The Minor Counties Championship 1903

82 MATCH NUMBER 59 : BEDFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The Bedford Grammar School Ground, Burnaby Road, Bedford on Friday 14, Saturday 15 August 1903 Result: Bedfordshire won by nine wickets Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: J Ford and G T Rye Debutants: Bedfordshire none; Oxfordshire none First day score: Oxfordshire 78; Bedfordshire 147-1 (B L Peel 62*, G E Wharmby 70*) Oxfordshire J W Marsh b T A Brown 5 (8) c Wharmby b S Brown 17 Rev C H S Gmelin c and b Wharmby 6 (7) c S Brown b T A Brown 7 E Wakelin c Moss b Wharmby 11 (10) not out 9 * J F Marsh not out 25 (4) run out 16 A P Boissier b T A Brown 0 (5) c Peel b Wharmby 45 + Arnold, F c Rowe b Wharmby 6 (6) b Peel 38 Rogers, P c Pepper b T A Brown 0 (2) b Peel 16 F B Roberts c Pollitt b T A Brown 5 (3) b Peel 7 A J S Willson c Pepper b T A Brown 0 (9) b Peel 1 Rogers, A c and b Wharmby 5 (11) c Pollitt b Peel 2 W T Brooks c Orr b T A Brown 12 (1) b Peel 14 Extras 3 7 Total 78 179 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 9 23 24 28 35 36 44 48 53 78 Second innings 16 32 43 99 99 117 164 177 179 Brown, T A 26.5 9 37 6 - - (1) 26 12 57 1 - - Wharmby 26 14 38 4 - - (2) 27 12 56 1 - - Peel (3) 15.1 6 28 6 - - S Brown (4) 12 6 16 1 - - Pepper (5) 3 0 15 0 - - Extras - - 3 0 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 52.5 23 78 10 - - 83.1 36 179 10 - - Bedfordshire N D T Oliver c Roberts b P Rogers 10 B L Peel not out 107 Wharmby, G E run out 80 * H R Orr not out 21 Pollitt, G (1) c Arnold b P Rogers 10 Brown, T A (2) not out 22 Pepper, C (3) not out 3 S Brown Rev R H Moss L Parbury + Capt E F Rowe Extras nb 6 6 2 Total (2 wickets dec) 224 (1 wicket) 37 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 12 189 - - - - - - - - Second innings 33 - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 19 3 61 0 - 1 (1) 6 1 13 0 - - Rogers, P 17 1 71 1 - - (2) 5 0 22 1 - - Roberts 9 0 51 0 - 5 Brooks 9 1 35 0 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 2 0 - - Total 54 5 224 2 0 6 11 1 37 1 - - Notes: Bedfordshire won by an innings on the second day, after only losing three wickets in the match. Rain delayed the start of play until 2.25 pm on the first day and 12.00 pm on the second. For the winners, Peel scored 107 not out and Wharmby scored 80 with 5 fours. In the home team’s first innings, Peel and Wharmby put on 177 runs for the second wicket which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. It was their second century partnership for that wicket during the season. In the second Bedfordshire innings, T A Brown scored the single needed for victory. However, as there was some doubt whether the winning run had been hit, A Rogers completed his over with a ball that Pepper hit for three. After lunch on the second day, H M Cantrell fielded as a substitute for Moss who was lame. [Missing: Extras breakdown; in Oxfordshire second innings fall of seventh wicket; in Bedfordshire first innings breakdown and duration of Peel’s 107 not out; time completed.] Sources: Bedford Record 18 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 21 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 21 August; Bedfordshire Standard 21 August; Bedfordshire Times 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 22 Aguust; Luton News 20 August; Oxford Chronicle 21 August; Oxford Journal 22 August; Oxford Times 22 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August.