The MInor Counties Championship 1900

119 OXFORDSHIRE 1900 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 2, drawn 4. Position: Sixth equal with Wiltshire out of fourteen Won: v Bedfordshire at Oxford, and v Bedfordshire at Luton Lost: v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, and v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury Drawn: v Berkshire at Oxford, v Wiltshire at Oxford, v Berkshire at Reading, and v Buckinghamshire at Oxford. Captain: C C Bradford (7 matches) ñ R O Schwarz was captain for the match in which C C Bradford did not play Wicket-keepers: F Arnold (4 matches), C Headlam (2 matches), and C Lay (2 matches) Debutants: 6 (W Hatt, C Lay, M Molloy, Hon C E Ponsonby, J A Pott and H B Street) Final season for team: 7 (Rev B W Bradford, F Deane, W Hatt, A J Kirtland, C Lay, J A Pott and R O Schwarz) Hon Secretary: H M Turner Umpire: F Gladwin Professionals: 4 (F Arnold, A J Kirtland, A Rogers and P Rogers) Home ground 1: The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford (4 matches) Notes: After an absence of three years, Oxfordshire re-qualified for the Championship and shared sixth place with Wiltshire. They played the same three opponents as in 1899, together with Bedfordshire. Of the players making their debut for the County in the Championship during the season, J A Pott had played 1 match for Berkshire in 1898. Career milestones passed during the year were one thousand runs by A Rogers and W Smith, and two hundred wickets by both A Rogers and P Rogers. OXFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1900 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 6 players who made their Championship debut for Oxfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1900 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Oxfordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Arnold, F 4 5 0 21 35 7.00 - - 3 6 1 - - - - - - - - H T Baines 1 2 0 25 41 20.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - H Bassett 7 11 2 56* 329 36.55 - 2 - 1 - 134.2 28 338 26 13.00 5-18 - 1 Rev B W Bradford 5 6 1 49 63 12.60 - - - 3 - 13 4 27 2 13.50 1-0 - - C C Bradford 7 10 2 32 103 12.87 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - W S Case 2 4 1 31* 39 13.00 - - - 1 - 2 1 2 1 2.00 1-2 - - E D Compton 2 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - F Deane 1 2 1 30 59 59.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - W Hatt + 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 6 0 27 1 27.00 1-27 - - C Headlam 2 4 2 8 16 8.00 - - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - G Holloway 4 6 1 55 99 19.80 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - Kirtland, A J 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - 2 0 20 0 - - - - C Lay + 2 2 0 13 20 10.00 - - - 5 2 - - - - - - - - J F Marsh 8 13 1 56 209 17.41 - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - - M Molloy + 4 6 0 12 35 5.83 - - 1 3 - 23.5 2 84 2 42.00 1-2 - - Hon C E Ponsonby + 1 1 1 35* 35 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - J A Pott + 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 8 12 1 60 201 18.27 - 2 - 3 - 258.4 66 563 38 14.81 7-21 1 2 Rogers, P 8 11 0 32 150 13.63 - - - 3 - 281.4 69 553 50 11.06 9-20 1 2 R O Schwarz 3 4 0 58 103 25.75 - 1 - - - 31.5 5 79 4 19.75 3-43 - - W Smith 8 12 1 89 391 35.54 - 2 - 4 - - - - - - - - - H B Street + 1 2 0 8 12 6.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - J R F Turner 4 6 2 12 15 3.75 - - 2 2 - 26 5 73 4 18.25 3-20 - - G R Wood 2 2 0 9 9 4.50 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 70 - - - - - - - - 101 3 - - - - Total 87 126 16 89 2040 18.54 0 9 11 29 5 779.2 180 [1867] 131 [14.25] 9-20 2 5 1878 14.33 (24 players) (6 ball overs) Notes: Runs bowling 1 short in first innings of Match 54 v Bedfordshire at Luton, and 10 short in first innings of Match 66 v Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury. T H K Moulder was selected to play in Match 50 v Wiltshire at Trowbridge, but had been away and did not receive his in invitation until late on the evening of the first day and no substitute arrived to take his place. FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY ñ CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Oxfordhire in a championship match in 1900. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I Rev B W Bradford 1897 19 29 3 81 384 14.76 - 1 5 13 - 1140 581 30 19.36 3-12 - - F Deane 1895 10 19 4 51 349 23.26 - 1 4 7 - - - - - - - - W Hatt 1900 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - - - 36 27 1 27.00 1-27 - - Kirtland, A J 1895 8 13 2 11 46 4.18 - - 4 3 - 461 265 16 16.56 6-22 - 1 C Lay 1900 2 2 0 13 20 10.00 - - - 5 2 - - - - - - - J A Pott 1900 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - R O Schwarz 1899 6 10 0 86 340 34.00 - 3 1 1 - 361 165 7 23.57 3-43 - - (7 players)