The Minor Counties Championship 1902

84 MATCH NUMBER 61 : OXFORDSHIRE V HERTFORDSHIRE At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Monday 18 [no play], Tuesday 19 August 1902 Result: Match drawn – Hertfordshire won on first innings Points: Hertfordshire 1 Toss: Hertfordshire Umpires: C Marshall and C Powell Debutants: Oxfordshire 1 (M T Phillips); Hertfordshire 2 (R V Buxton, L W Compton) First day score: Rain prevented play Hertfordshire White, H E b Bassett 32 Golding, A J b Rogers 6 Coleman, W E b Rogers 3 T H K Dashwood lbw b Bassett 7 * H J Hill c Bassett b Rogers 61 A Butcher b Rogers 14 C T Rudd b Rogers 15 + L W Compton run out 15 R V Buxton b Roberts 10 R C Grellet c J W Marsh b Rogers 1 Rudd, W J not out 6 Extras b 10, w 2, nb 1 13 Total 183 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 94 183 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers 33.3 11 71 6 - 1 Bassett 22 5 62 2 1 - Turner 7 1 25 0 - - Roberts 10 1 12 1 1 - Extras - - 13 1 - - Total 72.3 18 183 10 2 1 Oxfordshire + J WMarsh b Coleman 10 H Bassett not out 16 * W Smith c Hill b White 34 J F Marsh c Coleman b White 5 F B Roberts c Dashwood b W J Rudd 1 M Molloy st Compton b W J Rudd 4 Rogers, A c and b W J Rudd 0 E Wakelin c Dashwood b W J Rudd 2 J R F Turner c substitute b W J Rudd 2 H E Walker c Hill b W J Rudd 7 M T Phillips b White 6 Extras b 10, lb 3 13 Total 100 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 14 61 100 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Coleman 6 0 25 1 - - White 24.5 8 42 3 - - Rudd, W J 29 10 20 6 - - Extras - - 13 0 - - Total 59.5 18 100 10 0 0 Notes: There was no play on the first day in this drawn return match. Hertfordshire gained a point for obtaining first innings lead. Hertfordshire had won when the teams met in July at Bishop’s Stortford. For Hertfordshire, Hill scored 61. Bassett carried his bat for Oxfordshire in a defensive innings of 16 not out. [Missing: Fall of wickets; in Hertfordshire inns boundaries in Hill’s 61; in Oxfordshire inns who held substitute catch.] Sources: Oxford Times 23 August; Herts Advertiser 23 August; Hertfordshire Mercury 23 August; Watford Observer 23 August; The Sportsman 18,19,20 August.