minc501	Oxfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Hertford College Ground, Oxford on 7th, 8th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Hertfordshire 1
Umpires	H Coulson, W Hearne
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 60/1 (JW Marsh 22*, Bassett 22*)

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Butcher	b A Rogers	17
AJ Golding	b A Rogers	15
CCT Doll	b A Rogers	4
HE White	c P Rogers b A Rogers	26
GO Bigge	b P Rogers	34
EJ Metcalfe	b A Rogers	1
*HJ Hill	c P Rogers b Brooks	20
WE Coleman	b A Rogers	22
+EH Wales	b Wakelin	57
CT Rudd	b Molloy	29
WJ Rudd	not out	29
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-263 (101 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	36	9	90	6	-	-
P Rogers	30	4	73	1	-	-
Brooks	12	3	24	1	-	-
Wakelin	3	0	6	1	-	-
Bassett	8	2	12	0	-	-
Molloy	7	2	22	1	-	-
JW Marsh	5	0	27	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	b Coleman	25
CHS Gmelin	b Coleman	7
H Bassett	c Bigge b White	53
*JF Marsh	b Coleman	50
W Smith	b White	7
WS Case	b White	0
P Rogers	c White b WJ Rudd	10
MT Molloy	c and b WJ Rudd	4
E Wakelin	lbw b WJ Rudd	7
WT Brooks	not out	2
A Rogers	c CT Rudd b WJ Rudd	1
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-180 (94 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	36	16	55	3	-	-
Coleman	26	9	43	3	-	-
WJ Rudd	23	5	36	4	-	-
Golding	2	1	6	0	-	-
Metcalfe	5	1	11	0	-	-
CT Rudd	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Golding	c Smith b Wakelin	59
HE White	b A Rogers	15
GO Bigge	b Wakelin	44
EJ Metcalfe	c JW Marsh b Wakelin	6
*HJ Hill	c JF Marsh b Wakelin	10
WE Coleman	b Wakelin	0
A Butcher	not out	15
CCT Doll	not out	14
+EH Wales	did not bat
CT Rudd	did not bat
WJ Rudd	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 31 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	8	1	25	1	-	-
Brooks	4	0	28	0	-	-
P Rogers	4	1	32	0	-	-
Molloy	1	0	14	0	-	-
Wakelin	7	0	39	5	-	-
Bassett	7	0	25	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	b White	26
MT Molloy	c Coleman b WJ Rudd	29
CHS Gmelin	c Wales b WJ Rudd	2
H Bassett	b Coleman	1
*JF Marsh	c White b WJ Rudd	0
W Smith	not out	51
P Rogers	b Coleman	8
WS Case	c White b Metcalfe	25
E Wakelin	not out	20
WT Brooks	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 67 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-81, 7-121

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	20	5	67	2	-	-
WJ Rudd	26	8	52	3	-	-
White	16	7	19	1	-	-
Hill	1	0	8	0	-	-
Metcalfe	4	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Oxfordshire second innings batting adds 1 run under
--> EH Wales (1) equalled his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Rudd (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Marsh (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 24
--> AJ Golding (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 20
--> WJ Rudd reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> E Wakelin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 1-0)
--> E Wakelin achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second 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.
This match was drawn after the Hertfordshire declaration set Oxfordshire a target of 258 runs in 150 minutes. For the home team, Bassett scored 53, Smith 51 not out and J F Marsh 50.
Smith and Wakelin added 53 runs undefeated for the eighth wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings. For Hertfordshire, Golding scored 59 and Wales 57. Wales and W J Rudd added over 50 for the tenth wicket in the Hertfordshire first innings. In the Hertfordshire second innings the first hundred runs were scored in 35 minutes. J W Marsh is reported as bowling without taking off his wicket-keeping pads. When he had scored 20 in the Hertfordshire second innings, Golding reached the career milestone of two thousand runs in championship matches.
[Missing: Fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire first innings boundaries in Wales's 57; in Hertfordshire second innings boundaries in Golding's 59; in Oxfordshire first innings boundaries in Bassett's 53 and J F Marsh's 50; in Oxfordshire second innings runs batting one short, boundaries in Smith's 51 not out, and part batting order.]
Sources: Abingdon Herald 15 August; Oxford Chronicle 14 August; Oxford Journal 15 August; Oxford Times 15 August; Barnet Times 14 August; Herts Advertiser 15 August; Herts Leader 11 August; Hertfordshire Express 15 August; Hertfordshire Standard 14 August; St Albans Gazette 12 August; Watford Observer 15 August; The Sportsman 8,10 August.

 

 

 

 

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