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Berkshire v Oxfordshire
Minor Counties Championship 1898
VenueCounty Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 15th, 16th August 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over5
TossBerkshire won the toss and decided to bat
ResultBerkshire won by an innings and 187 runs
PointsBerkshire 1; Oxfordshire -1
UmpiresF Gladwin, J Relf
Close of play day 1Berkshire (1) 399/4 (LP Collins 59*, Ingram 5*)
Berkshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
LGA Collinsb BW Bradford139     
+MJ Dauglishst Headlam b P Rogers120     
CEMY Nepeanc Headlam b Bassett17     
LP Collinsnot out59     
*ACM Croomec Deane b Bassett53     
FM Ingramnot out5     
W Barkerdid not bat      
H Barrettdid not bat      
FE Chapmandid not bat      
FW Finchdid not bat      
JA Pottdid not bat      
Extras(? b, ? lb, 2 nb, 1 w)6
Total(4 wickets, declared, 131 overs)399
Fall of wickets:
1-224, 2-?, 3-310, 4-386
Oxfordshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
P Rogers26   6601--
A Rogers32   9820--
Bassett26   9522-2
Kirtland18   2600--
BW Bradford14   0611--
Marsh10   04701-
Compton2   0140--
Wood3   0130--
Oxfordshire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
H Bassettc Nepean b Barker6     
ED Comptonb Barrett2     
JF Marshb Barker6     
W Smithc Croome b Barrett11     
BW Bradfordc Croome b Barker0     
WTF Deanec Croome b Barker0     
GR Woodnot out10     
P Rogersc Croome b Barker0     
A Rogersc LP Collins b Barrett9     
+C Headlamb Barrett9     
AJ Kirtlandb Barker2     
Extras(? b, ? lb, 1 nb, ? w)6
Total(all out, 31.4 overs)61
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-24, 4-25, 5-26, 6-30, 7-39, 8-39, 9-45, 10-61 (31.4 ov)
Berkshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Barker16   7306--
Barrett15.47254-1
Oxfordshire second innings (following on)RunsBallsMins4s6s
GR Woodc Chapman b Barker2     
ED Comptonc Nepean b Barker19     
H Bassettc Croome b Barker28     
JF Marshc Nepean b Barker0     
W Smithc Ingram b Croome14     
BW Bradfordc Ingram b Barker0     
WTF Deanec Croome b Barrett35     
P Rogersnot out3     
A Rogersb Croome22     
+C Headlamc Nepean b Barker17     
AJ Kirtlandb Finch9     
Extras2
Total(all out, 75 overs)151
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-42, 3-51, 4-51, 5-82, 6-87, 7-87, 8-138, 9-139, 10-151 (75 ov)
Berkshire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Barker28   9736--
Barrett18   4231--
Croome23   8382--
Finch6   0151--
Notes
--> Oxfordshire full substitute: GR Wood for CC Bradford (after lunch on the first day)
--> Bowling in the Berkshire first innings adds 4 runs under
--> JA Pott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LGA Collins (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Dauglish (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Dauglish (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Headlam (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Berkshire won this return match by an innings and 187 runs on the second day, thus reversing the result of the match at Banbury at the beginning of August. The margin of victory was the biggest during the season and a new record for the Championship, exceeding the innings and 178 runs by which Worcestershire beat Hertfordshire at Watford in 1897. A heavy overnight thunderstorm changed the nature of the pitch and Oxfordshire were dismissed twice in a day, after following on 338 runs behind and with 4¾ hours to bat to save the match. For the winners, L G A Collins and Dauglish put on 224 for the first wicket, which was also a new record for the Championship for that wicket, beating the 179 put on by C Pigg and F Wells for Hertfordshire v Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent earlier in the season. There were 19 fours, 2 threes and 12 twos in L G A Collins's 139, scored in 10 minutes short of four hours, whilst Dauglish's 120, an innings of 2 hours and 40 minutes, included 17 fours, 3 threes and 10 twos. L P Collins scored 59 not out and Croome 53. The Berkshire total of 399 runs was the third highest of the season. Barker took 12 wickets in the match for 103 runs. Croome held four catches in the slips in the Oxfordshire first innings, and a further two in their second innings. The six catches taken in the match equalled the Championship record previously set by H P Justice for Oxfordshire v Wiltshire at Trowbridge in 1896 and J Saunders for Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire at Aylesbury in 1897. For the losers, in their second innings Deane and A Rogers added 51 runs for the eighth wicket. Shortly after lunch on the first day C C Bradford, the Oxfordshire captain, damaged a hand when fielding and his opposite number, Croome, agreed to Wood, who also took over the captaincy, replacing him. In the Oxfordshire averages, Bradford and Wood are both counted as having played in this match. All sources listed give the runs conceded in the Berkshire innings as being 4 short.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Berkshire inns boundaries in L P Collins's 59 and Croome's 53, fall of 2nd wicket, and runs conceded by Oxon bowlers 4 short; time completed.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 20 August; Reading Mercury 20 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 20 August; Oxford Chronicle 20 August; Oxford Times 20 August; The Sportsman 16,17 August.