The Minor Counties Championship 1905

69 MATCH NUMBER 43 : OXFORDSHIRE V BERKSHIRE At The Christ Church Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Friday 4, Saturday 5 August 1905 Result: Match drawn – Berkshire won on first innings Points: Berkshire 2 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: T H Holton and D J Jennings Debutants: Oxfordshire none; Berkshire none First day score: Oxfordshire 124 and 28-2 wickets (J F Marsh 12*, R Hartley 2*); Berkshire 162 Oxfordshire H Bassett c Nepean b Sansum 9 ( ) not out 11 Rogers, P c Rowe b Sansum 5 ( ) not out 41 R Hartley b Bennett 62 ( ) c Croome b Rowe 116 * J F Marsh c Rowe b Sansum 2 ( ) lbw b Rowe 54 W Smith c Dowell b Sansum 3 ( ) c Tull b Cave 39 W H Follett c Cave b Sansum 0 ( ) c Bennett b Cave 4 + Rev J W Marsh c and b Sansum 5 ( ) c Nepean b Cave 5 M G Arnett c Cave b Sansum 8 H J M Eade lbw b Bennett 0 G F H Berkeley c Dowell b Bennett 3 Rogers, A not out 16 Extras b10, w 1 11 b 12, w 3 15 Total 124 (5 wickets declared) 285 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 124 Second innings - - - - - Cave 17 3 54 0 - - (2) 20 2 91 3 - - Sansum 16 3 42 7 1 - (1) 19 3 79 0 - - Rowe 4 1 9 0 - - (5) 7 0 34 2 - - Bennett 4 1 8 3 - - (4) 8 0 56 0 - - Croome (3) 4 0 11 0 - - Extras - - 11 0 - - - - 15 0 - - Total 41 8 124 10 1 0 58 5 286x 5 3 0 285 Berkshire G G M Bennett b A Rogers 33 (1) c J W Marsh b Arnett 17 J H Dowell b A Rogers 11 (3) c J W Marsh b Bassett 28 F E Rowe b Eade 36 (4) b Bassett 7 + Watts, E b A Rogers 5 (5) not out 16 W M Greenfield b Eade 12 (6) not out 14 A C M Croome b Bassett 32 * Sir C E M Y Nepean lbw b Eade 0 (2) lbw b Berkeley 51 A S B Tull b Eade 2 Cave, W st J W Marsh b Bassett 5 Croom, A B lbw b Eade 2 Sansum, A not out 7 Extras b 13, lb 4 17 b 8, lb 2, nb 2 12 Total 162 (4 wickets) 145 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 162 Second innings - - - - - - Rogers, A 22 6 44 3 - - Bassett 10 2 42 2 - - (3) 9 3 28 2 - - Berkeley 6 1 31 0 - - (4) 5 2 15 1 - - Eade 11 3 28 5 - - (1) 11 1 57 0 - - Arnett (2) 7 0 33 1 - - Extras - - 17 0 - - - - 12 0 - - Total 49 12 162 10 0 0 32 6 145 4 0 2 Notes: This match was drawn with Berkshire winning on first innings. For Oxfordshire, Hartley scored 116, with 17 fours, and 62. J F Marsh scored 54. For the visitors, Sansum took 7 wickets for 42 in the Oxfordshire first innings. Nepean scored 51. [Missing: Fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire first innings boundaries in Hartley’s 62; in Oxfordshire second innings thr ees and twos and duration of Hartley’s 116, boundaries in J F Marsh’s 54, batting order, runs conceded bowling 1 in excess and who bowled the 3 wides; in Berkshire second innings boundaries in Nepean’s 51 and who bowled the 2 no balls.] Sources: Jackson’ s Oxford Journal 12 August; Oxford Chronicle 11 August; Oxford Times 12 August; Berkshire Chronicle 12 August; Reading Mercury 12 August; Reading Standard 12 August; Sporting Life 5,7 August; The Sportsman 5,7 August.