The MInor Counties Championship 1900

63 MATCH NUMBER 44 : OXFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford on Friday 10, Saturday 11 August 1900 Result: Oxfordshire won by seven wickets Points: Oxfordshire 1, Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: F Gladwin and G E Wharmby Debutants: Oxfordshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 186; Oxfordshire 78-3 wickets (H Bassett 22*) Bedfordshire Pollitt, G c Lay b P Rogers 2 ( ) b P Rogers 7 F Taylor b A Rogers 1 ( ) c Lay b A Rogers 6 L C R Thring b A Rogers 65 ( ) b A Rogers 5 Brown, T A b P Rogers 7 ( ) st Lay b A Rogers 6 * H R Orr b Bassett 33 ( ) b A Rogers 0 F G Brooks b B W Bradford 43 ( ) c Turner b A Rogers 4 J J H Orman b A Rogers 4 ( ) c Lay b A Rogers 1 B L Peel b A Rogers 8 ( ) b A Rogers 3 + Rev L G Brown b A Rogers 0 ( ) b P Rogers 3 T H Haycraft b A Rogers 0 ( ) b P Rogers 0 W F Brown not out 19 ( ) not out 3 Extras b 3, w 1 4 lb 1 1 Total 186 39 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 4 16 58 133 152 186 Second innings 39 Rogers, P 32 2 60 2 - - (2) 12 3 17 3 - - Rogers, A 28 8 54 6 - - (1) 13 1 21 7 - - Bassett 7 1 20 1 - - Schwarz 6 1 16 0 - - B W Bradford 9 0 27 1 - - Turner 1 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 83 12 186 10 1 0 25 4 39 10 0 0 Oxfordshire H Bassett not out 46 (1) b T A Brown 2 G R Wood b T A Brown 9 R O Schwarz c Haycraft b T A Brown 5 (2) c Brooks b T A Brown 19 J F Marsh c Haycraft b Orr 41 (3) c L G Brown b W F Brown 5 Rev B W Bradford c Pollitt b Orr 1 W Smith c Orman b T A Brown 22 (4) not out 24 Rogers, P c and b T A Brown 6 Rogers, A b T A Brown 4 (5) not out 10 + C Lay b T A Brown 7 * C C Bradford b Haycraft 10 J R F Turner b Orr 12 Extras b 2 2 b 3 3 Total 165 (3 wickets) 63 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 22 78 83 107 115 120 132 149 165 Second innings - - - - - - - W F Brown 19 4 31 0 - - (4) 3 1 9 1 - - T A Brown 37 8 91 6 - - (1) 14 3 26 2 - - Haycraft 11 5 14 1 - - (2) 3 0 11 0 - - Thring 3 2 1 0 - - (3) 9 2 14 0 - - Orr 10 3 26 3 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 80 22 165 10 0 0 29 6 63 3 0 0 Notes: Oxfordshire won by 7 wickets shortly before 5.00pm on the second day. For Oxfordshire, A Rogers took 13 wickets in the match for 75 runs. Bassett carried his bat in the home teamís first innings for 46 runs, an innings of 225 minutes. It was the only time the feat was achieved during the season. There were no boundaries in Thringís 65 for Bedfordshire. The Bedfordshire second innings total of 39 was the joint third lowest of the season. During the Bedfordshire second innings when taking his fifth wicket, A Rogers reached the career milestone of 200 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 1 st inns who bowled wide; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns batting order.] Sources: Jacksonís Oxford Journal 18 August; Oxford Chronicle 17 August; Oxford Times 18 August; Bedfordshire Standard 17 August; Bedfordshire Times 17 August; Dunstable Advertiser 18 August; Berkshire Chronicle 18 August; The Sportsman 11,13 August.