The Minor Counties Championship 1901

63 MATCH NUMBER 40 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At Fenner’s University Cricket Ground, Mortimer Road, Cambridge on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 August 1901 Result: Cambridgeshire won by an innings and 27 runs Points: Cambridgeshire +1, Oxfordshire -1 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: T C Brown and S Wrigley Debutants: Cambridgeshire none; Oxfordshire 2 (H J M Eade, F B Roberts) First day score: Oxfordshire 150; Cambridgeshire 245 Oxfordshire H Bassett lbw b Hayward 20 (1) c Swann-Mason b Hayward 15 + J WMarsh b Gray 32 (2) c Watts b Gray 18 G Holloway b Gray 43 (3) b Hayward 2 J F Marsh b Swann-Mason 0 (4) b Hayward 0 H B Street c Watts b Gray 7 (5) b Gray 4 F B Roberts b Gray 0 (9) b Gray 1 Rogers, P c Thomas b Hayward 7 (6) c Swann-Mason b Hayward 5 T H K Moulder c Scott b Gray 2 (7) c substitute (A C Fuller) b Gray 12 Rogers, A c Thomas b Gray 16 (8) c Prest b Gray 8 * C C Bradford b Gray 7 (10) c Swann-Mason b Gray 1 H J M Eade not out 4 (11) not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 8 12 lb 2 2 Total 150 68 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 34 96 150 Second innings 36 36 38 57 62 68 Bryan 14 4 28 0 - - Hayward 18.2 7 51 2 - - (1) 13 4 22 4 - - Gray 11 1 39 7 - - (2) 12.4 0 44 6 - - Swann-Mason 6 0 20 1 - - Extras - - 12 0 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 49.2 12 150 10 0 0 25.4 4 68 10 0 0 Cambridgeshire C T Scott c Moulder b Bassett 19 R S Swann-Mason b Bassett 27 W Prest lbw b A Rogers 5 + Watts, G H c Street b A Rogers 0 W R Thomas b Roberts 12 Rev H Gray b P Rogers 61 F E Morgan b A Rogers 31 A J Rich c Street b Eade 50 Hayward, D M c Street b Eade 6 * J H Widdicombe c Moulder b P Rogers 6 Bryan, W not out 2 Extras b 21, lb 1, w 1, nb 3 26 Total 245 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 40 53 245 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 23 2 61 3 - - Rogers, P 15 2 46 2 - - Bassett 14 1 48 2 1 - Roberts 10 1 39 1 - 3 Eade 6 0 25 2 - - Extras - - 26 0 - - Total 68 6 245 10 1 3 Notes: Cambridgeshire won by an innings on the second day. Gray played a major role in the Cambridgeshire win, taking 13 wickets in the match for 83 runs, which was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season. He took 7 for 39 in the Oxfordshire first innings and scored 61. Rich scored 50. The two put on over fifty for the Cambridgeshire seventh wicket. Reports of the game suggest that Gray bowled very fast, and several Oxfordshire players were hit, including Holloway who retired hurt when struck on the arm. The substitute catch in the Oxfordshire second innings was held by A C Fuller. [Missing: Part fall of wickets; in Cambridgeshire inns boundaries in Gray’s 61 and Rich’s 50; time completed.] Sources: Cambridgeshire Weekly News 9 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 10 August; Oxford Chronicle 9 August; Oxford Times 10 August; Eastern Daily Press 7 August; The Sportsman 6,7 August.