minc358	Oxfordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1901
Venue	New College Ground, Oxford on 14th, 15th August 1901 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxfordshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Oxfordshire 1; Bedfordshire -1
Umpires	R Barber, W Hearne
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 94/5 (Brown 4*, Stileman-Gibbard 3*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FG Brooks	c Moulder b Twiss	30
G Pollitt	c Moulder b Twiss	27
*HR Orr	b A Rogers	17
F Taylor	b Harper	1
RFA Orr	run out	6
TA Brown	not out	68
LG Stileman-Gibbard	b A Rogers	19
FB Brooks	run out	0
HF Holdstock	not out	8
L Parbury	did not bat
+WR Jeakings	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	25	5	55	0	-	-
A Rogers	27	5	54	2	-	-
Twiss	10	1	33	2	1	1
Harper	12	2	34	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	lbw b Parbury	8
G Holloway	b Brown	34
W Smith	b Brown	77
JF Marsh	lbw b Brown	20
P Rogers	c and b Parbury	8
CE Ponsonby	c Holdstock b Parbury	6
THK Moulder	c Taylor b Parbury	7
A Rogers	b Brown	2
*CC Bradford	c and b Brown	0
P Harper	not out	1
EK Twiss	b Brown	3
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-134, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-169 (52.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	26.3	2	72	6	-	-
Parbury	17	1	61	4	-	-
Holdstock	4	0	15	0	-	-
Stileman-Gibbard	5	0	18	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FG Brooks	b A Rogers	2
G Pollitt	b P Rogers	0
*HR Orr	b A Rogers	1
F Taylor	b P Rogers	0
RFA Orr	c Twiss b A Rogers	1
TA Brown	c and b P Rogers	3
LG Stileman-Gibbard	b P Rogers	1
FB Brooks	b P Rogers	0
HF Holdstock	b P Rogers	0
L Parbury	b A Rogers	8
+WR Jeakings	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 22.4 overs)	22
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-3, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-22 (22.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	11.4	5	9	6	-	-
A Rogers	11	8	7	4	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Smith	not out	17
JF Marsh	b Brown	7
THK Moulder	b Brown	11
A Rogers	not out	2
+JW Marsh	did not bat
G Holloway	did not bat
P Rogers	did not bat
CE Ponsonby	did not bat
*CC Bradford	did not bat
P Harper	did not bat
EK Twiss	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(2 wickets, 4.3 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-?

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	2.3	0	24	2	-	-
Holdstock	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HF Holdstock made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Harper made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Marsh (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 17
--> L Parbury reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> L Parbury reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings

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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.
Oxfordshire won by eight wickets with 3 minutes to spare, an outcome which appeared unlikely two hours previously.
Rain on the first day prevented a start before 3.30 pm and limited play to an hour.
When the Oxfordshire first innings was completed only an hour and a half was left for play and the Captains discussed whether stumps should be drawn.
It was decided to continue and Bedfordshire were bowled out in under an hour for 22, the lowest ever score since the Championship was launched in 1895.
The previous lowest was 23 by Staffordshire v Worcestershire at Stourbridge in 1895.
Oxfordshire needed 40 runs to win in just under half an hour, and got them for the loss of two wickets.
For the winners, Smith scored 77.
For Bedfordshire, Brown's 68 not out contained 7 fours.
[An alternative version of this score based on Bedfordshire sources has for the Bedfordshire first innings F G Brooks caught Holloway not Moulder.]
[Missing: Fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2nd inns batting order; in Oxfordshire 1st inns boundaries in Smith's 77; in Oxfordshire 2nd inns extras breakdown.]
Sources: Jackson's Oxford Journal 17 August; Oxford Chronicle 23 August; Oxford Times 17 August; Bedfordshire Standard 16 August; Luton News 15 August; The Sportsman 15,17 March.

 

 

 

 

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