The MInor Counties Championship 1900

69 MATCH NUMBER 50 : WILTSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 August 1900 Result: Wiltshire won by 12 runs Points: Wiltshire 1, Oxfordshire -1 Toss: Not known Umpires: F Gladwin and not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Oxfordshire 1 (M Molloy) First day score: Wiltshire 168; Oxfordshire 119 Wiltshire H S Snell b A Rogers 0 ( ) lbw b P Rogers 7 W S Medlicott c C C Bradford b A Rogers 6 ( ) b Turner 16 O G Radcliffe b P Rogers 16 ( ) lbw b A Rogers 3 J E Stevens b Bassett 34 ( ) b P Rogers 9 H Taunton c B W Bradford b Bassett 8 ( ) c P Rogers b Turner 35 + F W Stancomb b Bassett 0 ( ) b P Rogers 10 * A M Miller c Smith b Bassett 56 ( ) b P Rogers 2 Smith, W R R run out 3 ( ) run out 6 E Fawcett c Molloy b A Rogers 21 ( ) c Bassett b Turner 3 Smart, T not out 10 ( ) not out 17 Overton, W b Molloy 3 ( ) st Arnold b Bassett 15 Extras nb 1 11 8 Total 168 131 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 15 26 84 113 113 132 137 165 168 Second innings 131 Rogers, P 22 3 53 1 - - (2) 22 9 43 4 - - Rogers, A 25 7 38 3 - - (1) 17 10 25 1 - - Bassett 18 3 56 4 - - (3) 11.2 4 18 1 - - Turner 6 3 8 0 - 1 (5) 9 2 20 3 - - Molloy 1.5 0 2 1 - - (4) 8 1 17 0 - - Extras - - 11 1 - - - - 8 1 - - Total 72.5 16 168 10 0 1 67.2 26 131 10 - - Oxfordshire H Bassett c Stancomb b Smart 8 ( ) c Stancomb b Overton 38 Rev B W Bradford b Fawcett 49 ( ) c Snell b Smart 4 M Molloy b Smart 0 ( ) c Fawcett b Overton 6 J F Marsh c Fawcett b Smart 7 ( ) c Overton b Miller 56 W Smith b W R R Smith 28 ( ) b W R R Smith 41 Rogers, P c Medlicott b Smart 1 ( ) c Smart b W R R Smith 5 Rogers, A c substitute b Overton 18 ( ) c Stevens b Smart 9 + Arnold, F b W R R Smith 0 ( ) b W R R Smith 0 * C C Bradford not out 0 ( ) c Stancomb b Smart 5 J R F Turner b Smart 3 ( ) not out 0 T H K Moulder absent - absent - Extras 5 4 Total 119 168 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 119 - Second innings 23 86 151 159 168 - Smart 20..3 2 65 5 - - (1) 24 3 68 3 - - Smith, W R R 19 7 31 2 - - (2) 17.1 2 42 3 - - Fawcett 3 0 16 1 - - (4) 3 1 7 0 - - Overton 2 1 2 1 - - (3) 12 2 33 2 - - Miller (5) 4 1 14 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 44.3 10 119 9 - - 60.1 9 168 9 - - Notes: Wiltshire won this match by 12 runs, which was the closest run margin of the season. Set to score 181 runs for victory, a win for the visitors looked on the cards during a successful partnership between Marsh and Smith, but the remaining batsmen made limited contributions against the bowling of W R R Smith and Smart. Marsh scored 56. For Wiltshire, Miller scored 56. Moulder had been playing cricket in Kent and did not receive his written invitation to play until returning to Oxford late on the Monday evening. The Wiltshire Times reported that ìA most offensive odour was wafted across the field from some piggeries close by, which were apparently being cleaned out. On Monday afternoon the stench was so bad that Gladwin, the visiting umpire, was too unwell to resume his duties on Tuesday.î There were transmission problems in sending the score to the Oxford newspapers, so this version assumes that the Wiltshire sources are more reliable. When dismissing Marsh in the Oxfordshire first innings, Smart took his one hundredth wicket in championship matches. During the Oxfordshire second innings, both W Smith, when he had scored 28, and A Rogers when 3, reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Toss; one umpire; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 1 st inns boundaries in Millerís 56; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Oxfordshire 1 st inns who held substitute catch; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Marshís 56, batting order; time completed.] Sources: North Wilts Guardian 18 August; North Wilts Herald 17 August; Swindon Advertiser 17 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 18 August; Wiltshire Times 18,25 August; Jacksonís Oxford Journal 18 August; Oxford Chronicle 17 August; Oxford Times 18 August; Sporting Life 14,15 August; The Sportsman 14,15 August.