The Minor Counties Championship 1903

65 MATCH NUMBER 42 : OXFORDSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIRE At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Monday 3, Tuesday 4 August 1903 Result: Match drawn - Oxfordshire won on first innings Points: Oxfordshire 1 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: W Griffiths and C Hughes Debutants: Oxfordshire 1 (R D Slater); Staffordshire 2 (W J Beddows, E Moore) First day score: Oxfordshire 182; Staffordshire 78-6 wickets (W Brown 23*, W J Beddows 0*) Oxfordshire + J W Marsh c Stratton b Pallett 18 (2) lbw b Moore 0 H Bassett c Hollowood b Moore 33 (1) b Briggs 36 Rev C H S Gmelin lbw b Moore 19 (3) c Briggs b Stratton 5 * J F Marsh b Pallett 33 (4) c and b Briggs 33 W Smith c Hollowood b Moore 0 (5) c Fereday b Briggs 18 W S Case c Brown b Stratton 0 Rogers, P st Dearing b Moore 34 (7) b Briggs 0 R D Slater c Beddows b Moore 11 (8) not out 17 E Wakelin b Pallett 8 (9) not out 1 Rogers, A c Beddows b Brown 9 (6) c Dearing b Hollowood 5 W T Brooks not out 9 Extras b 5, lb 1, nb 2 8 b 1, lb 3, w 2 6 Total 182 (7 wickets declared) 121 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 35 69 75 75 75 134 148 160 166 182 Second innings 3 19 73 91 101 101 113 - - - Pallett 32 11 49 3 - - (2) 7 2 14 0 2 - Fereday 13 3 25 0 - - Moore 36 9 72 5 - - (1) 11 4 21 1 - - Stratton 3 1 10 1 - - (4) 4 2 9 1 - - Grose 3 0 11 0 - - (5) 2 0 10 0 - - Brown, W 3.5 1 7 1 - - (3) 13 5 23 0 - - Briggs (6) 8 1 21 4 - - Hollowood (7) 4 0 17 1 - - Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 6 0 - - Total 90.5 25 182 10 0 2 49 14 121 7 2 0 Staffordshire T A Grose b A Rogers 4 A Hollowood c Slater b A Rogers 0 (5) b A Rogers 10 * H D Stratton b P Rogers 22 (3) b A Rogers 0 R C Page b A Rogers 2 (1) b A Rogers 3 Brown, W not out 28 (4) c P Rogers b Wakelin 16 P Briggs b A Rogers 1 (6) c J F Marsh b A Rogers 0 Fereday, J B b Brooks 25 (2) not out 31 W J Beddows c J W Marsh b Brooks 0 (7) b A Rogers 0 E Moore c P Rogers b A Rogers 1 (8) lbw b A Rogers 0 Pallett, H J b A Rogers 4 (10) not out 0 + H Dearing b Brooks 2 (9) c Wakelin b J W Marsh 4 Extras b 5 5 b 7, lb 3, nb 1 11 Total 94 (8 wickets) 75 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 8 20 34 35 76 78 81 85 94 Second innings 3 3 26 48 52 54 54 75 - - Rogers, A 30 15 36 6 - - (1) 27 17 21 6 - - Rogers, P 15 6 24 1 - - (3) 7 2 15 0 - - Bassett 4 0 16 0 - - (4) 5 3 6 0 - - Brooks 13 9 8 3 - - (2) 13 8 19 0 - 1 Case 2 0 5 0 - - Wakelin (5) 1 1 0 1 - - J WMarsh (6) 2 1 3 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 11 0 - - Total 64 30 94 10 0 0 55 32 75 8 0 1 Notes: This game was drawn after the Oxfordshire declaration had set Staffordshire a victory target of 210 runs. For the home side, A Rogers took 12 wickets in the match for 57 runs. The 32 maidens he bowled were the most in a match in the season. When he had scored 3 in the Staffordshire first innings, Stratton reached the career milestone of one thousand runs in championship matches. [Missing: In Oxfordshire first innings who bowled 2 no balls.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Abingdon Herald 8 August; Oxford Chronicle 8 August; Oxford Journal 8 August; Oxford Times 8 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 8 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 4 August; Birmingham Daily Post 4,5 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.