minc174	Oxfordshire v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Merton College Ground, Oxford on 17th, 18th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Wiltshire 0
Umpires	F Gladwin, W Haggard
Close of play day 1	Wiltshire (1) 123 all out

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	b Overton	0
JRF Turner	b Overton	0
ED Compton	st Smart b Overton	16
W Smith	c Miller b Overton	1
JF Marsh	b Miller	26
BW Bradford	run out	0
A Rogers	c Ransome b Overton	17
WTF Deane	not out	28
*GR Wood	b Dibsdall	42
+C Headlam	c Atfield b Overton	10
P Rogers	b Dibsdall	0
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-?, 4-30, 5-?, 6-?, 7-60, 8-?, 9-?, 10-157 (63.3 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	28	11	44	6	-	-
Dibsdall	21.3	5	66	2	-	-
Miller	10	3	25	1	-	-
Newman	4	2	5	0	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Bradford b A Rogers	0
*AM Miller	c Bradford b A Rogers	14
WS Medlicott	c Compton b P Rogers	3
JE Stevens	b P Rogers	0
CAH Ransome	b P Rogers	42
AJ Atfield	c Bassett b A Rogers	10
HS Snell	b A Rogers	0
FW Newman	c P Rogers b Bradford	11
+T Smart	c and b Turner	8
AG Dibsdall	not out	22
W Overton	b P Rogers	0
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-17, 4-17, 5-28, 6-34, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-123 (60.2 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	20	11	23	4	-	-
P Rogers	18.2	6	42	4	-	-
Bassett	12	4	27	0	-	1
Bradford	4	1	9	1	-	-
Turner	6	2	9	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Stevens b Dibsdall	41
ED Compton	lbw b Overton	24
BW Bradford	c Miller b Smart	24
W Smith	b Dibsdall	52
JF Marsh	b Overton	32
A Rogers	c Overton b Dibsdall	5
WTF Deane	c Overton b Ransome	22
*GR Wood	lbw b Ransome	12
+C Headlam	b Ransome	0
P Rogers	not out	31
JRF Turner	b Smart	2
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-81, 3-119, 4-182, 5-182, 6-?, 7-207, 8-207, 9-240, 10-259 (98.3 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	27	10	75	2	-	-
Dibsdall	23	7	62	3	-	-
Newman	11	4	22	0	-	-
Miller	16	5	40	0	1	-
Smart	10.3	1	31	2	-	-
Ransome	11	5	15	3	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Awdry	c Deane b A Rogers	18
JE Stevens	c and b Turner	40
WS Medlicott	c Deane b P Rogers	15
CAH Ransome	run out	30
*AM Miller	c Smith b Marsh	15
AJ Atfield	c Bradford b Wood	28
HS Snell	not out	6
FW Newman	not out	0
+T Smart	did not bat
AG Dibsdall	did not bat
W Overton	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb)	18
Total	(6 wickets, 73 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-72, 3-?, 4-?, 5-146, 6-165

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	15	3	43	1	-	-
P Rogers	19	5	40	1	-	-
Wood	2	0	7	1	-	-
Bradford	11	3	19	0	-	-
Marsh	4	1	14	1	-	-
Bassett	13	8	11	0	-	-
Turner	9	2	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JRF Turner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CAH Ransome (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Dibsdall (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Smith (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> JE Stevens (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> W Overton reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings
--> CAH Ransome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 0-10)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This return match ended as a draw, as had the meeting between the two teams at Swindon at the beginning of the month.
Needing 294 runs to win in their second innings, Oxfordshire had scored 170-6 wickets when the stumps were drawn. Smith's 52 for the home team was the only score over fifty and contained 5 fours. Ransome top-scored for the visitors with 42.
Miller kept wicket for Wiltshire when Smart bowled.
[Missing: Part fall of wickets.]
Sources: Jackson's Oxford Journal 20 August; Oxford Chronicle 20 August; Oxford Times 20 August; Devizes and Wiltshire 25 August; Gazette Wiltshire Chronicle 20 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 20 August; Sporting Life 18,19 August; The Sportsman 17,18,19 August.

 

 

 

 

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