The Minor Counties Championship 1903

16 THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1903 – THE SEASON’S RESULTS AT A GLANCE - CONT N0 DAY DATE MTH VENUE BATTED FIRST BATTED SECOND RESULT 66 W,[T] 19,[20] Aug Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire 148 & 0-0 Oxfordshire 85 Drawn 67 F,S 21,22 High Wycombe Buckinghamshire 83 & 99 Berkshire 146 & 39-1 Berks 9 wkts 68 F,S 21,22 Oxford Bedfordshire 65 & 107 Oxfordshire 85 & 84 Beds 3 runs 69 F,S 21,22 Middlesbrough Northumberland 302 & 24-2 Yorkshire 2nd XI 141 & 184 N'land 8 wkts 70 [M],T [24],25 Exeter Devon 62 & 148 Monmouthshire 133 Drawn 71 [M,T] [24,25] Watford Hertfordshire DNB Northamptonshire DNB Abandoned 72 M,[T] 24,[25] The Oval Wiltshire 35-3 Surrey 2nd XI DNB Drawn 73 T,W 25,26 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire 131 Cambridgeshire 74-6 Drawn 74 W,T 26,27 Reading Monmouthshire 165 & 231-6d Berkshire 127 & 93-4 Drawn 75 F,S 28,29 Exeter Glamorgan 119 & 118 Devon 94 & 81 Glam 62 runs 76 F,S 28,29 Swindon CG Monmouthshire 88 & 81 Wiltshire 150 & 20-3 Wilts 7 wkts Note: Home teams in bold. Dates in brackets indicate no play possible on that day due to rain. THE MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP 1903 THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE Team Played Won Lost Tied Drawn Drawn Drawn Drawn Abandoned Possible Points Percentage Won Tied Lost No Points Obtained 1 st inns 1 st inns 1 st inns Decision 1 Northamptonshire (3) 11 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 33 23 69.69 2 Durham (8) 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 62.50 3 Wiltshire (1) 12 7 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 36 22 61.11 4= Bedfordshire (12) 12 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 36 18 50.00 4= Glamorgan (4) 10 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 30 15 50.00 4= Northumberland (15) 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 12 50.00 7 Monmouthshire (13) 8 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 24 8 33.33 8= Hertfordshire (7) 8 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 24 7 29.16 8= Surrey 2nd XI (2) 8 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 24 7 29.16 10= Buckinghamshire (6) 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 24 6 25.00 10= Cambridgeshire 8 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 6 25.00 10= Yorkshire 2nd XI (9=) 8 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 6 25.00 13 Berkshire (14) 8 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 4½ 18.75 14 Staffordshire (5) 8 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 24 4 16.66 15 Oxfordshire (9=) 8 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 24 3 ½ 14.58 16 Devon (9=) 8 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 24 3 12.50 17 Dorset (16) 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 21 1 4.76 Method of scoring: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a win on first innings, points divided for tie in a completed match or tie on first innings in an uncompleted match The 1902 positions are shown in parentheses.