The MInor Counties Championship 1900

59 MATCH NUMBER 40 : OXFORDSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford on Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 [no play] August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: F Gladwin and R Humphrey Debutants: Oxfordshire none; Wiltshire none First day score: As match - rain prevented play on second day Oxfordshire G R Wood b Martin 0 H Bassett lbw b Martin 54 * R O Schwarz st Miller b Smart 21 J F Marsh lbw b Smart 14 W Smith c Medlicott b Smart 89 Rogers, P b Overton 15 Rev B W Bradford c W R R Smith b Smart 6 Rogers, A b W R R Smith 53 E D Compton c Radcliffe b Smart 4 G Holloway not out 14 + Arnold, F c and b Smart 14 Extras b 6, lb 5, w 3 14 Total 298 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 72 90 94 119 135 236 266 298 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Overton 16 1 44 1 - - Martin 18 3 59 2 1 - Smart 36 4 119 6 2 - Smith, W R R 16 6 37 1 - - Radcliffe 3 0 8 0 - - Miller 4 0 17 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - Total 93 14 298 10 3 0 Wiltshire W S Medlicott b A Rogers 5 H S Snell hit wicket b P Rogers 10 J E Stevens c Marsh b Bassett 24 O G Radcliffe c Holloway b P Rogers 7 * A M Miller c W Smith b Schwarz 15 H Taunton not out 18 F C Batson b P Rogers 12 Overton, W not out 1 Martin, - + Smart, T Smith, W R R Extras b 3, lb 5 8 Total (6 wickets) 100 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 20 33 57 65 93 - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, P 17 4 41 3 - - Rogers, A 14 3 22 1 - - Schwarz 9.5 0 20 1 - - Bassett 6 2 9 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - Total 46.5 9 100 6 0 0 Notes: Because of rain, no play was possible on the second day and the match was abandoned as a draw. For the home team, there were 6 fours in W Smithís 89, 4 fours in Bassettís 54, scored in 65 minutes, and 3 fours in A Rogersís 53, for which he obtained talent money. In the Oxfordshire innings, Smith and A Rogers put on 101 runs for the seventh wicket, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Wiltshire, Miller kept wicket when Smart bowled. The Oxford Journal reports that Smart bowled wearing his pads. When Stevens had scored 7 in the Wiltshire innings, he reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: In Oxfordshire inns fall of 9 th wicket; initials of Martin.] Sources: Jacksonís Oxford Journal 11 August; Oxford Times 11 August; North Wilts Herald 17 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 11 August; Wiltshire Times 11 August; The Sportsman 9,10 August.