The Minor Counties Championship 1905

104 MATCH NUMBER 78 : HERTFORDSHIRE V OXFORDSHIRE At The West Herts Cricket Club Ground, Cassio Road, Watford on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24 August 1905 Result: Hertfordshire won by an innings and 45 runs Points: Hertfordshire 3 Toss: Not known Umpires: R Barber and D Bookless Debutants: Hertfordshire none; Oxfordshire 3 (F E Long, A G Turner, F S Venables) First day score: Oxfordshire 74 and 18-2 wickets (F Arnold 2*, J F Marsh 0*); Hertfordshire 251 Oxfordshire F E Long b Coleman 6 (2) c Golding b White 7 + Rev J W Marsh c Harding b Coleman 0 absent hurt - Arnold, F c Butcher b Coleman 0 (3) c and b White 15 * J F Marsh b Coleman 3 (4) c Golding b Coleman 20 Rogers, P c Harford b White 17 ( ) b Coleman 9 W H Follett c Harford b Harding 36 ( ) c Hosier b White 17 F S Venables b Coleman 0 ( ) c Hosier b White 3 A G Turner b Coleman 7 (1) b Coleman 1 Bridgwater, F b Coleman 0 ( ) c Harford b Coleman 5 Rogers, A c Golding b Harding 0 ( ) c and b White 31 J R F Turner not out 4 ( ) not out 0 Extras b 1 1 24 Total 74 132 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 74 Second innings 132 - Coleman 16 6 29 7 - - (1) 22 4 63 4 - - White 11 1 36 1 - - (2) 21 8 45 5 - - Harding 4.1 1 8 2 - - Extras - - 1 0 - - - - 24 0 - - Total 31.1 8 74 10 0 0 43 12 132 9 - - Hertfordshire Golding, A J c Arnold b Bridgwater 49 White, H E c Follett b J R F Turner 15 G G Dumbelton c and b J R F Turner 43 A Butcher c Long b Bridgwater 17 Coleman, W E c Bridgwater b A Rogers 26 C T Rudd c J F Marsh b A Rogers 7 * H M Harford c Follett b J R F Turner 4 Capt C P Deedes c Arnold b A Rogers 5 L G Hosier b Bridgwater 26 + Goodall, J c P Rogers b A Rogers 5 Harding, E R not out 26 Extras b 25, lb 3 28 Total 251 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 150 251 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 26 6 62 4 - - J R F Turner 36 6 101 3 - - Bridgwater 17.5 2 60 3 - - Extras - - 28 0 - - Total 79.5 14 251 10 0 0 Notes: Hertfordshire won this return match by an innings and 45 runs before lunch on the second day. The match between the two teams at Oxford the previous week had been drawn. For the winners, Coleman took 11 wickets in the match for 92 runs, including 7 for 29 in the Oxfordshire first innings. Golding top-scored in the match with his innings of 49. J W Marsh did not bat in the Oxfordshire second innings due to injury. The score of this match has not been found in any of the Oxfordshire newspapers listed. [Missing: Toss; fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire second innings extras breakdown, and batting order; precise time completed; details of J W Marsh’s injury.] Sources: Hertfordshire Express 26 August; Herts Leader 29 August; Hertfordshire Standard 25 August; West Herts and Watford Observer 26 August; Abingdon H erald 26 August; Jackson’s Oxford Journal 26 August; Oxford Chronicle 25 August; Oxford Times 26 August; The Sportsman 24,25 August.