minc157	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1898
Venue	Oxford County School Ground, Thame on 5th, 6th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Buckinghamshire 0
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 147/4 (Bassett 40*, Compton 4*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b P Rogers	8
CH Allcock	b P Rogers	9
+J Saunders	b Bassett	27
MW Wright	c Compton b P Rogers	10
ES Boddy	lbw b BW Bradford	41
*PJ de Paravicini	c Kirtland b A Rogers	7
FT Higgins-Bernard	c Bassett b BW Bradford	22
HJ Austin	b BW Bradford	0
ENN Bartlett	b Kirtland	9
SWB Holbrooke	c Bassett b Kirtland	0
CL Prior	not out	3
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-26, 3-52, 4-62, 5-82, 6-120, 7-120, 8-?, 9-?, 10-143 (67 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	25	9	44	3	-	-
A Rogers	15	4	37	1	-	-
Bassett	11	2	23	1	-	-
Kirtland	9	3	40	2	-	-
BW Bradford	7	2	12	3	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Holbrooke b Wright	44
BW Bradford	b Wright	4
AJ Forbes	c Austin b Boddy	70
W Smith	b Allcock	17
JF Marsh	c Prior b Wright	5
+ED Compton	st Saunders b Boddy	37
A Rogers	c and b Boddy	0
P Rogers	c de Paravicini b Wright	2
THK Moulder	c Allcock b Boddy	1
*CC Bradford	not out	7
AJ Kirtland	c de Paravicini b Allcock	11
Extras	(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, ? w)	17
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-105, 3-127, 4-?, 5-151, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-215 (98.1 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allcock	20.1	6	55	2	-	-
Wright	43	26	53	4	-	1
Boddy	31	7	76	4	-	1
Holbrooke	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CRH Gresson	b P Rogers	2
SWB Holbrooke	b A Rogers	0
MW Wright	b A Rogers	0
+J Saunders	b Bassett	44
ES Boddy	run out	0
*PJ de Paravicini	lbw b A Rogers	105
FT Higgins-Bernard	b Marsh	4
CH Allcock	b P Rogers	24
HJ Austin	not out	7
ENN Bartlett	b P Rogers	2
CL Prior	c P Rogers b A Rogers	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-116, 6-?, 7-?, 8-183, 9-?, 10-200 (67.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
P Rogers	23	3	63	3	-	-
A Rogers	16.3	3	45	4	-	-
Bassett	14	2	30	1	-	-
Kirtland	2	0	14	0	-	-
Marsh	9	1	21	1	-	-
BW Bradford	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Buckinghamshire first innings adds 20 runs over
--> ES Boddy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SWB Holbrooke made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Forbes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Wright (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> AJ Forbes (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Kirtland (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Bradford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 3-19)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
This match was drawn, with rain preventing play for two hours after lunch on the second day. De Paravicini's 105 for Buckinghamshire included 1 five, 11 fours. 1 three and 13 twos. Together with Saunders, he put on 114 runs for the fifth wicket in the visitors' second innings, which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. For Oxfordshire, there was 1 five and 11 fours in Forbes's 70, scored in 80 minutes. All sources listed give the runs conceded bowling in the Buckinghamshire first innings as being 20 in excess.
[Missing: Umpires; part extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Buckinghamshire 1st inns runs conceded by bowlers 20 in excess in all sources listed; in Buckinghamshire 2nd inns duration of de Paravicini's 105, and part batting order.]
Sources: Jackson's Oxford Journal 13 August; Oxford Chronicle 13 August; Oxford Times 13 August; Aylesbury Reporter 13 August; Bucks Advertiser 13 August; Bucks Herald 13 August; The Sportsman 9 August.

 

 

 

 

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