minc289	Bedfordshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1900
Venue	Luton Hoo Park, Luton on 17th, 18th August 1900 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxfordshire won by an innings and 32 runs
Points	Bedfordshire -1; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	F Gladwin, E Goodyear
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 39/1 (Taylor 10*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	b Kitchener	41
G Holloway	c Thring b Kitchener	55
*CC Bradford	c TA Brown b Thring	28
JF Marsh	c Brooks b Kitchener	2
W Smith	c Brooks b Thring	84
CE Ponsonby	not out	35
P Rogers	b TA Brown	32
A Rogers	c Jeakings b Maclear	13
MT Molloy	st Jeakings b WF Brown	12
+FG Arnold	c WF Brown b TA Brown	0
AJ Kirtland	c Thring b TA Brown	0
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-102, 3-104, 4-213, 5-217, 6-261, 7-284, 8-312, 9-313, 10-313 (104 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Brown	17	2	38	1	-	-
TA Brown	25	7	70	3	-	-
Kitchener	26	6	71	3	-	-
Maclear	14	0	67	1	-	-
Thring	21	4	44	2	-	-
Orr	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pollitt	b Bassett	24
F Taylor	b Bassett	14
B Maclear	b A Rogers	1
LCR Thring	c Arnold b P Rogers	18
*HR Orr	b Bassett	18
FG Brooks	b Bassett	0
TA Brown	c Smith b P Rogers	26
SG Wilkinson	not out	18
H Kitchener	c Marsh b P Rogers	11
+WR Jeakings	b P Rogers	3
WF Brown	run out	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-44, 3-44, 4-65, 5-65, 6-96, 7-113, 8-128, 9-137, 10-141 (50 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	19	4	43	1	-	-
P Rogers	12	4	21	4	-	-
Bassett	14	6	36	4	-	-
Molloy	3	1	12	0	-	-
Kirtland	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Wilkinson	c A Rogers b P Rogers	20
F Taylor	c Ponsonby b A Rogers	13
G Pollitt	c Bradford b A Rogers	0
B Maclear	b A Rogers	8
*HR Orr	c Arnold b P Rogers	31
LCR Thring	c A Rogers b Bassett	17
FG Brooks	c Arnold b Bassett	13
TA Brown	c Arnold b P Rogers	4
H Kitchener	c Molloy b A Rogers	4
+WR Jeakings	c Arnold b Bassett	22
WF Brown	not out	1
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-34, 3-38, 4-75, 5-89, 6-93, 7-98, 8-105, 9-131, 10-140 (61 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	26	4	72	4	-	-
Bassett	15	1	30	3	-	-
P Rogers	20	5	31	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Bedfordshire first innings adds 1 run under
--> CE Ponsonby made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Kitchener made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WR Jeakings made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Kirtland made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Kitchener made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Holloway (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SG Wilkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Rogers reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings

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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.
Oxfordshire won this return match at around 5.00 pm on the second day by an innings after enforcing the follow-on. By doing so, the visitors completed the 'double' over Bedfordshire, having won the earlier encounter between the two teams at Oxford a week before. For Oxfordshire,
Smith scored 84 and Holloway 55. In the Oxfordshire innings, Bassett and Holloway put on 101 runs for the first wicket and Bradford and Smith 109 for the fourth, which was the largest partnership for that wicket during the season. The 5 catches held by Arnold in the match were the most by a wicket-keeper during the season, and equalled the previous record for the competition which had been achieved on three previous occasions. It is estimated that 600 spectators were present on the first day, and 400 on the second. In the Bedfordshire first inning, when dismissing Kitchener, P Rogers took his two hundredth wicket in championship matches.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Oxfordshire inns boundaries in Smith's 84 and Holloway's 55; in Bedfordshire 1st runs conceded by bowlers 1 short in all sources listed; in Bedfordshire 2nd inns part batting order.]
Sources: Bedfordshire Standard 24 August; Bedfordshire Times 24 August; Dunstable Advertiser 25 August; Dunstable Borough Gazette 22 August; Jackson's Oxford Journal 25 August; Oxford Chronicle 24 August; Oxford Times 25 August; The Sportsman 17,18 August.