The Minor Counties Championship 1902

42 MATCH NUMBER 19 : HERTFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Bishop’s Stortford Cricket Club Ground, Cricket Field Lane, Bishop’s Stortford on Thursday 10, Friday 11 July 1902 Result: Hertfordshire won by six wickets Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: Not known Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (Rev G M Hall); Oxfordshire 4 (R N R Blaker, A E Bradshaw, B C B Molloy, W Turner) First day score: Oxfordshire 8-1 wicket (J W Marsh 0*) Oxfordshire + J WMarsh b White 24 (2) c Hall b Rudd 14 R N R Blaker b White 8 (1) b White 4 M Molloy c White b Rudd 34 (3) b Rudd 11 J F Marsh b Rudd 0 (4) c Coleman b White 29 Rogers, P c and b White 4 (5) c and b White 19 Turner, W c Golding b White 3 (9) b White 0 Rogers, A c Fastnedge b White 8 (6) b White 1 A E Bradshaw c Burrell b White 11 (7) b Coleman 6 B C B Molloy c Doll b White 0 (8) b White 0 * D C Lee b White 0 (10) b White 0 Smart, F not out 0 (11) not out 3 Extras 6 10 Total 98 97 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 8 56 56 98 98 Second innings 11 29 97 White 24.2 6 49 8 - - (1) 17.4 4 42 7 - - Coleman 5 1 20 0 - - (3) 6 0 15 1 - - Rudd 19 7 23 2 - - (2) 11 2 30 2 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 48.2 14 98 10 - - 34.4 6 97 10 - - Hertfordshire White, H E b P Rogers 29 (6) not out 9 Golding, A J b P Rogers 11 (2) b P Rogers 12 C C T Doll b A Rogers 2 (3) b A Rogers 11 H J Hill c Blaker b P Rogers 6 (4) c Blaker b P Rogers 28 Rev G M Hall lbw b P Rogers 1 (5) not out 1 Rev H J E Burrell c and b P Rogers 7 (1) b P Rogers 4 A Butcher b A Rogers 0 Coleman, W E lbw b P Rogers 13 * + C D Fastnedge not out 32 W H Marsh b A Rogers 12 Rudd, W J b A Rogers 0 Extras 14 4 Total 127 (4 wickets) 69 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 23 34 51 53 58 59 61 80 127 127 Second innings - - - - - - Rogers, P 18 1 51 6 - - (1) 11 3 22 3 - - Rogers, A 13 2 42 4 - - (2) 10 3 41 1 - - Turner 3 0 15 0 - - Smart 2 0 5 0 - - M Molloy (3) 2 1 2 0 - - Extras - - 14 0 - - - - 4 0 - - Total 36 3 127 10 - - 23 7 69 4 - - Notes: Hertfordshire won by 6 wickets on the second day with ten minutes to spare. A thunderstorm prevented play after 1.00 pm on the first day. White took 8 wickets for 49 runs in the Oxfordshire first innings and 15 for 91 in the match, which was statistically the best match bowling performance of the season. When scoring 4 in the Hertfordshire first innings, Hill reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. [An alternative version of this score based on Hertfordshire sources gives in the Hertfordshire first innings White ct A Rogers b P Rogers.] [Missing: Toss; umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; precise time completed.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 19 July; Hertfordshire Standard 18 July; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 19 July; Oxford Chronicle 18 July; Oxford Times 19 July; The Sportsman 11,12 July.