The Minor Counties Championship 1901

67 MATCH NUMBER 44 : BERKSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Elm Park, Kensington Road, Reading on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Berkshire 2 (C H Frith, W E C Hutchings); Oxfordshire none First day score: Oxfordshire 201; Berkshire 236-2 wickets (H F M Morres 71*, R A Williams 65*) Oxfordshire H Bassett b Williams 9 (2) c Morres b Williams 48 + J WMarsh c Brown b Williams 51 (1) b Williams 17 G Holloway c Brown b Williams 45 (3) st Henderson b Williams 11 J F Marsh c Henderson b Williams 0 (4) c Williams b Barrett 2 H T Baines b Williams 8 (5) b Morres 13 Rogers, P c Brown b Williams 15 (6) c Henderson b Barker 37 T H K Moulder b Williams 2 (7) c Barrett b Morres 20 Rogers, A c Barrett b Williams 47 (8) b Rowe 38 * C C Bradford not out 8 (9) not out 17 F B Roberts b Barker 3 (10) not out 8 H J M Eade b Williams 2 Extras nb 4 11 13 Total 201 (8 wickets) 224 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 18 96 100 117 124 129 146 184 200 201 Second innings 34 57 62 78 107 138 195 197 - - Barker 23 3 73 1 - - (1) 24 8 50 1 - - Williams 25.3 3 87 9 - 4 (2) 30 4 86 3 - - Brown 6 1 17 0 - - (5) 7 2 13 0 - - Barrett 4 2 13 0 - - (3) 10 1 26 1 - - Morres (4) 13 2 36 2 - - Rowe (6) 2 2 0 1 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 13 0 - - Total 58.3 9 201 10 0 4 86 19 224 8 0 0 Berkshire F E Rowe c Holloway b A Rogers 47 W E C Hutchings b Eade 41 H F M Morres b P Rogers 113 R A Williams b Bassett 143 * J A Gibb c Bassett b P Rogers 14 + A Henderson b Bassett 15 Watts, E b Bassett 9 Barrett, H not out 2 Brown, C E b Bassett 0 Barker, W C H Frith Extras 25 Total (8 wickets declared) 409 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 72 125 303 331 369 406 409 409 - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, P 33 4 105 2 - - Rogers, A 21 1 82 1 - - Bassett 18.4 1 64 4 - - Eade 11 0 71 1 - - Roberts 16 2 57 0 - - Moulder 2 0 5 0 - - Extras - - 25 0 - - Total 101.4 8 409 8 0 0 Notes: A main feature of this game was the all-round performance of Williams for Berkshire. He took 12 wickets in the match for 173 runs – the third highest total of the season of runs conceded by a bowler in a match - including 9 for 87 in the Oxfordshire first innings. He also top-scored with an innings of 143. It lasted for 2 hours and 50 minutes and included 1 five, 14 fours, 4 threes and 14 twos. His all-round performance was the best of the season on the basis used in the statistical survey. Morres scored 113 in 2 hours and 20 minutes with 1 five, 18 fours and 4 threes. Morres and Williams put on 178 for the third Berkshire wicket, which was the highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Oxfordshire, J W Marsh’s 51 contained 7 fours and was scored at a run a minute. 208 runs behind on first innings, the visitors saved the match, according to press reports, due to the batting of Bassett and the two Rogers brothers. In the Oxfordshire first innings, Bradford retired hurt with the score at 178 for 7 wickets, and came in again at the fall of the ninth wicket. In the Oxfordshire second innings, P Rogers and A Rogers put on 57 runs for the seventh wicket. When he had scored 37 in the Oxfordshire second innings, Bassett reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown.] Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 10 August; Reading Mercury 10 August; Reading Standard 10 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 10 August; Oxford Chronicle 9 August; Oxford Times 10 August; The Sportsman 8,9 August.