The Minor Counties Championship 1901

75 MATCH NUMBER 52 : OXFORDSHIRE V WILTSHIRE At The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 August 1901 Result: Match drawn Points: None awarded Toss: Wiltshire Umpires: R Barber and W Hearne Debutants: Oxfordshire 1 (E K Twiss); Wiltshire none First day score: Wiltshire 101; Oxfordshire 105-7 wickets (P Rogers 5*) Wiltshire W S Medlicott c Holloway b P Rogers 9 ( ) c A Rogers b P Rogers 25 J E Stevens b A Rogers 21 ( ) run out 55 H S Snell b P Rogers 0 ( ) c P Rogers b Twiss 14 Smith, W R R b A Rogers 5 ( ) c Holloway b Twiss 6 + C H Ransome c J W Marsh b P Rogers 1 ( ) c Holloway b Bassett 17 R W Awdry lbw b P Rogers 11 ( ) c Moulder b Twiss 0 H P Taunton b A Rogers 0 ( ) lbw b Twiss 0 * A M Miller c W Smith b P Rogers 10 ( ) b Bassett 61 Overton, W b A Rogers 10 ( ) b P Rogers 11 Smart, T c Bradford b Bassett 14 ( ) not out 1 G C Bond not out 12 ( ) b Bassett 7 Extras b 6, lb 2 8 b 10, lb 10, w 2, nb 1 23 Total 101 220 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 101 Second innings 58 220 Rogers, A 22 10 46 4 - - (1) 21 4 55 0 - - Rogers, P 21 6 47 5 - - (2) 23.2 8 61 2 - - Bassett 0.2 0 0 1 - - (3) 8 3 38 3 2 - Twiss (4) 9 0 43 4 - 1 Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 23 1 - - Total 43.2 16 101 10 0 0 61.2 15 220 10 2 1 Oxfordshire H Bassett b Overton 25 ( ) c Taunton b Miller 13 + J WMarsh b W R R Smith 8 ( ) c Overton b W R R Smith 5 G Holloway b Miller 30 ( ) c Snell b Miller 5 J F Marsh b W R R Smith 23 ( ) not out 69 W Smith b W R R Smith 8 ( ) b Miller 0 Rogers, P c Medlicott b W R R Smith 15 ( ) b Overton 17 H T Baines b W R R Smith 0 ( ) b Overton 0 Rogers, A b W R R Smith 0 ( ) b Overton 0 T H K Moulder c and b Overton 3 ( ) c Smart b Overton 8 E K Twiss b W R R Smith 4 ( ) not out 0 * C C Bradford not out 3 ( ) b Miller 2 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 lb 1 1 Total 125 (9 wickets) 120 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 125 Second innings 27 120 - Smith, W R R 17.3 6 44 7 - - (1) 17 5 42 1 - - Smart 8 3 17 0 - - (3) 5 0 20 0 - - Overton 10 1 33 2 - - (4) 13 3 24 4 - - Miller 10 3 25 1 - - (2) 20 9 33 4 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 1 0 - - Total 45.3 13 125 10 0 0 55 17 120 9 0 0 Notes: This benefit match for A Rogers was drawn, with the Oxfordshire last wicket pair at the crease and 77 runs still needed for victory. For Wiltshire, Miller scored 61 and Stevens 55. W R R Smith took 7 wickets for 44 runs in the Oxfordshire first innings. For the home team, J F Marsh’s 69 not out contained 8 fours. Three batsmen in the match were dismissed for ‘pairs’, and it was the first time this had happened in a championship match. [There is some uncertainty as to which Marsh caught Ransome in the Wiltshire first innings. It has been attributed to J W Marsh who was keeping wicket . ] [Missing: Fall of wickets; in Wiltshire 2 nd inns boundaries in Miller’s 61 and Steven’s 55, and batting order; in Oxfordshire 2 nd inns batting order.] Sources: Jackson’s Oxford Journal 17 August; Oxford Chronicle 16 August; Oxford Times 17 August; North Wilts Guardian 17 August; North Wilts Herald 16 August; Wiltshire Chronicle 17 August; Wiltshire Telegraph 17 August; Wiltshire Times 17 August; Sporting Life 13,14 August; The Sportsman 13,14 August.