The Minor Counties Championship 1902

69 MATCH NUMBER 46 : OXFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Monday 4, Tuesday 5 August 1902 Result: Oxfordshire won by an innings and 48 runs Points: Oxfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: W Hearne and C Marshall Debutants: Oxfordshire none; Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 101; Oxfordshire 222-6 wickets (J F Marsh 91*, G R Wood 20*) Bedfordshire * H R Orr b P Rogers 6 ( ) b A Rogers 24 F G Brooks c Case b A Rogers 45 ( ) c Smith b A Rogers 5 Pollitt, G b P Rogers 7 ( ) run out 29 Wharmby, G E c Smith b A Rogers 1 ( ) c Compton b P Rogers 19 Brown, T A c Fox b Bassett 14 ( ) c Compton b A Rogers 5 L G Stileman-Gibbard c Compton b P Rogers 7 ( ) lbw b Bassett 23 F B Brooks c J W Marsh b A Rogers 2 ( ) b A Rogers 0 H W Oclee c Wood b A Rogers 6 ( ) b P Rogers 9 L Parbury not out 11 ( ) b A Rogers 8 J F Morris c Case b P Rogers 0 ( ) b A Rogers 1 + W R Jeakings c J W Marsh b P Rogers 1 ( ) not out 0 Extras w 1 1 0 Total 101 123 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 101 Second innings 123 Rogers, A 18 3 51 4 1 - (2) 26 8 49 6 - - Rogers, P 17 4 35 5 - - (1) 14 1 43 2 - - Bassett 2 0 6 1 - - (3) 12 2 31 1 - - Fox 1 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 0 1 - - Total 38 7 101 10 1 0 52 11 123 10 0 0 Oxfordshire H Bassett b Wharmby 12 + J WMarsh c Orr b Wharmby 0 H F Fox c Oclee b Brown 20 J F Marsh c Oclee b Brown 117 W S Case c Pollitt b Brown 24 Rogers, P c Stileman-Gibbard b Brown 41 E D Compton c Parbury b Brown 1 G R Wood b Brown 20 * C E Brownrigg c F G Brooks b Brown 8 Rogers, A c Pollitt b Wharmby 9 H Smith not out 0 Extras b 18, lb 1, nb 1 20 Total 272 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 37 74 154 272 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Wharmby 37 8 86 3 - - Brown 37 8 103 7 - - Oclee 5 1 13 0 - - Parbury 4 0 25 0 - - Stileman-Gibbard 2 0 18 0 - - Morris 1 0 7 0 - 1 Extras - - 20 0 - - Total 86 17 272 10 0 1 Notes: Oxfordshire won by an innings on the second day. For the victors, J F Marsh’s 117 contained 11 fours, 4 threes and 9 twos. A Rogers took 10 wickets in the match for 100 runs. He had a spell of 5 wickets for 18 runs after lunch on the second day to wrap up the match for Oxfordshire. For Bedfordshire, Brown took 7 wickets for 103 runs in the Oxfordshire innings. F G Brooks top- scored with 45 [Missing: Fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire 2 nd inns batting order, in Oxfordshire inns duration of J F Marsh’s 117; time completed.] Sources: Jackson’s Oxford Journal 8 August; Oxford Chronicle 8 August; Oxford Times 9 August; Bedfordshire Standard 8 August; The Sportsman 5,6 August.