in 1896. Chapman's 130 included 17 fours, 6 threes, and 11 twos, whilst Willett's 82 not out contained 1 seven and 7 fours. There were 10 fours in Compton's 91 for Oxfordshire. In the Oxfordshire first innings, Day and A Rogers added 64 runs for the seventh wicket. Brownrigg batted last in the Oxfordshire second innings because he was injured, and did not field in the Berkshire second innings. Oxfordshire arranged only six championship match fixtures during the season and did not qualify for the Championship table.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; Oxfordshire Captain; in Berkshire 1st inns runs conceded one short in all sources listed.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 7 August; Reading Mercury 7 August; Reading Observer 7 August; Reading Standard 6 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 7 August; Oxford Chronicle 7 August; Oxford Times 7 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August.

 

 

 

 

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