The Minor Counties Championship 1901

97 MATCH NUMBER 74 : OXFORDSHIRE V CAMBRIDGESHIRE At The New College Ground, St Cross Road, Oxford on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 August 1901 Result: Oxfordshire won by three wickets Points: Oxfordshire +1, Cambridgeshire -1 Toss: Not known Umpires: T C Brown and C Powell Debutants: Oxfordshire 2 (J D Adamson, A J S Willson); Cambridgeshire none First day score: Cambridgeshire 73 and 7-1 wicket (R S Swann-Mason 7*, H C Tebbutt 0*); Oxfordshire 194 Cambridgeshire * J H Widdicombe b Bassett 0 (10) c Twiss b P Rogers 10 Hayward, D M b A Rogers 32 (4) c Willson b Bassett 21 R S Swann-Mason b Bassett 18 (2) b P Rogers 38 Rev H Gray b Bassett 1 (6) b Bassett 3 + Watts, G H c J W Marsh b A Rogers 12 (5) b P Rogers 1 J S Stearn lbw b A Rogers 2 (1) b A Rogers 0 W R Thomas b Bassett 5 (7) b A Rogers 20 H C Tebbutt b A Rogers 0 (3) lbw b Twiss 25 V F de Lisle c and b Bassett 0 (9) not out 24 R S Hicks b Bassett 0 (11) b J F Marsh 37 Bryan, W not out 2 (8) c Headlam b A Rogers 10 Extras w 1 1 6 Total 73 195 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 73 Second innings 53 140 195 Bassett 18 8 33 6 1 - (1) 30 8 57 2 - - Rogers, P 8 1 20 0 - - (2) 32 1 54 3 - - Rogers, A 10 4 19 4 - - (3) 20 2 44 3 - - Twiss (4) 9 0 34 1 - - J F Marsh (5) 1 1 0 1 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 36 13 73 10 1 0 92 12 195 10 - - Oxfordshire H Bassett lbw b Hayward 6 (1) b Gray 7 J W Marsh c de Lisle b Gray 14 (2) b Gray 4 J D Adamson b Bryan 28 (3) b Gray 7 J F Marsh b Gray 2 (4) b Gray 27 G Holloway c Hicks b Gray 0 (5) b Hayward 3 A J S Willson b Gray 11 (6) c Watts b Gray 7 Rogers, P b Hayward 13 (7) not out 7 Rogers, A c and b Swann-Mason 50 (8) run out 4 + C Headlam not out 38 (9) not out 7 E K Twiss b Gray 2 * C C Bradford st Watts b Hayward 15 Extras b 6, lb 9 15 2 Total 194 (7 wickets) 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 194 Second innings - - - Gray 23 2 85 5 - - (1) 12.4 0 51 5 - - Hayward 21 3 53 3 - - (2) 8 2 16 1 - - Bryan 14 4 25 1 - - (3) 4 3 6 0 - - Swann-Mason 4 0 16 1 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 2 1 - - Total 62 9 194 10 0 0 24.4 5 75 7 - - Notes: Cambridgeshire needed to avoid defeat in this return match to share the Championship with Durham, but lost by 3 wickets on the second day. The encounter between the two teams at the start of the month at Cambridge had been won by Cambridgeshire. In their second innings, Oxfordshire required 75 runs to win and lost seven wickets before victory was achieved.. For the winners, A Rogers scored 50. For the losers, Gray took 10 wickets in the match for 136 runs. In the Cambridgeshire second innings, de Lisle and Hicks added 55 runs for the last wicket. [Missing: Toss; part extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire 1 st inns boundaries in A Rogers’s 50; time completed.] Sources: Jackson’s Oxford Journal 31 August; Oxford Chronicle 30 August; Oxford Times 31 August; Cambridge Daily News 28,29,30 August; Cambridge Independent Press 30 August; The Sportsman 29,30 August.