minc664	Oxfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1905
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 4th, 5th August 1905 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Berkshire 2
Umpires	TH Holton, DJ Jennings
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (2) 28/2 (JF Marsh 12*, Hartley 2*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Nepean b Sansum	9
P Rogers	c Rowe b Sansum	5
R Hartley	b Bennett	62
*JF Marsh	c Rowe b Sansum	2
W Smith	c Dowell b Sansum	3
WH Follett	c Cave b Sansum	0
+JW Marsh	c and b Sansum	5
MG Arnett	c Cave b Sansum	8
HJM Eade	lbw b Bennett	0
GFH Berkeley	c Dowell b Bennett	3
A Rogers	not out	16
Extras	(10 b, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-124 (41 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	17	3	54	0	-	-
Sansum	16	3	42	7	1	-
Rowe	4	1	9	0	-	-
Bennett	4	1	8	3	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	b A Rogers	33
JH Dowell	b A Rogers	11
FE Rowe	b Eade	36
+EA Watts	b A Rogers	5
WM Greenfield	b Eade	12
ACM Croome	b Bassett	32
*CEMY Nepean	lbw b Eade	0
ASB Tull	b Eade	2
W Cave	st JW Marsh b Bassett	5
AB Croom	lbw b Eade	2
A Sansum	not out	7
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-162 (49 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	22	6	44	3	-	-
Bassett	10	2	42	2	-	-
Berkeley	6	1	31	0	-	-
Eade	11	3	28	5	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Hartley	c Croome b Rowe	116
*JF Marsh	lbw b Rowe	54
WH Follett	c Bennett b Cave	4
+JW Marsh	c Nepean b Cave	5
W Smith	c Tull b Cave	39
P Rogers	not out	41
H Bassett	not out	11
MG Arnett	did not bat
HJM Eade	did not bat
GFH Berkeley	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 w)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sansum	19	3	79	0	-	-
Cave	20	2	91	3	-	-
Croome	4	0	11	0	-	-
Bennett	8	0	56	0	-	-
Rowe	7	0	34	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	c JW Marsh b Arnett	17
*CEMY Nepean	lbw b Berkeley	51
JH Dowell	c JW Marsh b Bassett	28
FE Rowe	b Bassett	7
+EA Watts	not out	16
WM Greenfield	not out	14
ACM Croome	did not bat
ASB Tull	did not bat
W Cave	did not bat
AB Croom	did not bat
A Sansum	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, 32 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eade	11	1	57	0	-	-
Arnett	7	0	33	1	-	-
Bassett	9	3	28	2	-	-
Berkeley	5	2	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Oxfordshire second innings adds 1 run over
--> ASB Tull made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Hartley (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Hartley (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Dowell (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Sansum achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-73)
--> A Sansum achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> GGM Bennett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-25)
--> HJM Eade achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> HJM Eade achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire 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.
This match was drawn with Berkshire winning on first innings. For Oxfordshire, Hartley scored 116, with 17 fours, and 62. J F Marsh scored 54. For the visitors, Sansum took 7 wickets for 42 in the Berkshire first innings. Nepean scored 51.
[Missing: Ground location; Fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire first innings boundaries in Hartley's 62; in Oxfordshire second innings threes and twos and duration of
Hartley's 116, boundaries in J F Marsh's 54, runs conceded bowling 1 in excess and who bowled the 3 wides; in Berkshire second
innings boundaries in Nepean's 51 and who bowled the 2 no balls.]
Sources: Oxford Chronicle 11 August; Oxford Times 12 August; Berkshire Chronicle 12 August; Reading Mercury 12 August; Reading Standard 12 August; Sporting Life 5,7 August; The Sportsman 5,7 August.

 

 

 

 

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