minc156	Wiltshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 3rd, 4th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 0; Oxfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 140/5 (BW Bradford 58*, P Rogers 31*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Atfield	b A Rogers	0
CS Awdry	c Marsh b A Rogers	22
EG Wainwright	c BW Bradford b P Rogers	18
F Marks	lbw b A Rogers	0
OG Radcliffe	c and b P Rogers	5
HS Snell	c A Rogers b Kirtland	27
*AM Miller	b Kirtland	62
FW Newman	lbw b Bassett	38
+T Smart	c Compton b P Rogers	30
AG Dibsdall	lbw b BW Bradford	21
W Overton	not out	1
Extras		35
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-40, 4-40, 5-52, 6-92, 7-166, 8-212, 9-253, 10-259 (87 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	28	3	78	3	-	-
Bassett	12	3	34	1	-	-
P Rogers	22	6	50	3	-	-
BW Bradford	12	4	29	1	-	-
Kirtland	13	3	33	2	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+ED Compton	c Awdry b Overton	7
H Bassett	c Smart b Dibsdall	6
AJ Forbes	lbw b Overton	1
W Smith	c Radcliffe b Dibsdall	0
JF Marsh	c Marks b Miller	34
BW Bradford	c Wainwright b Dibsdall	81
P Rogers	c Awdry b Miller	35
A Rogers	b Overton	3
THK Moulder	not out	53
*CC Bradford	c Smart b Miller	17
AJ Kirtland	b Miller	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-13, 4-21, 5-70, 6-146, 7-151, 8-191, 9-241, 10-241 (88 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	28	3	74	3	-	-
Dibsdall	27	6	69	3	-	-
Newman	5	1	9	0	-	-
Miller	17	1	53	4	-	-
Marks	11	5	32	0	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Forbes b P Rogers	57
AJ Atfield	c Forbes b Bassett	7
EG Wainwright	c Compton b A Rogers	10
F Marks	run out	18
OG Radcliffe	c CC Bradford b A Rogers	0
HS Snell	c P Rogers b Bassett	42
*AM Miller	c BW Bradford b P Rogers	11
FW Newman	c and b BW Bradford	10
+T Smart	not out	20
AG Dibsdall	run out	0
W Overton	lbw b P Rogers	8
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-42, 3-82, 4-82, 5-102, 6-125, 7-149, 8-163, 9-177, 10-195 (63.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bassett	18	5	41	2	-	-
A Rogers	20	4	64	2	-	-
BW Bradford	10	1	33	1	-	-
P Rogers	14.3	1	45	3	-	-
Kirtland	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+ED Compton	c Smart b Miller	0
AJ Forbes	b Newman	19
W Smith	c Marks b Miller	18
JF Marsh	b Newman	13
H Bassett	b Miller	5
BW Bradford	c Overton b Smart	10
THK Moulder	b Dibsdall	1
P Rogers	b Dibsdall	2
A Rogers	not out	44
*CC Bradford	b Newman	18
AJ Kirtland	not out	4
Extras		18
Total	(9 wickets, 68 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-40, 3-40, 4-45, 5-63, 6-68, 7-72, 8-84, 9-142

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	20	5	50	3	-	-
Overton	11	3	26	0	-	-
Newman	16	3	21	3	-	-
Dibsdall	14	6	22	2	-	-
Smart	7	2	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Wiltshire second innings adds 1 run over
--> EG Wainwright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Newman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Wainwright made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Marks made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Dibsdall (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Bradford (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Rogers (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> THK Moulder (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Marks (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HS Snell (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Requiring 214 runs to win in 150 minutes, Oxfordshire's last wicket pair of A Rogers and Kirtland held out for 5 minutes to obtain a draw. For Wiltshire, there was 1 four in Miller's 62 and Awdry scored 57. In the Wiltshire first innings Miller and the debutant Newman added 74 runs for the seventh wicket. For Oxfordshire, B W Bradford scored 81 and Moulder 53 not out. In the Oxfordshire first innings, Moulder and C C Bradford put on 50 runs for the ninth wicket, and in the second innings, A Rogers and C C Bradford had a partnership of 58 runs for the same wicket. All sources listed give the runs conceded bowling in the Wiltshire second innings as being 1 in excess.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Wiltshire 2nd inns runs conceded bowling 1 in excess, and boundaries in Awdry's 57; in Oxfordshire 1st inns boundaries in B W Bradford's 81 and Moulder's 53*.]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 11; North Wilts Herald 5 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 6 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 6 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 6 August; Oxford Chronicle 6 August; Oxford Times 6 August; The Sportsman 5 August.

 

 

 

 

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