Minor Counties Championship 1895

26 MATCH NUMBER 13 : OXFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The Oxford County School Ground, Windmill Road, Thame on Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 July 1895 Result: Buckinghamshire won by 65 runs Points: Oxfordshire -1 Toss: Not known Umpires: R Barber and F Gladwin Debutants: Oxfordshire 4 (C E Browrigg, J Goold, A J Kirtland, S H Lee); Buckinghamshire 11 (Whole team) First day score: Buckinghamshire 129 and 35-2 wickets (J Saunders 16*, M WWright 0*); Oxfordshire 97. Buckinghamshire * P J de Paravicini b A Rogers 7 (1) c Arnold b A Rogers 10 Langley, F b P Rogers 14 (2) lbw b A Rogers 9 Saunders, J c and b P Rogers 32 (3) c substitute b P Rogers 32 Wright, M W b A Rogers 17 (4) c Day b A Rogers 1 H Sutthery c Wells b P Rogers 7 (5) c Collier b A Rogers 4 S Bird b P Rogers 22 (6) c A Rogers b P Rogers 19 R H Mitchell c Brownrigg b A Rogers 0 (7) b P Rogers 20 F T Higgins c Arnold b P Rogers 6 (8) b P Rogers 4 J W Morrison b A Rogers 12 (9) b P Rogers 2 + C E Cobb c Arnold b A Rogers 8 (10) c Goold b A Rogers 1 Nash, G not out 0 (11) not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 3 4 lb 1 1 Total 129 103 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 41 129 Second innings 38 45 96 97 103 Rogers, P 33 14 63 5 - - (1) 24 8 46 5 - - Rogers, A 32.1 12 62 5 - - (2) 23.4 6 56 5 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 65.1 26 129 10 0 0 47.4 14 103 10 0 0 Oxfordshire H G C Day b Nash 26 (2) b Nash 6 C H S Gmelin b Wright 1 (1) b Wright 7 C E Brownrigg c Bird b Wright 17 (3) c Sutthery b Nash 0 S H Lee lbw b Wright 0 (4) c Sutthery b Nash 6 + Arnold, F b Nash 16 (5) b Nash 12 Rogers, P c Langley b Wright 0 (6) c de Paravicini b Wright 7 A J Kirtland b Nash 1 (7) c Nash b Wright 5 Rogers, A b Wright 4 (8) c Cobb b Nash 0 W A Wells lbw b Nash 5 (9) not out 6 * J Goold c de Paravicini b Nash 17 (10) c Cobb b Nash 15 C S Collier not out 6 (11) st Cobb b Nash 4 Extras b 4 4 b 2 2 Total 97 70 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 97 Second innings 70 Nash 22 9 53 5 - - (1) 18.1 6 42 7 - - Wright 21 10 40 5 - - (2) 18 10 26 3 - - Morrison 1 1 0 0 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 44 20 97 10 0 0 36.1 16 70 10 0 0 Notes: Buckinghamshire won by 65 runs at 3.30 pm on the second day. The game marked Buckinghamshire’s debut in a Championship match, but the team did not ‘qualify’ for the competition table. The match was played in hot weather on both days. Newspaper reports indicate that an overdose of watering of the pitch delayed the start of the game, and gave the bowlers an advantage throughout the match. For Buckinghamshire, Nash took 12 wickets in the match for 95 runs, including 7 for 42 in the Oxfordshire second innings. For Oxfordshire, the Rogers brothers bowled unchanged through both innings. P Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 109 runs and A Rogers 10 for 118 runs. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns holder of substitute catch.] Sources: Abingdon Herald 20 July; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 20 July; Oxford Chronicle 20 July; Oxford Times 20 July; Bucks Advertiser 20 July; Bucks Herald 20 July; South Bucks Free Press 19 July; The Cricket Field 27 July; Sporting Life 18,19 July; The Sportsman 17,18,19 July.