The MInor Counties Championship 1900

70 MATCH NUMBER 51 : BERKSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Berkshire Umpires: F Gladwin and J Relf Debutants: Berkshire none; Oxfordshire none First day score: Berkshire 301; Oxfordshire 100-3 wickets (J F Marsh 9*, W Smith 3*) Berkshire R A Williams b P Rogers 154 ( ) lbw b A Rogers 15 F M Ingram b A Rogers 3 ( ) c B W Bradford b Bassett 4 + A Henderson b P Rogers 9 ( ) c Deane b P Rogers 27 F E Chapman c P Rogers b Bassett 44 ( ) b Bassett 1 H M Worsley b Molloy 8 ( ) b Turner 36 * A C M Croome b A Rogers 15 ( ) c B W Bradford b Bassett 52 Watts, E b P Rogers 37 ( ) b A Rogers 1 A P Strange b Bassett 8 ( ) b A Rogers 4 Brown, C E not out 14 ( ) c Arnold b P Rogers 0 C Paice b A Rogers 0 ( ) b A Rogers 1 Barker, W c Turner b P Rogers 2 ( ) not out 4 Extras 7 14 Total 301 159 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 17 91 153 271 274 295 301 Second innings 159 Rogers, A 18 2 67 3 - - (1) 25 5 59 4 - - Rogers, P 32 9 55 4 - - (2) 17 4 48 2 - - Bassett 26 0 103 2 - - (3) 8 1 22 3 - - Turner 6 0 28 0 - - (5) 2 0 4 1 - - Molloy 8 0 41 1 - - (4) 3 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 14 0 - - Total 90 11 301 10 - - 55 10 159 10 - - Oxfordshire H Bassett c and b Williams 16 ( ) c Ingram b Barker 9 F Deane c Henderson b Brown 30 ( ) not out 29 * C C Bradford b Worsley 32 ( ) b Brown 17 J F Marsh c Williams b Brown 40 ( ) not out 6 W Smith c and b Croome 34 Rogers, P b Croome 24 M Molloy c and b Croome 9 Rogers, A c Croome b Brown 1 + Arnold, F b Brown 21 J R F Turner c Chapman b Croome 0 Rev B W Bradford not out 0 Extras 14 0 Total 221 (2 wickets) 61 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 221 Second innings - - - - - - - - Barker 14 4 40 0 - - (2) 7 0 16 1 - - Williams 22 5 65 1 - - (4) 8 1 26 0 - - Brown 28.3 10 54 4 - - (3) 7 2 14 1 - - Croome 19 6 43 4 - - (1) 6 3 5 0 - - Worsley 3 0 5 1 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 86.3 25 221 10 - - 28 6 61 2 0 0 Notes: This return match was dawn, with Oxfordshire requiring 240 runs to win in their second innings in a little over an hourís play. The game at Oxford earlier the previous week had also been drawn. Williamsís innings of 154 for Berkshire was the third highest of the season. It included 20 fours, and 4 threes, and lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. His match run aggregate of 169 was also the third highest of the season. Croome scored 52. In the Berkshire first innings, Williams and Watts added 118 runs for the sixth wicket, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season. Rev B W Bradford played despite an injured ankle, as Oxfordshire had been unable at the last minute to obtain a substitute to replace him. During the Oxfordshire first innings when taking his third wicket, Croome reached the career milestone of one hundred wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Berkshire 1 st inns ëtwosí in Williamsís 154; in Berkshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Croomeís 52, and batting order; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns batting order.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 18 August; Reading Mercury 25 August; Reading Standard 18 August; Jacksonís Oxford Journal 18,25 August; Oxford Chronicle 24 August; Oxford Times 18 August; The Sportsman 16,17 August.