The MInor Counties Championship 1900

55 MATCH NUMBER 36 : OXFORDSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford on Monday 6 [no play], Tuesday 7 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: F Gladwin and J Relf Debutants: Oxfordshire 2 (C Lay, J A Pott); Berkshire 2 (F J Barmby, A P Strange) First day score: Rain prevented play Oxfordshire E D Compton b Brown 0 H Bassett b Brown 12 R O Schwarz c Worsley b Barker 58 J F Marsh c and b Croome 8 W Smith b Barker 4 Rogers, P c and b Worsley 13 Rev B W Bradford c Worsley b Barker 3 Rogers, A b Brown 60 J A Pott b Worsley 0 + C Lay b Barker 13 * C C Bradford not out 4 Extras b 6, lb 1 7 Total 182 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 2 52 66 73 96 100 107 110 147 182 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Brown 15.3 3 43 3 - - Williams 8 2 35 0 - - Croome 16 4 30 1 - - Barker 18 4 41 4 - - Worsley 9 2 26 2 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 66.3 15 182 10 0 0 Berkshire (Followed on) R A Williams b P Rogers 5 ( ) b Schwarz 33 A P Strange c Lay b A Rogers 1 ( ) b Schwarz 3 Watts, E b P Rogers 14 ( ) c Lay b P Rogers 6 H M Worsley b P Rogers 0 ( ) b Bassett 1 * A C M Croome b P Rogers 2 ( ) b Bassett 4 Brown, C E b P Rogers 5 ( ) st Lay b A Rogers 5 + F E Chapman b P Rogers 0 ( ) lbw b B W Bradford 9 F J Barmby b P Rogers 0 ( ) c P Rogers b Schwarz 7 C Paice not out 3 ( ) not out 14 J A Yates b P Rogers 0 ( ) not out 0 Barker, W b P Rogers 6 Extras b 3 3 b 8, lb 1, w 1 10 Total 39 (8 wickets) 92 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 1 11 13 19 24 24 24 27 27 39 Second innings 48 - - Rogers, A 14 7 16 1 - - (3) 7 4 8 1 - - Rogers, P 14.5 6 20 9 - - (1) 12 6 11 1 - - Schwarz 1 1 0 0 - - (2) 15 3 43 3 1 - Bassett (4) 10 3 20 2 - - B W Bradford (5) 4 4 0 1 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 29.5 14 39 10 0 0 48 20 92 8 1 0 Notes: Although no play was possible on the first day, Oxfordshire came close to winning this drawn game, after Berkshire had followed on 143 runs in arrears. Needing to bat for 105 minutes to save the match, Berkshire lost 8 wickets and at the close were still 51 runs behind. For Oxfordshire, P Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 31 runs, including 9 for 20 ñ all clean bowled - in the Berkshire first innings, which was statistically the second best innings bowling performance of the season. There were 5 fours in A Rogersís 60 and 3 fours in Schwarzís 58, scored in an hour and 55 minutes. The Berkshire first innings total of 39 was the joint third lowest of the season. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Berkshire 2 nd inns batting order.] Sources: Jacksonís Oxford Journal 11 August; Oxford Chronicle 11 August; Oxford Times 11 August; Berkshire Chronicle 11 August; Reading Standard 11 August; The Sportsman 7,8 August.