The Minor Counties Championship 1901

101 MATCH NUMBER 78 : WILTSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Timbrell Street, Trowbridge on Friday 30, Saturday 31 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Wiltshire none; Oxfordshire 2 (G Allum, H E Walker) First day score: Oxfordshire 123 and 47-2 wickets (P Rogers 12*, C C Bradford 16*); Wiltshire 107 Oxfordshire H Bassett run out 24 ( ) c Smith b Miller 13 G Holloway lbw b Smart 4 ( ) c and b Overton 4 Rogers, P b Overton 2 ( ) c Shorland b Miller 35 J F Marsh c Smith b Overton 56 ( ) b Overton 16 A J S Willson b Tewson 0 ( ) not out 44 H E Walker b Smart 2 ( ) b Tewson 26 + C Headlam c Smart b Overton 18 ( ) b Miller 25 Rogers, A c Overton b Smart 0 ( ) c Smith b Miller 10 G Allum b Smart 4 ( ) c Newman b Tewson 0 * C C Bradford not out 0 (4) c and b Smart 16 E K Twiss c Smith b Smart 0 ( ) c Smith b Smart 0 Extras 13 5 Total 123 194 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 17 123 Second innings 194 Smart 17 3 47 5 - - (3) 17.3 3 50 2 - - Smith 2 0 9 0 - - (5) 8 2 28 0 - - Overton 11 5 24 3 - - (2) 18 5 50 2 - - Tewson 6 0 30 1 - - (4) 1 0 1 2 - - Miller (1) 15 4 60 4 - - Extras - - 13 1 - - - - 5 0 - - Total 36 8 123 10 - - 59.3 14 194 10 - - Wiltshire W S Medlicott b A Rogers 2 A E Tewson c Allum b Bassett 31 ( ) not out 4 H S Snell b A Rogers 1 ( ) not out 30 E T Shorland c Bradford b A Rogers 7 * A M Miller not out 44 ( ) c Holloway b A Rogers 17 H P Taunton c P Rogers b A Rogers 0 E Fawcett b A Rogers 0 Smart, T c Willson b A Rogers 17 Smith, W R R lbw b P Rogers 0 Overton, W lbw b A Rogers 0 + Newman, F b A Rogers 5 ( ) c Marsh b P Rogers 4 Extras 0 0 Total 107 (2 wickets) 55 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 19 107 Second innings - - - - - - - - Rogers, P 15 2 34 1 - - (2) 12 3 40 1 - - Rogers, A 19.4 3 46 8 - - (1) 13 5 15 1 - - Bassett 5 0 27 1 - - Extras - - 0 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 39.4 5 107 10 0 0 25 8 55 2 0 0 Notes: A drawn return match with rain stopping play on the afternoon of the second day after Wiltshire in their second innings required 211 runs to win. When the two teams met at Oxford earlier in the month, the game had also been drawn. In the Wiltshire first innings, A Rogers took 8 wickets for 46 runs. For Oxfordshire, J F Marsh scored 56. The 5 catches held by Smith in the match were the most by a fielder in the season. No extras were conceded in either of the Wiltshire innings. When Miller went out to bat in the Wiltshire first innings, he recahed the career milestone of one hundred innings in championship matches. He was the first player to achieve this feat since the start of the competition in 1895 . [An alternative version of this score, based on Wiltshire sources, for the Wiltshire second innings has P Rogers bowling 6 maidens and conceding 34 runs and A Rogers bowling 2 maidens and conceding 21 runs, but these figures are not supported by the published Oxfordshire averages.] [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire 1st inns boundaries in J F Marsh’s 56; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns batting order; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns batting order.] Sources: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette 5 September; North Wilts Guardian 7 September; North Wilts Herald 6 September; Swindon Advertiser 6 September; Wiltshire Chronicle 31 August, 7 September; Wiltshire Times 7 September; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 7 September; Oxford Times 7 September; The Sportsman 31 August, 2 September.