The Minor Counties Championship 1903

91 MATCH NUMBER 68 : OXFORDSHIRE V BEDFORDSHIRE At The Hertford College Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Friday 21, Saturday 22 August 1903 Result: Bedfordshire won by 3 runs Points: Bedfordshire 3 Toss: Bedfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Oxfordshire 1 (R Hartley); Bedfordshire none First day score: Bedfordshire 65 and 73-7 wickets (T A Brown 16*); Oxfordshire 85 Bedfordshire N D T Oliver b A Rogers 3 (2) b A Rogers 35 L Parbury c Bassett b P Rogers 7 (1) b P Rogers 0 Wharmby, G E b P Rogers 3 (3) b A Rogers 5 L C R Thring c Ponsonby b A Rogers 1 (4) c and b P Rogers 3 Brown, T A b A Rogers 7 (7) c Hartley b A Rogers 45 * H R Orr b P Rogers 10 (5) lbw b P Rogers 3 Pollitt, G c J W Marsh b P Rogers 3 (8) b Bassett 6 Pepper, C not out 16 (6) c Arnold b P Rogers 0 + Capt E F Rowe run out 0 (9) b Bassett 0 Rev R H Moss c J W Marsh b A Rogers 4 (10) not out 0 R E H Anderson b Bassett 5 (11) c Hartley b A Rogers 0 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 b 8, lb 1, nb 1 10 Total 65 107 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 13 24 34 65 Second innings 0 43 43 51 73 73 107 107 Rogers, P 19 7 31 4 - - (1) 17 5 48 4 - - Rogers, A 19 6 28 4 - 1 (2) 13 1 37 4 - - Bassett 0.1 0 0 1 - - (3) 7 3 7 2 - - Turner (4) 3 1 4 0 - - Extras - - 6 1 - - - - 10 0 - - Total 38.1 13 65 10 0 1 40 10 106x 10 0 1 107 Oxfordshire H Bassett c and b Moss 10 (1) c Moss b Wharmby 4 + Arnold, F c Brown b Thring 41 (2) c Oliver b Brown 28 W Holiday b Brown 4 (7) b Moss 22 * J F Marsh b Moss 16 (4) st Rowe b Wharmby 6 Hon C E Ponsonby b Brown 0 (5) b Wharmby 0 R Hartley c and b Brown 0 (9) b Moss 0 Rogers, P b Brown 0 (8) b Brown 5 Rogers, A b Brown 0 (3) c and b Brown 4 E Wakelin not out 10 (10) b Moss 8 J W Marsh b Brown 1 (6) b Brown 0 J R F Turner b Brown 1 (11) not out 0 Extras b 2 2 b 6, nb 1 7 Total 85 84 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 51 57 61 73 73 73 75 85 Second innings 30 38 51 51 81 84 Brown, T A 15.4 6 27 7 - - (1) 25 9 38 4 - 1 Wharmby 5 0 12 0 - - (3) 14 9 13 3 - - Moss 19 6 39 2 - - (2) 10.2 2 26 3 - - Thring 8 6 5 1 - - Extras - - 2 0 - - - - 7 0 - - Total 47.4 18 85 10 0 0 49.2 20 84 10 0 1 Notes: Bedfordshire won this return match amid reported scenes of “considerable excitement” by 3 runs on the second day. The margin of victory was the smallest by runs in the season. The game between the two teams at Bedford the previous week had also been won by Bedfordshire. For the winners, Brown took 11 wickets for 65 runs as well as top-scoring in the match with his innings of 45. During the match three batsmen were dismissed without scoring in either innings. When dismissing Wharmby in the Bedfordshire first innings, P Rogers took his three hundredth wicket in championship matches. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Bedfordshire second innings who bowled no ball; time completed.] Sources: Oxford Chronicle 28 August; Oxford Journal 29 August; Oxford Times 29 August; Bedford Record 25 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 28 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 28 August; Bedfordshire Standard 28 August; Bedfordshire Times 28 August; Dunstable Advertiser 29 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 29 August; Luton News 27 August; The Sportsman 22,24 August.