minc153	Oxfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Britannia Works Ground, Banbury on 1st, 2nd August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxfordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Oxfordshire 1; Berkshire -1
Umpires	F Gladwin, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 6/0 (Wheble 2*, Dauglish 4*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEMY Nepean	c Compton b A Rogers	15
SV Shea-Simmons	lbw b A Rogers	11
LP Collins	b A Rogers	0
H Barrett	c Smith b P Rogers	3
FE Chapman	b P Rogers	0
EA Watts	c Deane b Bassett	28
W Barker	b P Rogers	19
FW Finch	b P Rogers	0
+MJ Dauglish	b Bassett	11
*JWS Wheble	b P Rogers	4
R Bedding	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-32, 6-71, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-104 (46.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	22.3	9	42	5	-	-
A Rogers	17	8	35	3	-	-
Kirtland	2	0	8	0	-	-
Bassett	5	1	7	2	-	1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Wheble b Barker	65
+ED Compton	c Watts b Bedding	8
AJ Forbes	c Finch b Bedding	3
W Smith	b Finch	62
WTF Deane	c Chapman b Finch	0
BW Bradford	not out	26
P Rogers	b Barker	12
GR Wood	b Barker	4
A Rogers	b Barker	4
AJ Kirtland	b Barker	0
*CC Bradford	c Watts b Barker	0
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-45, 3-155, 4-?, 5-158, 6-?, 7-?, 8-199, 9-199, 10-199 (85 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedding	22	10	39	2	-	-
Finch	22	4	47	2	-	-
Barker	27	8	72	6	-	-
Barrett	7	4	9	0	-	-
Wheble	7	2	17	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JWS Wheble	b BW Bradford	28
+MJ Dauglish	b Kirtland	31
CEMY Nepean	b Bassett	22
EA Watts	lbw b P Rogers	24
H Barrett	c Deane b Bassett	16
W Barker	c Smith b Bassett	2
LP Collins	not out	23
SV Shea-Simmons	b Bassett	3
FE Chapman	b BW Bradford	1
FW Finch	b Bassett	0
R Bedding	b BW Bradford	7
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-66, 3-114, 4-116, 5-146, 6-148, 7-166, 8-?, 9-?, 10-178 (57.1 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	18	2	54	1	-	-
A Rogers	7	1	26	0	-	-
Bassett	17.1	4	44	5	-	-
Kirtland	7	3	14	1	-	-
BW Bradford	8	3	19	3	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Bradford	b Barker	0
H Bassett	c Dauglish b Barker	18
+ED Compton	b Barker	3
AJ Forbes	c Shea-Simmons b Barrett	10
W Smith	not out	32
WTF Deane	b Finch	10
P Rogers	not out	10
GR Wood	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
AJ Kirtland	did not bat
*CC Bradford	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 26 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-10, 3-26, 4-?, 5-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	11	1	37	3	-	-
Bedding	5	0	18	0	-	-
Barrett	8	1	24	1	-	-
Finch	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SV Shea-Simmons made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Smith (1) equalled his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Bradford (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JWS Wheble (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Bassett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 3-23)
--> H Bassett achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings
--> BW Bradford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 3-54)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Oxfordshire won by five wickets at 3.15 pm on the second day. For the winners, Bassett scored 65 with 7 fours and Smith 62 with 10 fours. They put on 110 runs for the third wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Berkshire, Dauglish top-scored with 31. For the second year in a row, Oxfordshire did not qualify for the Championship table, arranging only six county matches, but these matches counted as championship fixtures for their opponents.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 2nd inns part batting order.]
Sources: Banbury Guardian 4 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 6 August; Oxford Chronicle 6 August; Oxford Times 6 August; Berkshire Chronicle 6 August; Reading Mercury 6 August; Reading Standard 5 August; The Sportsman 2,3 August.

 

 

 

 

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