Minor Counties Championship 1895

18 MATCH NUMBER 5 : OXFORDSHIRE V WORCESTERSHIRE At The Christ Church College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Monday 24, Tuesday 25 June 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Oxfordshire 11 (Whole team); Worcestershire 11 (Whole team) First day score: Oxfordshire 229; Worcestershire 91-5 wickets (G E Bromley-Martin 37*, E G Bromley-Martin 3*) Oxfordshire * W S Case b Raynor 71 (1) c Wilkes b Raynor 4 C H S Gmelin b Raynor 16 (2) c Simpson b Millward 29 A G Ward b Millward 1 (3) c Rhodes b Millward 17 H G C Day c E G Bromley-Martin b Millward 6 (4) c Rhodes b Millward 22 Rogers, P b Raynor 4 (5) b Bird 7 Arnold, F c Simpson b Raynor 32 (6) c E G Arnold b E G Bromley-Martin 36 W Smith c G E Bromley-Martin b E G Arnold 62 (7) not out 37 Rogers, A c E G Bromley-Martin b Bird 4 W A Wells lbw b Bird 14 + C Headlam b E G Arnold 0 C S Collier not out 11 Extras 8 9 Total 229 (6 wickets declared) 161 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 80 81 90 94 101 179 201 211 229 229 Second innings 5 30 79 79 90 161 - - - - Bird 26.1 8 66 2 - - (1) 26 8 50 1 - - Millward 33 19 54 2 - - (3) 26 12 36 3 - - Raynor 25 4 79 4 - - (2) 16 4 66 1 - - Boucher 5 1 20 0 - - Arnold, E G 1 0 2 2 - - E G Bromley-Martin (4) 0.2 0 0 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 90.1 32 229 10 0 0 68.2 24 161 6 0 0 Worcestershire Arnold, E G run out 17 (1) c Gmelin b P Rogers 20 W H W Wilkes c Ward b P Rogers 3 (2) c Headlam b Case 8 G H T Simpson st Headlam b Case 21 (3) b Case 23 G E Bromley-Martin c F Arnold b A Rogers 44 (4) not out 34 + T B Rhodes b Case 0 (5) c Headlam b Collier 18 Millward, A c F Arnold b A Rogers 8 (7) not out 9 * E G Bromley-Martin b A Rogers 19 Fereday, J B st Headlam b P Rogers 12 Raynor, S b P Rogers 15 Bird, A not out 7 (6) c and b Case 2 R Boucher b A Rogers 0 Extras 5 1 Total 151 (5 wickets) 115 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 29 79 80 81 109 123 130 151 151 Second innings 22 63 - - - - - Rogers, A 32.3 8 58 4 - - (1) 22 8 40 0 - - Rogers, P 38 10 67 3 - - (2) 21 8 33 1 - - Collier 4 1 15 0 - - (3) 5 2 6 1 - - Arnold, F 1 0 1 0 - - (4) 4 1 13 0 - - Case 6 5 5 2 - - (3) 9 3 22 3 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 81.3 24 151 10 0 0 61 22 115 5 0 0 Notes: This match was drawn after Oxfordshire declared and set Worcestershire a victory target of 240 runs. The game marked the debut of both teams in the Championship. In the Worcestershire first innings, when the eighth wicket fell 20 runs were still required to save the follow-on, but Raynor and Bird added 21 runs for the ninth wicket. For Oxfordshire there were 10 fours in Case’s 71, including five boundaries off successive balls, and 1 five and 9 fours in Smith’s 62. Millward’s 19 maidens in the first Oxfordshire innings were the most bowled in an innings during the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Worcestershire 2 nd inns fall of 2 nd , 3 rd and 5 th wickets, and time left to bat.] Sources: Abingdon Herald 29 June; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 29 June; Oxford Chronicle 29 June; Oxford Times 29 June; Berrow’s Worcester Journal 29 June; Birmingham Post 25,26 June; Worcester Daily Times 24,25 June; Worcester Herald 29 June; Worcestershire Echo 25,26 June; Sporting Chronicle 25,26 June; The Sportsman 23,24,25 June.