The Minor Counties Championship 1903

81 MATCH NUMBER 58 : HERTFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 August 1903 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 64 runs Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: C E Bartram and A Stockwin Debutants: Hertfordshire 1 (J R Turner); Oxfordshire 1 (W C Wyatt) First day score: Oxfordshire 149; Hertfordshire 271-5 wickets (J R Turner 29*) Oxfordshire J W Marsh c Bigge b White 23 (1) b White 0 W C Wyatt lbw b White 7 (2) b Coleman 0 E Wakelin c Fastnedge b Rudd 5 (3) b Coleman 3 * J F Marsh lbw b Rudd 4 (4) not out 37 A P Boissier not out 65 (5) c Bigge b White 0 + Arnold, F b Coleman 23 (6) b Coleman 2 Rogers, P b Coleman 4 (7) b Rudd 13 F B Roberts b White 6 (8) b Coleman 0 Rogers, A b Coleman 0 (10) c Fastnedge b White 23 W T Brooks b Coleman 5 (11) c Golding b White 0 A J S Willson absent - (9) c Bigge b White 2 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 7, lb 1 8 Total 149 88 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 149 - Second innings 88 White 30 9 67 3 - - (1) 15.4 6 22 5 - - Rudd 21 4 56 2 - - (2) 5 2 16 1 - - Coleman 13.2 5 19 4 - - (3) 19 4 42 4 - - Extras - - 7 0 - - - - 8 0 - - Total 64.2 18 149 9 0 0 39.4 12 88 10 0 0 Hertfordshire A Butcher b A Rogers 0 Golding, A J c Brooks b A Rogers 75 Capt G O Bigge b A Rogers 22 White, H E c Boissier b J W Marsh 99 C C T Doll c Willson b A Rogers 36 J R Turner c Roberts b A Rogers 38 G G Dumbelton lbw b A Rogers 9 Coleman, W E b P Rogers 9 + C D Fastnedge not out 1 Rudd, W J b A Rogers 2 * H J Hill Extras b 6, w 1, nb 3 10 Total (9 wickets declared) 301 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 0 271 301 - Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 32 6 77 7 - - Roberts 13 0 55 0 1 3 Wakelin 3 0 16 0 - - Rogers, P 18 1 61 1 - - J F Marsh 2 0 7 0 - - Brooks 9 1 40 0 - - Boissier 4 0 18 0 - - J WMarsh 4 0 17 1 - - Extras - - 10 0 - - Total 85 8 301 9 1 3 Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by an innings on the second day. The game between the two teams at Oxford the previous week had been drawn. For the winners, White scored 99 and Golding 75. Golding and White had a large partnership for the third wicket which probably exceeded a hundred runs and could have been the second highest for that wicket during the season. The highest known partnership for that wicket was 133, and the other two known century partnerships were 107 and 106. Boissier scored 65 not out for Oxfordshire. On the first day, play had been extended for a few minutes to allow White to score his century, but he was caught at mid-on off J WMarsh’s lob bowling for 99. When dismissing Roberts in the Oxfordshire second innings, Coleman took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire first innings boundaries in Boissier’s 65*, and why Willson absent; in Hertfordshire innings boundaries in White’s 99 and Golding’s 75; time completed.] Sources: Herts Advertiser 15 August; Herts Leader 18 August; Watford Observer 15 August; Oxford Times 15 August.