Minor Counties Championship 1895

51 MATCH NUMBER 38 : OXFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Monday 26, Tuesday 27 August 1895 Result: Norfolk won by 69 runs Points: Norfolk 1; Oxfordshire -1 Toss: Norfolk Umpires: Not known Debutants: Oxfordshire 3 (E Hinton, G Holloway, W King); Norfolk 1 (C Tillard) First day score: Norfolk 159; Oxfordshire 158-8 wickets (J Goold 23*, A Rogers 18*) Norfolk F Davies b P Rogers 10 ( ) st Arnold b P Rogers 94 J F Skrimshire b A Rogers 15 ( ) c Wood b P Rogers 18 C Tillard b A Rogers 15 ( ) c P Rogers b A Rogers 28 L Barratt b P Rogers 13 ( ) c Ward b A Rogers 3 * A R Buxton c Wood b A Rogers 18 ( ) c Bassett b P Rogers 2 Rev J C Wilson b A Rogers 16 ( ) lbw b A Rogers 12 Morley, T c Arnold b A Rogers 0 ( ) b P Rogers 1 Cowles, S R B c Goold b A Rogers 33 ( ) b A Rogers 3 + G F Blake c A Rogers b P Rogers 27 ( ) c Arnold b P Rogers 9 Rev E S P Mack not out 5 ( ) b Bassett 5 Shore, C b P Rogers 4 ( ) not out 0 Extras 3 b 2, lb 5 7 Total 159 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 159 Second innings 30 99 182 Rogers, A 35 11 62 6 - - (1) 30 10 56 4 - - Rogers, P 28 7 77 4 - - (2) 36 12 80 5 - - King 8 3 17 0 - - (5) 5 4 2 0 - - Bassett (3) 8.4 3 21 1 - - Goold (4) 3 0 16 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 71 21 159 10 - - 82.4 29 182 10 0 0 Oxfordshire H Bassett c Cowles b Morley 11 ( ) b Shore 13 * G R Wood c Blake b Mack 50 ( ) b Shore 10 W Smith c and b Morley 2 ( ) c Barratt b Morley 24 E Hinton c and b Mack 6 ( ) st Blake b Shore 16 + Arnold, F c Shore b Mack 25 ( ) b Mack 7 A G Ward c Davies b Morley 6 ( ) lbw b Mack 0 G Holloway c Blake b Mack 1 ( ) run out 14 Rogers, P run out 11 ( ) b Shore 0 J Goold not out 27 ( ) c Morley b Mack 4 Rogers, A c Mack b Morley 26 ( ) c Davies b Shore 2 W King c and b Morley 2 ( ) not out 8 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 2 2 Total 172 100 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 172 Second innings 100 Shore 13 5 29 0 - - (1) 18.4 9 34 5 - - Morley 20 3 64 5 - - (2) 16 5 40 1 - - Mack 13 1 47 4 - - (3) 9 3 24 3 - - Cowles 5 1 21 0 - - Tillard 2 1 6 0 - - Extras - - 5 1 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 53 11 172 10 0 0 43.4 17 100 10 0 0 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by 69 runs. The encounter between the two teams at Norwich the week before had been drawn. The victory kept open Norfolk’s hopes of sharing the Championship title. The match was originally due to be played at Witney, but the pitch there was judged unfit for a two-day game and was transferred to the Hertford College ground. Rain delayed the start on the first day until noon. For the winners, there were 9 fours in Davies’s 94. In the Norfolk first innings, Cowles and Blake added over fifty for the eighth wicket. For Oxfordshire, A Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 118 runs. Wood top-scored with 50. The 157 runs conceded by P Rogers were the most in a match during the season. [Missing: Umpires; fall of wickets; in Norfolk first innings extras breakdown, and details of runs in 8 th wicket partnership; in Norfolk 2 nd inns batting order; in Oxfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in Wood’s 50; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns batting order; time completed.] Sources: Jackson’s Oxford Journal 31 August; Oxford Chronicle 31 August; Oxford Times 31 August; Norfolk Cricket Annual 1896, p 42-45; Eastern Daily Press 29 August; Eastern Evening News 27,28 August; The Cricket Field 31 August; Sporting Life 28 August; The Sportsman 27,28 August.