minc429	Oxfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1902
Venue	Hertford College Ground, Oxford on 6th, 7th August 1902 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	W Hearne, C Marshall
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 142/5 (Fox 51*, Compton 3*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Bassett	c Dearing b Grimshaw	7
*CE Brownrigg	b Bourne	26
HF Fox	c and b Brown	99
JF Marsh	b Brown	41
P Rogers	c Grimshaw b Bourne	9
WS Case	lbw b Brown	0
ED Compton	c Stratton b Bourne	17
+JW Marsh	st Dearing b Bourne	7
GR Wood	b Bourne	0
A Rogers	b Barton	6
H Smith	not out	12
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-59, 3-120, 4-135, 5-135, 6-174, 7-202, 8-202, 9-202, 10-230 (89.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bourne	34	9	66	5	-	-
Barton	16	2	56	1	-	-
Ellams	6	0	17	0	-	-
Grimshaw	16	2	39	1	-	-
Brown	11.4	2	26	3	-	-
Stratton	4	0	12	0	-	-
Fereday	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brown	c Brownrigg b Bassett	2
A Hollowood	c Wood b A Rogers	12
WB Burns	c Case b Bassett	26
*HD Stratton	c Fox b A Rogers	0
RC Page	not out	32
JA Bourne	c Compton b P Rogers	4
JB Fereday	not out	5
J Barton	did not bat
+H Dearing	did not bat
F Ellams	did not bat
T Grimshaw	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 39 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-21, 3-21, 4-62, 5-73

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bassett	16	2	39	2	2	-
A Rogers	11	3	22	2	-	-
P Rogers	11	3	15	1	-	-
Fox	1	0	5	0	1	-

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Notes
--> H Dearing made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Wood made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Grimshaw reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxfordshire 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.
This return match was drawn with no decision on first innings, after play was interrupted by rain on a reported 15 occasions over the two days. The game at Stoke at the end of July had been won by Staffordshire. There were only 3 fours in Fox's 99 for Oxfordshire.
[Missing: Complete.]
Sources: Staffordshire Scorebook; Jackson's Oxford Journal 9 August; Oxford Chronicle 8 August; Oxford Times 9 August; Staffordshire Advertiser 9 August; The Sportsman 7,8 August.