Minor Counties Championship 1895

38 MATCH NUMBER 25 : BEDFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Friday 9, Saturday 10 August 1895 Result: Oxfordshire won by an innings and 30 runs Points: Oxfordshire 1, Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: None First day score: Bedfordshire 90; Oxfordshire 223 Bedfordshire * L C R Thring b A Rogers 11 ( ) c A Rogers b P Rogers 13 C L Beasley b P Rogers 0 ( ) c Ward b A Rogers 6 Brown, T A st Headlam b Bassett 23 ( ) b P Rogers 29 A J Turner b P Rogers 2 ( ) b P Rogers 16 L C W Thring c and b Bassett 2 ( ) b P Rogers 2 C G Pope b P Rogers 7 ( ) b P Rogers 0 J Manton lbw b Bassett 7 ( ) b P Rogers 20 Hoy, F V b P Rogers 7 ( ) c Headlam b P Rogers 9 F W Potter b P Rogers 1 ( ) b A Rogers 0 + J Sanger not out 15 ( ) b P Rogers 0 W F Brown b P Rogers 5 ( ) not out 0 Extras 10 8 Total 90 103 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 90 Second innings 103 Rogers, A 13 6 14 1 - - (1) 13 4 23 2 - - Rogers, P 32.4 18 43 6 - - (2) 27.4 14 53 8 - - Bassett 20 10 23 3 - - (3) 14 7 19 0 - - Case (4) 1 1 0 0 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 65.4 34 90 10 - - 55.4 26 103 10 - - Oxfordshire H Bassett b W F Brown 63 A C Miller b T A Brown 11 W Smith c Turner b L C R Thring 20 W S Case c Turner b L C R Thring 6 Arnold, F b W F Brown 3 H G C Day b Pope 4 A G Ward b W F Brown 38 * G R Wood b Potter 33 Rogers, P c Sanger b Potter 11 Rogers, A b W F Brown 8 + C Headlam not out 3 Extras 23 Total 223 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 223 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - W F Brown 22 4 55 4 - - Brown, T A 20 5 45 1 - - Manton 7 2 19 0 - - L C R Thring 18 4 36 2 - - Potter 9.1 4 18 2 - - Pope 5 0 13 1 - - L C W Thring 6 0 14 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - Total 87.1 19 223 10 - - Notes: Oxfordshire won this return match by an innings and 30 runs. Oxfordshire also won when the teams met at Banbury the previous week. For the winners P Rogers took 14 wickets in the match for 96 runs, which was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season. The 32 maidens bowled by P Rogers were the most in a match during the season. Bassett top-scored in the match with 63. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Oxfordshire inns boundaries in Bassett’s 63; time completed.] Sources: Bedfordshire Mercury 17 August; Bedfordshire Standard 16 August; Bedfordshire Times 17 August; Dunstable Advertiser 17 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 14 August; Leighton Buzzard Observer 13 August; Luton News 15 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 17 August; Oxford Chronicle 17 August; Oxford Times 17 August; South Bucks Free Press 16 August; The Sportsman 9,11 August.