Minor Counties Championship 1895

49 MATCH NUMBER 36 : NORFOLK V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Lakenham, Norwich on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 August 1895 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Norfolk 1 (Rev J C Wilson); Oxfordshire 2 (C C Bradford, F Deane) First day score: Norfolk 296; Oxfordshire 70-3 wickets (F Deane 18*, G R Wood 12*) Norfolk G B Raikes b P Rogers 6 Rev J C Wilson b A Rogers 1 P A Fryer c Deane b P Rogers 129 L Barratt c Wood b P Rogers 9 * A R Buxton st Arnold b P Rogers 54 Rev W F G Sandwith run out 1 Morley, T c Wood b Bassett 58 Cowles, S R B b Bassett 21 A P Sewell b Bassett 0 + G F Blake b Goold 3 Rev E S P Mack not out 0 Extras nb 2 14 Total 296 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 7 10 40 157 158 239 284 284 296 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 40 14 80 1 - - Rogers, P 49 15 93 4 - - Bassett 22 3 69 3 - 2 Goold 9.2 2 21 1 - - Wells 5 1 19 0 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - Total 125.2 35 296 10 - 2 Oxfordshire (Followed on) C C Bradford b Morley 5 ( ) c Morley b Mack 19 W A Wells b Mack 4 (1) c Raikes b Sewell 33 W Smith c and b Sewell 25 (3) c Sandwith b Raikes 29 F Deane c Sewell b Raikes 51 ( ) not out 16 * G R Wood c Blake b Morley 20 (2) c Mack b Cowles 35 H Bassett lbw b Raikes 7 ( ) not out 3 + Arnold, F b Mack 6 Rogers, P c Buxton b Raikes 4 A G Ward hit wicket b Mack 0 J Goold not out 11 Rogers, A c Morley b Mack 21 Extras 9 12 Total 163 (4 wickets) 147 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 11 11 40 89 115 132 163 Second innings 41 103 103 143 - - - - - - Mack 33.1 10 63 4 - - (2) 24 8 36 1 - - Morley 24 10 32 2 - - (3) 22 6 42 0 - - Raikes 16 3 30 3 - - (1) 21 11 24 1 - - Sewell 10 3 26 1 - - (4) 8 3 13 1 - - Cowles 2 1 3 0 - - (5) 12 3 20 1 - - Extras - - 9 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 85.1 27 163 10 - - 87 31 147 4 - - Notes: Match drawn after Oxfordshire followed on133 runs behind. Rain delayed the start on the second day until 11.50 pm. For Norfolk, Fryer’s 129 contained 1 five, 5 fours, 12 threes and 18 twos, scored in 190 minutes. It was the second highest individual innings of the season. Early on in his innings, a ball hit the stumps but did not dislodge a bail. In the Norfolk innings, Fryer and Buxton put on 117 runs for the fourth wicket. For Oxfordshire, Deane top-scored with 51. The 49 overs bowled by P Rogers in the Norfolk innings were the most bowled in an innings during the season. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; in Norfolk inns boundaries in Morley’s 58, and fall of 9 th wicket; in Oxfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in Deane’s 51, and fall of 6 th ,7 th and 8 th wickets; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns part batting order.] Sources: Norfolk Cricket Annual 1896; p 39-42; Eastern Daily Press 23 August; Eastern Evening News 21,22,23 August; Norfolk Chronicle 24 August; Abingdon Herald 24 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 24 August; Oxford Chronicle 24 August; Oxford Times 24 August; The Sportsman 21,22,23 August.