Minor Counties Championship 1895

41 MATCH NUMBER 28 : WORCESTERSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Dudley Cricket Club Ground, Tipton Road, Dudley on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 [no play] August 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Worcestershire Umpires: J Edge and F Gladwin Debutants: Worcestershire none; Oxfordshire 1 (Hon W F J North) First day score: As match – rain prevented play on second day Worcestershire Bowley, F L lbw b A Rogers 9 Millward, A st Headlam b Bassett 28 * H K Foster b A Rogers 0 Arnold, E G c Headlam b A Rogers 12 W H W Wilkes c North b A Rogers 13 R E Foster b A Rogers 0 E G Bromley-Martin cWard b F Arnold 15 E P Jobson st Headlam b P Rogers 12 + Straw, T run out 2 Burrows, R D c Day b P Rogers 9 Raynor, S not out 5 Extras lb 2 2 Total 107 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 13 43 59 65 65 65 107 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 23 9 39 5 - - Rogers, P 18 7 39 2 - - Bassett 10 2 25 1 - - Arnold, F 5 4 2 1 - - Extras - - 2 1 - - Total 56 22 107 10 0 0 Oxfordshire H Bassett b Raynor 1 A C Miller b Raynor 8 Arnold, F b E G Arnold 6 W S Case c Straw b E G Arnold 12 H G C Day b Raynor 1 A G Ward c Straw b E G Arnold 16 * G R Wood b E G Arnold 7 Hon W F J North b E G Arnold 10 Rogers, P not out 23 + C Headlam b E G Arnold 4 Rogers, A not out 2 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 Total (9 wickets) 96 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 50 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Arnold, E G 22 6 41 6 - - Derived from Worcestershire Minor Counties Raynor 22 7 50 3 - - Championship Averages – See notes Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 44 13 97x 9 0 1 96 Notes: Drawn rain-interrupted return match Rain delayed the start on the first day until after lunch, and prevented any play on the second day, with the game being abandoned shortly before 3.00 pm. The match at Oxford in June had also been drawn. No details of the Worcestershire bowling analysis have been found in the match sources listed . The analysis given has been derived by subtraction from the Worcestershire Minor Counties Championship averages in the 1896 James Lillywhite’s Cricketer’s Annual, with the exception of Raynor’s overs which have been adjusted upwards from 18.2 to 22 to equate with Arnold’s overs, and Arnold’s wickets which have been adjusted downwards from 8 to 6 to agree with the scorecard. The runs conceded add to one in excess of the Oxfordshire total of 96 for 9 wickets. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire inns Worcestershire bowling analysis absent from match score sources, and the bowler of the no ball.] Sources: Berrow’s Worcester Journal 17 August; Birmingham Daily Gazette 13,14 August; Birmingham Daily Mail 12,13 August; Birmingham Post 13,14 August; County Express and Dudley Mercury 17 August; Dudley Herald 17 August; Worcester Daily Times 12,13 August; Worcester Herald 17 August; Worcestershire Chronicle 17 August; Worcestershire Echo 13,14 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 17 August; Oxford Chronicle 17 August; Oxford Times 17 August; South Bucks Free Press 16 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.