The Minor Counties Championship 1902

74 MATCH NUMBER 51 : BEDFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Friday 8 [no play], Saturday 9 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Bedfordshire won on first innings Points: Bedfordshire 1 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: C E Bartram and J O’Connor Debutants: Bedfordshire 1 (N D T Oliver); Oxfordshire 1 (J H Knight) First day score: Rain prevented play Oxfordshire E D Compton c Jeakings b Oclee 50 * H Bassett b T A Brown 10 Rogers, P c and b T A Brown 0 J F Marsh c T A Brown b Wharmby 2 T H K Moulder b Oclee 44 W S Case b Oclee 0 J H Knight b Oclee 0 + J WMarsh not out 14 Rogers, A c Parbury b T A Brown 16 W T Brooks c Wharmby b Oclee 5 J R F Turner c Jeakings b T A Brown 0 Extras 4 Total 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 31 95 95 95 145 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Brown, T A 28.2 8 64 4 - - Wharmby 24 8 44 1 - - Oclee 13 6 15 5 - - Parbury 3 0 10 0 - - Oliver 1 0 8 0 - - Extras - - 4 0 - - Total 69.2 22 145 10 - - Bedfordshire F G Brooks b P Rogers 8 Pollitt, G c J W Marsh b P Rogers 0 N D T Oliver c J W Marsh b P Rogers 28 * H R Orr c J W Marsh b P Rogers 4 L G Stileman-Gibbard b W T Brooks 32 Brown, T A c Compton b P Rogers 6 Wharmby, G E b W T Brooks 12 Rev L G Brown b P Rogers 28 H W Oclee b P Rogers 31 L Parbury not out 13 + W R Jeakings b W T Brooks 1 Extras 7 Total 170 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 25 60 95 144 170 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, P 25 2 78 7 - - Rogers, A 8 0 33 0 - - Bassett 8 3 13 0 - - W T Brooks 6.1 0 22 3 - - Turner 8 2 17 0 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - Total 55.1 7 170 10 - - Notes: This return match was drawn with Bedfordshire winning on first innings, rain having prevented play on the first day. Oxfordshire had won the match between the two sides at Oxford earlier in the week. For the visitors, P Rogers took 7 wickets for 78 runs in the Bedfordshire innings. Compton scored 50. [Missing: Extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire inns boundaries in Compton’s 50.] Sources: Bedford Record 12 August; Bedfordshire Standard 15 August; Bedfordshire Times 15 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 16 August; Oxford Chronicle 15 August; Oxford Times 16 August; South Bucks Free Press 15 August; The Sportsman 11 August.