Minor Counties Championship 1895

32 MATCH NUMBER 19 : OXFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Britannia Works Ground, Banbury on Friday 2, Saturday 3 August 1895 Result: Oxfordshire won by an innings and 35 runs Points: Oxfordshire 1; Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: F Gladwin and S Pakes Debutants: Oxfordshire 4 (H Bassett, P C Joy, A C Miller, G R Wood); Bedfordshire 3 (F V Hoy, J Sanger, A J Turner) First day score: Oxfordshire 208; Bedfordshire 16-2 wickets (L C R Thring 6*, F V Hoy 10*) Oxfordshire H Bassett c Beasley b W F Brown 11 P C Joy st Sanger b W F Brown 20 C H S Gmelin b T A Brown 16 W S Case b T A Brown 0 Arnold, F b T A Brown 8 A C Miller c and b T A Brown 1 A G Ward b W F Brown 10 * G R Wood not out 76 Rogers, P c L C W Thring b T A Brown 28 Rogers, A b T A Brown 21 + C Headlam b T A Brown 11 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 Total 208 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 48 49 69 69 151 208 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - W F Brown 36 13 56 3 - - Brown, T A 41 10 105 7 - - Manton 6 2 16 0 - - Pope 11 3 25 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 94 28 208 10 0 0 Bedfordshire (Followed on) * L C R Thring b A Rogers 6 (1) run out 1 J Manton b A Rogers 0 (7) b A Rogers 1 A J Turner b A Rogers 0 (4) b P Rogers 0 Hoy, F V b A Rogers 12 (5) b P Rogers 53 C G Pope c Miller b A Rogers 2 (2) b P Rogers 1 Brown, T A c Case b A Rogers 3 (3) lbw b P Rogers 0 C L Beasley b P Rogers 0 (8) not out 43 L C W Thring c Headlam b A Rogers 0 (6) c P Rogers b Bassett 21 R Ryder c Miller b A Rogers 0 (9) b Arnold 3 + J Sanger st Headlam b A Rogers 0 (11) b P Rogers 0 W F Brown not out 4 (10) b P Rogers 1 Extras 5 17 Total 32 141 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 3 21 24 27 28 32 Second innings 8 51 127 141 Rogers, P 14 7 21 1 - - (1) 25 10 42 6 - - Rogers, A 13 9 6 9 - - (2) 21 8 43 1 - - Bassett (3) 10 4 14 1 - - Case (4) 3 0 15 0 - - Arnold (5) 5 0 10 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 17 1 - - Total 27 16 32 10 - - 64 22 141 10 - - Notes: Oxfordshire won by an innings and 35 runs shortly before 6.00 pm on the second day, after Bedfordshire followed on 176 runs behind.. Rain prevented play before lunch on the first day, and between lunch and 4.30 pm on the second. For the winners, A Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 49 runs, including 9 for 6 in the Bedfordshire first innings. This was statistically the best innings bowling performance of the season, and he took 5 wickets for no runs in his last 5 overs. In the Oxfordshire innings, Wood and P Rogers added 82 runs for the eighth wicket. Wood’s 76 not out included 8 fours. For Bedfordshire, Hoy top-scored with 53. In the Bedfordshire second innings, Hoy and Beasley added over 50 runs for the seventh wicket. Bedfordshire’s first innings total of 32 was the second lowest of the season. The Oxford Chronicle commented that the “Bedfordshire batsmen’s complaints about the wicket were quite unwarranted” and “it is to be regretted that Bedfordshire have taken their defeat with very ill grace”. [Missing: Ground location; part extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire second innings boundaries in Hoy’s 53, and size of seventh wicket partnership.] Sources: Banbury Guardian 8 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 10 August; Oxford Chronicle 10 August; Oxford Times 10 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 10 August; Bedfordshire Standard 9 August; Bedfordshire Times 10 August; Dunstable Advertiser 10 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 7 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 6 August; Luton News 8 August; The Sportsman 2,3,5 August.