The Minor Counties Championship 1901

143 OXFORDSHIRE 1901 Championship matches: Played 8, won 2, lost 1, drawn 5. Position: Seventh equal with Yorkshire 2 nd XI out of seventeen Won: v Bedfordshire at Oxford, and v Cambridgeshire at Oxford Lost: v Cambridgeshire at Cambridge Drawn: v Berkshire at Reading, v Bedfordshire at Luton, v Wiltshire at Oxford, v Berkshire at Oxford, and v Wiltshire at Trowbridge. Captain: C C Bradford (8 matches) Wicket-keepers: C Headlam (2 matches) and J W Marsh (6 matches) Debutants: 9 (J D Adamson, G Allum, H J M Eade, P Harper, F B Roberts, F Smart, E K Twiss, H E Walker and A J S Willson) Final season for team: 7 (J D Adamson, G Allum, C C Bradford, C Headlam, G Holloway, H B Street and E K Twiss) Hon Secretary: H M Turner Professionals: 4 (P Harper, A Rogers, P Rogers and F Smart)) Home ground 1: The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford (4 matches) Notes: Oxfordshire won two matches and ended up seventh equal in the Championship with Yorkshire 2 nd XI. Cambridgeshire were added to the fixture list in place of Buckinghamshire. During the season, the career milestone of one thousand runs was passed by H Bassett and J F Marsh. OXFORDSHIRE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES 1901 In the averages below, + after name denotes the 9 players who made their Championship debut for Oxfordshire during the season. Names in bold denote that 1901 was the last or only season that these 7 players appeared for Oxfordshire in the Championship. Player M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J D Adamson + 1 2 0 28 35 17.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - G Allum + 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H T Baines 2 4 0 13 21 5.25 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - H Bassett 6 12 0 48 248 20.66 - - - 2 - 108 21 313 21 14.90 6-33 - 1 C C Bradford 8 13 6 17* 91 13.00 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - H J M Eade + 3 5 3 9* 20 10.00 - - - 1 - 26 0 128 4 32.00 2-25 - - Harper, P + 1 1 1 1* 1 - - - - - - 12 2 34 1 34.00 1-34 - - C Headlam 2 4 2 38* 88 44.00 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - G Holloway 8 15 0 49 272 18.13 - - 1 6 - - - - - - - - - J F Marsh 8 16 2 88 347 24.78 - 3 3 3 - 4 1 18 1 18.00 1-0 - - J W Marsh 7 13 0 51 262 20.15 - 1 - 5 - - - - - - - - - M Molloy 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - T H K Moulder 6 11 0 31 116 10.54 - - - 5 - 6 1 14 0 - - - - Hon C E Ponsonby 2 2 0 16 22 11.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - F B Roberts + 3 6 1 8* 14 2.80 - - 2 - - 26 3 96 1 96.00 1-39 - - Rogers, A 8 15 1 50 236 16.85 - 1 3 1 - 266.2 62 621 42 14.78 8-46 - 2 Rogers, P 8 14 1 59 239 18.38 - 1 - 7 - 261 49 646 28 23.07 6-9 - 2 Smart, F + 1 1 1 13* 13 - - - - - - 15 7 24 2 12.00 2-24 - - W Smith 3 6 1 98 219 43.80 - 2 1 1 - - - - - - - - - H B Street 1 2 0 7 11 5.50 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - E K Twiss + 5 7 1 29 38 6.33 - - 2 2 - 39 4 140 7 20.00 4-43 - - H E Walker + 1 2 0 26 28 14.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - A J S Willson + 2 4 1 44* 62 20.66 - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - Extras/Sub/RO - - - - 115 - - - - - - - - 140 4 - - - - Total 88 159 21 98 2503 18.13 0 8 18 44 0 763.2 150 2174 111 19.58 8-46 0 5 (23 players) (6 ball overs) FINAL SEASON FOR COUNTY – CHAMPIONSHIP CAREER AVERAGES These 7 players made their last appearance for Oxfordhire in the Championship in 1901. Player Debut M I NO HS Runs Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Balls Runs Wkts Ave BB-I 10M 5I J D Adamson 1901 1 2 0 28 35 17.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - G Allum 1901 1 2 0 4 4 2.00 - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - C C Bradford 1895 29 44 12 42 465 14.53 - - 4 7 1 5 4 0 - - - - C Headlam 1895 16 26 6 38* 244 12.20 - - 3 14 11 - - - - - - - G Holloway 1895 13 23 1 55 386 17.54 - 1 1 7 - - - - - - - - H B Street 1900 2 4 0 8 23 5.75 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - E K Twiss 1901 5 7 1 29 38 6.33 - - 2 2 - 234 140 7 20.00 4-43 - - (7 players)