The MInor Counties Championship 1900

85 MATCH NUMBER 66 : OXFORDSHIRE V BUCKINGHAMSHIRE At The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford on Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 August 1900 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: R Barber and F Gladwin Debutants: Oxfordshire 1 (W Hatt); Buckinghamshire none First day score: Oxfordshire 161; Buckinghamshire 64-6 wickets (Capt S D Maul 8*, A S Ward 1*) Oxfordshire H Bassett b Ward 47 (1) not out 56 G Holloway c Cobb b Nash 8 (2) b Wright 7 Rogers, P b Wright 1 (6) lbw b Nash 15 J F Marsh c Cobb b Wright 24 (4) b Stratton 4 W Smith b Nash 3 (5) b Stratton 10 H T Baines run out 25 (3) b Stratton 16 Rogers, A b Nash 16 (8) c Wright b Nash 2 + C Headlam c Cobb b Ward 0 (9) not out 7 W S Case not out 31 (7) c Cobb b Wright 1 * C C Bradford lbw b Nash 1 W Hatt st Cobb b Nash 2 Extras lb 2, w 1 3 b 2, nb 1 3 Total 161 (7 wickets declared) 121 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 16 43 52 105 110 110 152 159 161 Second innings 12 41 60 88 105 - - - Wright 44 21 48 2 - - (1) 34 17 30 2 - - Nash 34 6 76 5 - - (2) 16 4 40 2 - - Ward 10 1 34 2 1 - Stratton (3) 18 5 48 3 - 1 Extras - - 3 1 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 88 28 161 10 1 0 68 26 121 7 0 1 Buckinghamshire Boddy, E S b P Rogers 4 (2) b P Rogers 10 * P J de Paravicini b Bassett 26 (1) st Headlam b P Rogers 34 Saunders, J b A Rogers 5 (3) not out 23 Wright, M W c Headlam b Bassett 15 (4) not out 2 Capt S D Maul not out 48 + C E Cobb b Bassett 0 H J Bird b Bassett 0 A S Ward b Hatt 24 A Scott-Murray b Bassett 6 J W Stratton b P Rogers 0 Nash, G b P Rogers 2 Extras b 7 7 b 6 6 Total 137 (2 wickets) 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 25 113 137 Second innings 19 70 - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 16 4 43 1 - - (2) 9 0 30 0 - - Rogers, P 23.4 5 32 3 - - (1) 15 4 33 2 - - Bassett 14 5 18 5 - - (3) 5 2 6 0 - - Hatt 6 0 27 1 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 59.4 14 127x 10 0 0 29 6 75 2 0 0 137 Notes: This return match was drawn, after the Oxfordshire declaration set Buckinghamshire a victory target of 146 runs in under 90 minutes. The game at Aylesbury between the two teams in the previous week had been won by Buckinghamshire. Bassett top- scored with 56 not out, an innings of two and a half hours. His first innings of 47 lasted 160 minutes. For Buckinghamshire, the 78 overs and 38 maidens bowled by Wright were both the most bowled in a match during the season. The 21 maidens that Wright bowled in the first innings were the joint third highest in an innings. When catching Marsh in the Oxfordshire first innings, Cobb made his one hundredth dismissal in championship matches. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Bassettís 56*, in Buckinghamshire 1 st inns runs conceded by bowlers 10 short.] Sources: Jacksonís Oxford Journal 1 September; Oxford Times 1 September; Bucks Advertiser 1 September; Bucks Herald 1 September; South Bucks Free Press 31 August; The Sportsman 30,31 August.