The Minor Counties Championship 1902

62 MATCH NUMBER 39 : STAFFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Monday 28, Tuesday 29 July 1902 Result: Staffordshire won by an innings and 118 runs Points: Staffordshire 3 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Staffordshire 1 (J B Fereday); Oxfordshire 2 (J Goldsworthy, E Wakelin) First day score: Staffordshire 330; Oxfordshire 46-2 wickets (H Bassett 27*, J F Marsh 4*) Staffordshire Brown, W c J W Marsh b Case 38 Hollowood, A c Willson b P Rogers 45 W B Burns c Case b P Rogers 123 * H D Stratton b A Rogers 8 Fereday, J B b Bassett 19 J A Bourne c Roberts b P Rogers 46 Fereday, A c Wakelin b P Rogers 0 F Ellams lbw b P Rogers 23 Grimshaw, T not out 6 + J Poole b P Rogers 1 Barton, J b Roberts 1 Extras b 16, lb 2, w 2 20 Total 330 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 81 92 107 167 270 271 318 327 329 330 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, P 31 4 106 6 1 - Rogers, A 26 9 74 1 - - Bassett 11 3 36 1 1 - Case 6 0 28 1 - - J F Marsh 2 0 13 0 - - Roberts 16.1 1 43 1 - - Walker 1 0 10 0 - - Extras - - 20 0 - - Total 93.1 17 330 10 2 0 Oxfordshire (Followed on) + J WMarsh b Bourne 9 (3) c Brown b Ellams 5 * H Bassett b Bourne 38 (2) b Stratton 38 W S Case b Bourne 2 (5) lbw b Bourne 9 J F Marsh c Hollowood b Barton 4 (4) b Bourne 6 A J S Willson b Bourne 3 (6) b Bourne 13 Rogers, P lbw b Bourne 0 (8) b Bourne 8 F B Roberts b Barton 1 (7) lbw b Barton 26 J Goldsworthy b Bourne 0 (10) c Poole b Barton 0 Rogers, A c Stratton b Bourne 0 (9) c A Fereday b J B Fereday 26 H E Walker b Barton 1 (11) not out 9 E Wakelin not out 0 (1) b Bourne 1 Extras b 5, lb 4, w 1 10 b 1, lb 1, w 1 3 Total 68 144 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 31 49 56 56 67 67 67 68 68 Second innings 5 29 52 52 65 84 92 128 128 144 Grimshaw 3 0 13 0 - - (4) 3 0 3 0 - - Barton 17 7 22 3 - - (2) 15 4 27 2 - - Bourne 14.1 5 21 7 1 - (1) 20 2 71 5 - - Fereday, J B 1 0 2 0 - - (6) 3 1 10 1 - - Ellams (3) 10 2 17 1 1 - Stratton (5) 4 0 13 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 35.1 12 68 10 1 0 55 9 144 10 1 0 Notes: Staffordshire won by an innings and 118 runs shortly before 4.00 pm on the second day, after making Oxfordshire follow on 262 runs behind. For the winners, Burns 123 included 1 six, 1 five, 12 fours, 5 threes and 16 twos and was scored in two hours. He and Bourne added 103 for the fifth wicket. Bourne also took 12 wickets in the match for 92 runs, including 7 for 21 in the Oxfordshire first innings. The margin of the Staffordshire victory was the third largest by an innings during the season. [Missing: Umpires.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 2 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 28,29 July; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 2 August; Oxford Chronicle 1 August; Oxford Times 2 August; The Sportsman 29,30 July.