minc19	Oxfordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Britannia Works Ground, Banbury on 2nd, 3rd August 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxfordshire won by an innings and 35 runs
Points	Oxfordshire 1; Bedfordshire -1
Umpires	F Gladwin, S Pakes
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 16/2 (LCR Thring 6*, Hoy 10*)

---

Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Beasley b WF Brown	11
PC Joy	st Sanger b WF Brown	20
CHS Gmelin	b TA Brown	16
WS Case	b TA Brown	0
FG Arnold	b TA Brown	8
AC Miller	c and b TA Brown	1
AG Ward	b WF Brown	10
*GR Wood	not out	76
P Rogers	c LCW Thring b TA Brown	28
A Rogers	b TA Brown	21
+C Headlam	b TA Brown	11
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-35, 3-?, 4-48, 5-49, 6-69, 7-69, 8-151, 9-?, 10-208 (94 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	36	13	56	3	-	-
TA Brown	41	10	105	7	-	-
Manton	6	2	16	0	-	-
Pope	11	3	25	0	-	-

---

Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LCR Thring	b A Rogers	6
J Manton	b A Rogers	0
AJ Turner	b A Rogers	0
F Hoy	b A Rogers	12
CG Pope	c Miller b A Rogers	2
TA Brown	c Case b A Rogers	3
CEL Beasley	b P Rogers	0
LCW Thring	c Headlam b A Rogers	0
RV Ryder	c Miller b A Rogers	0
+J Sanger	st Headlam b A Rogers	0
WF Brown	not out	4
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 27 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-3, 3-21, 4-24, 5-27, 6-28, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-32 (27 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	14	7	21	1	-	-
A Rogers	13	9	6	9	-	-

---

Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LCR Thring	run out	1
CG Pope	b P Rogers	1
TA Brown	lbw b P Rogers	0
AJ Turner	b P Rogers	0
F Hoy	b P Rogers	53
LCW Thring	c P Rogers b Bassett	21
J Manton	b A Rogers	1
CEL Beasley	not out	43
RV Ryder	b Arnold	3
WF Brown	b P Rogers	1
+J Sanger	b P Rogers	0
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-8, 5-51, 6-?, 7-127, 8-?, 9-?, 10-141 (64 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	25	10	42	6	-	-
A Rogers	21	8	43	1	-	-
Bassett	10	4	14	1	-	-
Case	3	0	15	0	-	-
Arnold	5	0	10	1	-	-

---

Notes
--> H Bassett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Joy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Miller made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Wood made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Turner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Hoy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Sanger made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Joy made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEL Beasley (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-60)
--> TA Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> A Rogers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-56)
--> P Rogers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 5-46)

---

This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Oxfordshire won by an innings and 35 runs shortly before 6.00 pm on the second day, after Bedfordshire followed on 176 runs behind..
Rain prevented play before lunch on the first day, and between lunch and 4.30 pm on the second.
For the winners, A Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 49 runs, including 9 for 6 in the Bedfordshire first innings.
This was statistically the best innings bowling performance of the season, and he took 5 wickets for no runs in his last 5 overs.
In the Oxfordshire innings, Wood and P Rogers added 82 runs for the eighth wicket.
Wood's 76 not out included 8 fours.
For Bedfordshire, Hoy top-scored with 53.
In the Bedfordshire second innings, Hoy and Beasley added over 50 runs for the seventh wicket.
Bedfordshire's first innings total of 32 was the second lowest of the season.
The Oxford Chronicle commented that the "Bedfordshire batsmen's complaints about the wicket were quite unwarranted" and "it is to be regretted that Bedfordshire have taken their defeat with very ill grace".
[Missing: Ground location; part extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Hoy's 53, and size of seventh wicket partnership.]
Sources: Banbury Guardian 8 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 10 August; Oxford Chronicle 10 August; Oxford Times 10 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 10 August; Bedfordshire Standard 9 August; Bedfordshire Times 10 August; Dunstable Advertiser 10 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 6 August; Luton News 8 August; The Sportsman 2,3,5 August.

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles