minc204	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1899
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 2nd, 3rd August 1899 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 104 runs
Points	Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire -1
Umpires	F Gladwin, J Relf
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 104/3 (Schwarz 52*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Arnold b P Rogers	4
+MJ Dauglish	c BW Bradford b A Rogers	0
LP Collins	lbw b A Rogers	0
HFM Morres	b Lee	57
*ACM Croome	c Arnold b A Rogers	51
EA Watts	c Arnold b Lee	0
HB Corry	c Smith b P Rogers	25
FE Chapman	c Wells b Schwarz	44
H Barrett	c P Rogers b A Rogers	25
W Barker	c Arnold b Schwarz	3
CD Elphick	not out	5
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-4, 4-109, 5-110, 6-117, 7-170, 8-203, 9-?, 10-224 (85 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	31	5	84	4	-	-
P Rogers	25	0	66	2	-	-
Lee	13	3	35	2	1	-
BW Bradford	8	1	20	0	-	-
Schwarz	8	3	9	2	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Bradford	b Morres	31
WTF Deane	b Barrett	10
W Smith	c Elphick b Barrett	0
RO Schwarz	b LGA Collins	86
WA Wells	b Barker	3
P Rogers	b Barker	6
GRW Dickinson	run out	8
A Rogers	b Barker	2
+FG Arnold	c LGA Collins b Barrett	11
*CC Bradford	b LGA Collins	4
RO Lee	not out	1
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27, 3-104, 4-116, 5-124, 6-135, 7-?, 8-155, 9-?, 10-178 (80.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	31	11	59	3	-	-
Barrett	30	7	61	3	-	-
Elphick	8	2	14	0	-	-
LGA Collins	7.3	1	13	2	-	-
Croome	3	0	12	0	-	-
Morres	1	0	3	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Lee b P Rogers	33
+MJ Dauglish	run out	3
LP Collins	c and b Schwarz	29
HFM Morres	st +CC Bradford b P Rogers	40
*ACM Croome	b A Rogers	1
EA Watts	c Wells b P Rogers	43
HB Corry	not out	14
FE Chapman	did not bat
H Barrett	did not bat
W Barker	did not bat
CD Elphick	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-60, 3-?, 4-91, 5-148, 6-173 (66 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	3	0	19	0	1	-
P Rogers	27	8	57	3	-	-
A Rogers	25	8	48	1	-	-
Schwarz	6	1	29	1	-	-
BW Bradford	5	0	10	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WTF Deane	b Barrett	6
BW Bradford	c Croome b Barker	15
W Smith	c Elphick b Barrett	23
RO Schwarz	c Dauglish b Barrett	0
WA Wells	b Barker	1
P Rogers	c Barrett b Barker	25
GRW Dickinson	c Watts b Barker	14
A Rogers	c Chapman b Barrett	6
+FG Arnold	c Dauglish b Barrett	6
*CC Bradford	not out	14
RO Lee	b Barker	4
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-23, 3-44, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-115 (61.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	24.1	7	46	5	-	-
Barrett	23	10	41	5	-	-
LGA Collins	5	0	13	0	-	-
Elphick	4	0	8	0	-	-
Morres	2	0	2	0	-	-
Croome	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HB Corry made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RO Schwarz made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GRW Dickinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HB Corry made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WA Wells made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RO Lee made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HFM Morres (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Rogers reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Berkshire first innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won this match seven minutes before time, after declaring and setting Oxfordshire a victory target of 220 runs in two and a half hours. For the winners, Morres top-scored with 57, and there were 5 fours in Croome's 51. In the Berkshire first innings, Morres and Croome put on 105 runs for the fourth wicket, and Corry and Chapman 53 for the seventh. For the visitors, Schwarz's 86 included 11 fours. In the Berkshire first innings, Arnold held 4 catches, which equalled the wicket-keeping record for the competition held by himself and T Smart of Wiltshire. Arnold's four catches in the match were the most for a wicket-keeper in the season. Arnold split a finger keeping wicket in the Berkshire second innings, and C C Bradford took his place behind the stumps with A B Croom acting as substitute fielder. For the third year running, Oxfordshire played only six county matches and did not qualify for the Championship, but their matches counted as championship matches for their opponents -- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire.
[Missing: Extras breakdown, part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 1st inns boundaries in Morres's 57; in Oxfordshire 2nd inns part batting order.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 5 August; Reading Mercury 5,12 August; Reading Standard 4 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 5 August; Oxford Chronicle 5 August; Oxford Times 5 August; The Sportsman 3,4 August.

 

 

 

 

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