minc54	Oxfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1896
Venue	Oxford County School Ground, Thame on 3rd, 4th August 1896 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by an innings and 38 runs
Points	Oxfordshire -1; Berkshire 1
Umpires	[unknown], J Relf
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 43/3 (Arnold 7*, Gray 0*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LGA Collins	c Wood b A Rogers	32
CEMY Nepean	b A Rogers	58
EF Hill	st Arnold b Kirtland	64
A Daffen	b P Rogers	3
HV Plum	b P Rogers	0
+FE Chapman	c and b Kirtland	26
*ACM Croome	b A Rogers	23
FW Finch	b A Rogers	0
FJ Portman	b A Rogers	1
W Barker	b A Rogers	12
LA Burgess	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 119.4 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-103, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-237 (119.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	48	14	95	6	-	-
P Rogers	42	17	70	2	-	-
Gray	17	8	32	0	-	-
Kirtland	12.4	2	32	2	-	1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Hulls	b Burgess	10
WA Wells	c Collins b Barker	24
WI Rowell	c Chapman b Burgess	2
+FG Arnold	b Barker	7
EG Gray	b Burgess	4
*GR Wood	b Barker	4
P Rogers	not out	15
WTF Deane	b Barker	10
THK Moulder	b Finch	5
A Rogers	st Chapman b Finch	28
AJ Kirtland	c Daffen b Finch	1
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-112 (41.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Portman	5	0	29	0	-	-
Burgess	12	3	29	3	-	-
Barker	16	5	29	4	-	-
Finch	8.1	1	23	3	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Hulls	c Daffen b Finch	0
WA Wells	b Finch	31
WI Rowell	b Finch	2
+FG Arnold	b Finch	0
EG Gray	lbw b Finch	0
*GR Wood	b Finch	18
P Rogers	c Chapman b Barker	4
WTF Deane	c and b Daffen	0
THK Moulder	b Daffen	17
A Rogers	c Croome b Daffen	3
AJ Kirtland	not out	10
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-87 (36 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	10	4	17	1	-	-
Finch	18	5	54	6	-	-
Daffen	8	2	14	3	-	-

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Notes
--> EF Hill made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Daffen made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HV Plum made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FJ Portman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LA Burgess made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Hulls made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WI Rowell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Gray made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> THK Moulder made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HV Plum made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Hulls made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WI Rowell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CEMY Nepean (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FE Chapman (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Rogers (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Finch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-41)
--> W Barker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-21)
--> FW Finch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 3-23)
--> FW Finch achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won by an innings and 38 runs on the second day, after Oxfordshire followed-on 125 runs behind. Bad light stopped play 25 minutes early on the first day. Newspaper reports suggest heavy overnight rain made conditions difficult for batting on the second day. For the winners, there were 7 fours in Hill's 64 and 9 fours in Nepean's 58. By arranging to play 8 Championship matches, Berkshire qualified for inclusion in the Competition Table for the first time.
[Missing: Second umpire; fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire second innings batting order; time completed.]
Sources: Jackson's Oxford Journal 8 August; Oxford Chronicle 8 August; Oxford Times 8 August; Berkshire Chronicle 8 August; Reading Observer 22 August; Reading Standard 7 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August.

 

 

 

 

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