The MInor Counties Championship 1900

73 MATCH NUMBER 54 : BEDFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Cricket Ground, Luton Hoo Park, Luton on Friday 17, Saturday 18 August 1900 Result: Oxfordshire won by an innings and 32 runs Points: Oxfordshire 1, Bedfordshire -1 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: F Gladwin and E Goodyear Debutants: Bedfordshire 2 (W R Jeakings, H Kitchener); Oxfordshire 1 (Hon C E Ponsonby) First day score: Oxfordshire 313; Bedfordshire 39-1 wicket (F Taylor 10*) Oxfordshire H Bassett b Kitchener 41 G Holloway c Thring b Kitchener 55 * C C Bradford c T A Brown b Thring 28 J F Marsh c Brooks b Kitchener 2 W Smith c Brooks b Thring 84 Hon C E Ponsonby not out 35 Rogers, P b T A Brown 32 Rogers, A c Jeakings b Maclear 13 M Molloy st Jeakings b W F Brown 12 + Arnold, F c W F Brown b T A Brown 0 Kirtland, A J c Thring b T A Brown 0 Extras 11 Total 313 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 101 102 104 213 217 261 284 312 313 313 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - W F Brown 17 2 38 1 - - Brown, T A 25 7 70 3 - - Kitchener 26 6 71 3 - - Maclear 14 0 67 1 - - Thring 21 4 44 2 - - Orr 1 0 12 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - Total 104 19 313 10 0 0 Bedfordshire (Followed on) Pollitt, G b Bassett 24 (3) c Bradford b A Rogers 0 F Taylor b Bassett 14 (2) c Ponsonby b A Rogers 13 B Maclear b A Rogers 1 (4) b A Rogers 8 L C R Thring c Arnold b P Rogers 18 (6) c A Rogers b Bassett 17 * H R Orr b Bassett 18 (5) c Arnold b P Rogers 31 F G Brooks b Bassett 0 ( ) c Arnold b Bassett 13 Brown, T A c Smith b P Rogers 26 ( ) c Arnold b P Rogers 4 S G Wilkinson not out 18 (1) c A Rogers b P Rogers 20 Kitchener, H c Marsh b P Rogers 11 ( ) c Molloy b A Rogers 4 + W R Jeakings b P Rogers 3 ( ) c Arnold b Bassett 22 W F Brown run out 0 ( ) not out 1 Extras 8 7 Total 141 140 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 39 44 44 65 65 96 113 128 137 141 Second innings 34 34 38 75 89 93 98 105 131 140 Rogers, A 19 4 43 1 - - (1) 26 4 72 4 - - Rogers, P 12 4 21 4 - - (3) 20 5 31 3 - - Bassett 14 6 36 4 - - (2) 15 1 30 3 - - Molloy 3 1 12 0 - - Kirtland 2 0 20 0 - - Extras - - 8 1 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 50 15 140x 10 - - 61 10 140 10 - - 141 Notes: Oxfordshire won this return match at around 5.00 pm on the second day by an innings after enforcing the follow-on. By doing so, the visitors completed the ëdoubleí over Bedfordshire, having won the earlier encounter between the two teams at Oxford a week before. For Oxfordshire, Smith scored 84 and Holloway 55. In the Oxfordshire innings, Bassett and Holloway put on 101 runs for the first wicket and Bradford and Smith 109 for the fourth, which was the largest partnership for that wicket during the season. The 5 catches held by Arnold in the match were the most by a wicket-keeper during the season, and equalled the previous record for the competition which had been achieved on three previous occasions. It is estimated that 600 spectators were present on the first day, and 400 on the second. In the Bedfordshire first inning, when dismissing Kitchener, P Rogers took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Oxfordshire inns boundaries in Smithís 84 and Hollowayís 55; in Bedfordshire 1 st runs conceded by bowlers 1 short in all sources listed; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns part batting order.] Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 24 August; Bedfordshire Times 24 August; Dunstable Advertiser 25 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 22 August; Jacksonís Oxford Journal 25 August; Oxford Chronicle 24 August; Oxford Times 25 August; The Sportsman 17,18 August.