The Minor Counties Championship 1902

77 MATCH NUMBER 54 : OXFORDSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 August 1902 Result: Oxfordshire won by an innings and 94 runs Points: Oxfordshire 3 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: C E Bartram and C Powell Debutants: Oxfordshire 1 (T H F Pellatt); Berkshire 4 (E B B Henderson, W F Lay, H St A Lowe, L G WWilkinson) First day score: Oxfordshire 352-7 wickets (C E Brownrigg 85*, E Wakelin 53*) Oxfordshire H Bassett c Relf b Lay 23 + J WMarsh c - Henderson b Barker 53 W Smith c Lowe b Brown 12 J F Marsh c Croom b Barker 44 Rogers, P c substitute b Brown 12 T H K Moulder c Barker b Brown 6 * C E Brownrigg c Croom b Relf 85 Rogers, A b Croom 54 E Wakelin b Barker 55 W T Brooks c Lowe b Barker 4 T H F Pellatt not out 3 Extras b 9, lb 4, w 4, nb 1 18 Total 369 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 369 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Barker 32.1 4 80 4 - - Relf 37 3 105 1 2 - Barrett 5 1 17 0 2 - Lay 10 1 40 1 - - Brown 24 9 56 3 - - Croom 4 1 11 1 - - Gibb 3 0 21 0 - - Wilkinson 9 1 21 0 - - Extras - - 18 0 - - Total 124.1 20 369 10 4 1 Berkshire (Followed on) Barrett, H c Bassett b A Rogers 18 ( ) c J W Marsh b A Rogers 1 Relf, R R c Brownrigg b A Rogers 11 ( ) b A Rogers 7 * J A Gibb b P Rogers 3 ( ) lbw b A Rogers 72 Brown, C E b A Rogers 18 ( ) c Bassett b Brooks 19 + A Henderson b A Rogers 2 ( ) b A Rogers 0 H St A Lowe c Smith b P Rogers 24 ( ) b A Rogers 19 W F Lay b A Rogers 0 ( ) st J W Marsh b Bassett 6 E B B Henderson b A Rogers 9 ( ) b A Rogers 22 L G W Wilkinson b A Rogers 7 ( ) b Bassett 9 Croom, A B b A Rogers 0 ( ) not out 1 Barker, W not out 1 ( ) b Bassett 2 Extras nb 1 15 9 Total 108 167 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 108 Second innings 167 Bassett 9 4 13 0 - 1 (2) 12 1 39 3 - - Rogers, A 29.5 13 33 8 - - (1) 24 7 58 6 - - Rogers, P 21 3 47 2 - - (3) 11 1 21 0 - - Pellatt (4) 5 0 24 0 - - Brooks (5) 6 1 16 1 - - Extras - - 15 0 - - - - 9 0 - - Total 59.5 20 108 10 - 1 58 10 167 10 - - Notes: Oxfordshire won this return match by an innings and 94 runs with 10 minutes to spare on the second day after enforcing the follow-on. The encounter between the two teams at Reading at the beginning of the month had been drawn. For the winners, A Rogers took 14 wickets in the match for 91 runs, which was statistically the third best match bowling performance of the season. Brownrigg scored 85, Wakelin 55, A Rogers 54, and J W Marsh 53. In the Oxfordshire innings, Brownrigg and A Rogers put on 75 runs for the seventh wicket. For Berkshire, Gibb top-scored with 72. When dismissing Wilkinson in the Berkshire first innings, A Rogers reached the career milestone of 300 wickets in championship matches and when his brother, P Rogers, had scored 8 in the Oxfordshire innings, he reached the career milestone of 1,000 runs in championship matches. [An alternative version of this score based on Berkshire sources gives in the Oxfordshire innings Barker conceding 75 runs, Lay 49 and extras 14.] [Missing: Part extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire inns which Henderson ct J W Marsh, who held substitute catch, boundaries in Browning’s 85, Wakelin’s 55, A Rogers’s 54 and J W Marsh’s 53, and who bowled no ball; in Berkshire 2 nd inns batting order, and boundaries in Gibb’s 72; precise time completed; Berkshire Chronicle date.] Sources: Jackson’s Oxford Journal 16 August; Oxford Chronicle 15 August; Oxford Times 16 August; Berkshire Chronicle ? August; South Bucks Free Press 15 August; The Sportsman 12,13 August.