minc588	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1904
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 10th, 11th August 1904 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire 0
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (1) 296/7 (Watts 73*, Barker 24*; 67 overs)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Marsh	b Barker	51
H Bassett	c Nepean b Barker	1
*JF Marsh	c Cave b Barker	18
GRW Dickinson	c Cave b Blundell	13
G Polley	b Cave	41
+FG Arnold	c Croom b Cave	41
P Rogers	b Cave	10
GA Roberts	st Watts b Croom	22
SCB Lee	c Rowe b Barker	20
GFH Berkeley	not out	4
A Rogers	c Nepean b Barker	6
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 3 nb, 0 w)	12
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-48, 3-?, 4-97, 5-174, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-239 (68 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barker	30	1	105	5	-	3
Cave	15	1	49	3	-	-
Blundell	17	3	56	1	-	-
Bennett	4	0	13	0	-	-
Croom	2	1	4	1	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGM Bennett	run out	76
ED Matthews	c JW Marsh b Berkeley	35
DHBH Blundell	c P Rogers b Berkeley	27
FE Rowe	c JW Marsh b P Rogers	56
FG Strange	c Arnold b A Rogers	0
+EA Watts	not out	73
H Barrett	b Bassett	0
*CEMY Nepean	b Bassett	0
W Barker	not out	24
W Cave	did not bat
AB Croom	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(7 wickets, 67 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-122, 3-156, 4-156, 5-228, 6-228, 7-228

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	16	3	75	1	-	-
P Rogers	14	3	46	1	-	-
Bassett	18	1	66	2	-	-
Berkeley	18	1	104	2	-	-
Polley	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GFH Berkeley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Polley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FG Arnold (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Roberts (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SCB Lee (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This return match was drawn after rain prevented play on the second day.
Heavy and persistent rain on the Thursday led to the match being abandoned after lunch.
The game between the two sides at Oxford the week before had been won by Oxfordshire.
For Berkshire, Bennett scored 76, Watts's 73 not out and Rowe 56.
In the Berkshire innings Watts and Barker had an unbroken partnership of 68 runs for the eighth wicket.
For Oxfordshire, J W Marsh scored 51.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; part fall of wickets; in Oxfordshire innings boundaries in J W Marsh's 51;
in Berkshire innings boundaries in Bennett's 76, Watts's 73 not out, and Rowe's 56.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 13 August; Reading Mercury 13 August; Reading Standard 13 August; Abingdon Herald 13 August; Oxford Chronicle 12 August; Oxford Times 13 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August.

 

 

 

 

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