minc211	Wiltshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1899
Venue	The County Ground, Swindon on 4th, 5th August 1899 (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) 22/2 (Polley 8*)

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Medlicott	b P Rogers	111
CS Awdry	b P Rogers	1
JE Stevens	b A Rogers	58
WRR Smith	b A Rogers	5
OG Radcliffe	b Bradford	10
*AM Miller	b Polley	16
HS Snell	run out	9
T Smart	c Dickinson b Polley	51
W George	st Arnold b A Rogers	70
+JP Pinniger	b A Rogers	0
W Overton	not out	10
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 130 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-136, 3-144, 4-157, 5-193, 6-213, 7-218, 8-333, 9-333, 10-353 (130 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	42	8	95	4	-	-
P Rogers	35	5	92	2	-	-
Schwarz	12	2	39	0	-	-
Case	10	0	43	0	1	-
Polley	19	4	29	2	-	-
Bradford	12	1	43	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Case	b Smith	1
*BW Bradford	lbw b Smart	13
G Polley	c Smith b Smart	9
RO Schwarz	c Medlicott b Overton	33
W Smith	b Smith	5
JF Marsh	run out	50
GRW Dickinson	b Overton	1
THK Moulder	c George b Radcliffe	28
P Rogers	not out	4
A Rogers	c and b Smith	4
+F Arnold	b Smith	0
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-22, 3-29, 4-40, 5-72, 6-130, 7-135, 8-161, 9-169, 10-169 (75.4 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	9	2	14	0	-	-
Smith	30.4	13	47	4	-	-
Smart	23	5	58	2	-	-
Overton	10	2	23	2	-	-
Radcliffe	3	1	6	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BW Bradford	b Miller	38
P Rogers	c Radcliffe b Smart	4
G Polley	b Smith	12
RO Schwarz	b Smart	66
W Smith	c Awdry b Smart	64
JF Marsh	b Overton	31
GRW Dickinson	not out	4
WS Case	did not bat
THK Moulder	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
+F Arnold	did not bat
Extras	(? b, ? lb, ? nb, 3 w)	28
Total	(6 wickets, 89.1 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-27, 3-90, 4-152, 5-212, 6-247 (89.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	12	59	1	1	-
Smart	17.1	2	50	3	-	-
Awdry	5	2	12	0	1	-
Overton	19	7	49	1	-	-
Radcliffe	11	4	18	0	1	-
Miller	8	1	21	1	-	-
Medlicott	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JP Pinniger made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Medlicott (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WS Medlicott (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W George (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
The match was drawn after Oxfordshire followed on 184 runs behind on first innings. For Wiltshire, there were 6 fours, 9 threes and 14 twos in Medlicott's 111, an innings of 3 hours and 10 minutes. There were 8 fours in George's 70, and 4 fours in both Stevens's 58 and Smart's 51. In the home team's innings, Medlicott and Stevens put on 135 for the second wicket, and Smart and George 115 for the eighth, the latter being the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Oxfordshire, Schwarz's 66 included 7 fours, and Smith's 64 contained 1 five and 7 fours. Marsh scored 50. C C Bradford had dislocated a finger, and his brother captained the Oxfordshire team.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Oxfordshire 1st inns boundaries in Marsh's 50..]
Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 10 August; North Wilts Herald 11 August; Swindon Advertiser 12 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 12 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 12 August; Wiltshire Times 12 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 12 August; Oxford Chronicle 12 August; Oxford Times 12 August; The Sportsman 8 August.

 

 

 

 

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