The Minor Counties Championship 1905

96 MATCH NUMBER 70 : OXFORDSHIRE V NORFOLK At The Christ Church Ground, Iffley Road, Oxford on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 August 1905 Result: Norfolk won by ten wickets Points: Norfolk 3 Toss: Oxfordshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Oxfordshire none; Norfolk none First day score: Oxfordshire 275; Norfolk 178-7 wickets (Rev J G McCormick 35*) Oxfordshire H Bassett c Watson b Worman 72 (3) run out 27 + Rev J W Marsh c Leman b Hoare 23 (1) c Starling b Barratt 0 G A Roberts b Gibson 7 (9) b Worman 0 * J F Marsh c Starling b Gibson 65 (4) b Worman 9 W Smith c Allen b Starling 4 (5) c Watson b Barratt 7 Rogers, P b Worman 1 (6) c Barratt b Worman 4 W S Case c Leman b Hoare 16 (7) not out 7 Arnold, F c McCormick b Worman 54 (8) b Worman 0 B H E Price c Allen b Worman 8 (10) b Worman 0 Rogers, A not out 17 (11) c Worman b Barratt 8 J R F Turner b Worman 0 (2) c Barratt b Worman 5 Extras b 7, nb 1 8 b 4, nb 1 5 Total 275 72 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 58 69 129 143 182 224 275 Second innings 17 38 57 57 57 57 72 Worman 22.2 5 59 5 - - (2) 13 3 34 6 - - Gibson 17 4 61 2 - - Smith, E W 5 2 24 0 - 1 Hoare 11 3 59 2 - - Leman 5 1 15 0 - - Starling 10 0 49 1 - - Barratt (1) 13.3 2 33 3 - 1 Extras - - 8 0 - - - - 5 1 - - Total 70.2 15 275 10 0 1 26.3 5 72 10 0 1 Norfolk * L Barratt b Turner 39 Rev A R Hoare c Arnold b A Rogers 6 P A Fryer b A Rogers 14 G Starling c J W Marsh b A Rogers 0 (2) not out 15 A K Watson c J W Marsh b A Rogers 58 L H Leman c Arnold b Bassett 18 (1) not out 4 Rev J G McCormick run out 141 J N Worman c W Smith b A Rogers 2 + G Allen st J W Marsh b A Rogers 28 Gibson, E b A Rogers 9 Smith, E W not out 0 Extras w 1, nb 2 14 0 Total 329 (no wickets) 19 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 48 48 80 115 164 178 276 329 Second innings - - - - - - - - - - Rogers, A 29 2 115 7 - - Price 16.5 2 81 0 1 - (1) 2.3 0 9 0 - - Turner 21 2 82 1 - 2 (2) 2 0 10 0 - - Bassett 13 2 37 1 - - Extras - - 14 1 - - - - 0 0 - - Total 79.5 8 329 10 1 2 4.3 0 19 0 0 0 Notes: Norfolk won this return match by ten wickets shortly after 4.00 pm on the second day. The match at Norwich between the two sides the previous week had also been won by Norfolk. For the winners , McCormick’s 141 contained 17 fours and was scored in 150 minutes. There were 7 fours in Watson’s 58. Worman took 11 wickets in the match for 93 runs. In the Norfolk first innings, McCormick and Worman added 98 runs for the eighth wicket. For Oxfordshire, Bassett’s 72 included 8 fours, J F Marsh’s 65 contained 9 fours and Arnold’s 54 included 11 fours. [Missing: Umpires; part fall of wickets; in Norfolk first innings threes and twos in McCormick’s 141 and extras breakdown.] Sources: Jackson’s Oxford Journa l 19 August; Oxford Chronicle 18 August; Oxford Times 19 August; Eastern Daily Press 17,18 August; Eastern Evening News 16,17 August; Norfolk Chronicle 19 August; Norwich Mercury 19 August; The Sportsman 17,18 August.