Minor Counties Championship 1895

35 MATCH NUMBER 22 : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Big Field, Green Lane, Wolverton on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1895 Result: Buckinghamshire won by 51 runs Points: Oxfordshire -1 Toss: Buckinghamshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Buckinghamshire 5 (C H Allcock, C W Hunt, C D Robinson, J W Stratton, R A Williams); Oxfordshire none First day score: Buckinghamshire 105 and 6-1 wicket (C W Hunt ? *); Oxfordshire 70. Buckinghamshire * P J de Paravicini b A Rogers 17 (3) b A Rogers 0 C W Hunt b P Rogers 9 ( ) b A Rogers 2 Saunders, J b A Rogers 0 ( ) b P Rogers 2 Wright, M W c Headlam b P Rogers 22 ( ) lbw b Bassett 23 H Sutthery lbw b A Rogers 15 ( ) c Smith b A Rogers 44 C H Allcock b P Rogers 18 ( ) c Wood b A Rogers 7 + C D Robinson c A Rogers b P Rogers 5 ( ) c Smith b P Rogers 15 R A Williams b P Rogers 7 ( ) b Bassett 3 F T Higgins b P Rogers 6 ( ) c Smith b Bassett 2 J W Stratton not out 0 ( ) b P Rogers 18 Nash, G b P Rogers 0 ( ) not out 3 Extras b 6 6 b 2, lb 1 3 Total 105 122 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 105 Second innings 36 91 122 Rogers, P 30 13 26 7 - - (1) 20 14 31 3 - - Rogers, A 20 11 55 3 - - (2) 38 17 40 4 - - Bassett 19 8 18 0 - - (3) 20 7 36 3 - - Arnold (4) 6 3 12 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 69 32 105 10 0 0 84 41 122 10 0 0 Oxfordshire H Bassett b Wright 5 ( ) c Robinson b Nash 3 A C Miller b Wright 1 ( ) b Wright 9 W Smith st Robinson b Nash 2 ( ) c and b Wright 37 W S Case c Robinson b Nash 8 ( ) b Stratton 21 H G C Day c Saunders b Wright 21 ( ) c Nash b Wright 1 Arnold, F not out 17 ( ) b Nash 10 * G R Wood b Wright 1 ( ) b Wright 0 A G Ward b Nash 2 ( ) c Robinson b Wright 6 Rogers, P b Wright 0 ( ) c Stratton b Nash 5 Rogers, A b Nash 8 ( ) c Williams b Nash 3 + C Headlam b Nash 1 ( ) not out 1 Extras b 4 4 10 Total 70 106 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 70 Second innings 106 Nash 27.1 9 41 5 - - (1) 19 9 30 4 - - Wright 27 14 25 5 - - (2) 26 11 27 5 - - Allcock (3) 6 0 16 0 - - Stratton (4) 8 0 23 1 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 54.1 23 70 10 0 0 59 20 106 10 - - Notes: Buckinghamshire completed their victory in this return match shortly after 4.00 pm on the second day, thus completing the double over Oxfordshire, having also won when the two teams met at Thame in July. Two players took 10 wickets in the match. For the winners, Wright took 10 for 52 runs (and Nash 9 for 71). For the visitors, P Rogers took 10 for 57 runs. The match was poorly reported in the Oxfordshire press. The game was originally due to be played at the new County Ground at Aylesbury. However, the pitch at the latter was deemed unfit to sustain a two-day game. [Missing: Umpires; Hunt’s overnight not out score; fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns batting order, and extras breakdown.] Sources: Bucks Herald 10 August; South Bucks Free Press 9 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 10 August; Oxford Chronicle 10 August; Oxford Times 10 August; The Sportsman 8 August.