The Minor Counties Championship 1903

89 MATCH NUMBER 66 : STAFFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The County Ground, Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 [no play] August 1903 Result: Match drawn – Staffordshire won on first innings Points: Staffordshire 1 Toss: Staffordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Staffordshire none; Oxfordshire 1 (W Holiday) First day score: As match – rain prevented play on second day Staffordshire Brown, W b P Rogers 6 A Hollowood c Wyatt b P Rogers 26 * H D Stratton c J W Marsh b P Rogers 11 R C Page b A Rogers 8 P Briggs c J F Marsh b A Rogers 7 Fereday, J B b P Rogers 27 F H Wynne lbw b P Rogers 23 W J Beddows c Bassett b P Rogers 8 (1) not out 0 Grimshaw, T b Bassett 11 T A Grose b P Rogers 16 + J Poole not out 0 (2) not out 0 Extras lb 4, w 1 5 0 Total 148 (no wicket) 0 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 29 40 51 51 67 98 117 126 146 148 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 22 6 44 2 - - (1) 3 3 0 0 - - Rogers, P 34 10 71 7 - - (2) 2 2 0 0 - - Bassett 13 2 28 1 - - Extras - - 5 0 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 69 18 148 10 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 Oxfordshire + J W Marsh b Grimshaw 8 H Bassett b Fereday 2 W Holiday b Grimshaw 8 * J F Marsh lbw b Grimshaw 0 Rogers, P c Briggs b Fereday 9 Arnold, F b Fereday 0 E Wakelin c Grimshaw b Fereday 13 F B Roberts b Grimshaw 1 W C Wyatt not out 15 H E Walker c Stratton b Grimshaw 25 Rogers, A c Grose b Hollowood 2 Extras b 2 2 Total 85 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 10 10 12 23 27 27 28 44 79 85 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Grimshaw 15 4 38 5 - - Fereday 12 2 37 4 - - Hollowood 3 0 8 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - Total 30 6 85 10 0 0 Notes: This return match was drawn, with rain preventing play on the second day. The game between the two teams at Oxford earlier in the month had also been drawn. P Rogers took 7 wickets for 71 runs in the Staffordshire first innings. For the home side, Fereday made the highest score with 27. [Missing: Umpires; in Staffordshire first innings who bowled wide.] Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Staffordshire Advertiser 22 August; Staffordshire Sentinel 19,20 August; Birmingham Daily Post 20,21 August; Oxford Times 22 August.