minc492	Oxfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Hertford College Ground, Oxford on 3rd, 4th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 1; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	W Griffiths, C Hughes
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 78/6 (Brown 23*, Beddows 0*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	c Stratton b Pallett	18
H Bassett	c Hollowood b Moore	33
CHS Gmelin	lbw b Moore	19
*JF Marsh	b Pallett	33
W Smith	c Hollowood b Moore	0
WS Case	c Brown b Stratton	0
P Rogers	st Dearing b Moore	34
RD Slater	c Beddows b Moore	11
E Wakelin	b Pallett	8
A Rogers	c Beddows b Brown	9
WT Brooks	not out	9
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-69, 3-75, 4-75, 5-75, 6-134, 7-148, 8-160, 9-166, 10-182 (90.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pallett	32	11	49	3	-	-
Fereday	13	3	25	0	-	-
Moore	36	9	72	5	-	-
Stratton	3	1	10	1	-	-
Grose	3	0	11	0	-	-
Brown	3.5	1	7	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TA Grose	b A Rogers	4
A Hollowood	c Slater b A Rogers	0
*HD Stratton	b P Rogers	22
RC Page	b A Rogers	2
W Brown	not out	28
P Briggs	b A Rogers	1
JB Fereday	b Brooks	25
WJ Beddows	c JW Marsh b Brooks	0
E Moore	c P Rogers b A Rogers	1
HJ Pallett	b A Rogers	4
+H Dearing	b Brooks	2
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-20, 4-34, 5-35, 6-76, 7-78, 8-81, 9-85, 10-94 (64 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	30	15	36	6	-	-
P Rogers	15	6	24	1	-	-
Bassett	4	0	16	0	-	-
Brooks	13	9	8	3	-	-
Case	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	b Briggs	36
+JW Marsh	lbw b Moore	0
CHS Gmelin	c Briggs b Stratton	5
*JF Marsh	c and b Briggs	33
W Smith	c Fereday b Briggs	18
A Rogers	c Dearing b Hollowood	5
P Rogers	b Briggs	0
RD Slater	not out	17
E Wakelin	not out	1
WS Case	did not bat
WT Brooks	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 49 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-19, 3-73, 4-91, 5-101, 6-101, 7-113

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moore	11	4	21	1	-	-
Pallett	7	2	14	0	2	-
Brown	13	5	23	0	-	-
Stratton	4	2	9	1	-	-
Grose	2	0	10	0	-	-
Briggs	8	1	21	4	-	-
Hollowood	4	0	17	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Page	b A Rogers	3
JB Fereday	not out	31
*HD Stratton	b A Rogers	0
W Brown	c P Rogers b Wakelin	16
A Hollowood	b A Rogers	10
P Briggs	c JF Marsh b A Rogers	0
WJ Beddows	b A Rogers	0
E Moore	lbw b A Rogers	0
+H Dearing	c Wakelin b JW Marsh	4
HJ Pallett	not out	0
TA Grose	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 55 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-26, 4-48, 5-52, 6-54, 7-54, 8-75

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	27	17	21	6	-	-
Brooks	13	8	19	0	-	1
P Rogers	7	2	15	0	-	-
Bassett	5	3	6	0	-	-
Wakelin	1	1	0	1	-	-
JW Marsh	2	1	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RD Slater made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Beddows made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Moore made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HD Stratton (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> JF Marsh (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> HJ Pallett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-55)
--> E Moore achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> WT Brooks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> P Briggs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-8)

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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.
This game was drawn after the Oxfordshire declaration had set Staffordshire a victory target of 210 runs in ? minutes. For the home side, A Rogers took 12 wickets in the match for 57 runs. The 32 maidens he bowled were the most in a match in the season.
[Missing: In Oxfordshire first innings who bowled 2 no balls.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Abingdon Herald 8 August; Oxford Chronicle 8 August; Oxford Journal 8 August; Oxford Times 8 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 4 August; Birmingham Daily Post 4,5 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.

 

 

 

 

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