The Minor Counties Championship 1902

73 MATCH NUMBER 50 : OXFORDSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – no decision on first innings Points: None awarded Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: W Hearne and C Marshall Debutants: Oxfordshire none; Staffordshire 1 (H Dearing) First day score: Oxfordshire 142-5 wickets (H F Fox 51*, E D Compton 3*) Oxfordshire H Bassett c Dearing b Grimshaw 7 * C E Brownrigg b Bourne 26 H F Fox c and b Brown 99 J F Marsh b Brown 41 Rogers, P c Grimshaw b Bourne 9 W S Case lbw b Brown 0 E D Compton c Stratton b Bourne 17 + J WMarsh st Dearing b Bourne 7 G R Wood b Bourne 0 Rogers, A b Barton 6 H Smith not out 12 Extras b 2, lb 4 6 Total 230 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 16 59 120 135 135 174 202 202 202 230 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bourne 34 9 66 5 - - Barton 16 2 56 1 - - Ellams 6 0 17 0 - - Grimshaw 16 2 39 1 - - Brown 11.4 2 26 3 - - Stratton 4 0 12 0 - - Fereday 2 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 6 0 - - Total 89.4 15 230 10 0 0 Staffordshire Brown, W c Brownrigg b Bassett 2 Hollowood, A c Wood b A Rogers 12 W B Burns c Case b Bassett 26 * H D Stratton c Fox b A Rogers 0 R C Page not out 32 J A Bourne c Compton b P Rogers 4 Fereday, J B not out 5 Barton, J + H Dearing F Ellams Grimshaw, T Extras b 4, w 3 7 Total (5 wickets) 88 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 5 21 21 62 73 - - - - - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Bassett 16 2 39 2 2 - Rogers, A 11 3 22 2 - - Rogers, P 11 3 15 1 - - Fox 1 0 5 0 1 - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 39 8 88 5 3 0 Notes: This return match was drawn with no decision on first innings, after play was interrupted by rain on a reported 15 occasions over the two days. The game at Stoke the previous week had been won by Staffordshire. There were only 3 fours in Fox’s 99 for Oxfordshire. When dismissing Bassett in the Oxfordshire innings, Grimshaw reached the career milestone of 100 wickets in championship matches. [Missing: Complete.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 9 August; Oxford Chronicle 8 August; Oxford Times 9 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 9 August; The Sportsman 7,8 August.