minc503	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 10th, 11th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 0; Oxfordshire 1
Close of play day 1	Berkshire (2) 210/7 (Watts 27*, Cave 18*)

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	3
GGM Bennett	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	12
FE Rowe	c P Rogers b A Rogers	23
RA Williams	c and b Brooks	17
HW Hutson	b A Rogers	3
HS Crook	c Roberts b A Rogers	0
T Bradfield	c Baines b A Rogers	0
+EA Watts	c Roberts b A Rogers	0
W Cave	c JW Marsh b A Rogers	7
H Barrett	c P Rogers b A Rogers	7
AB Croom	not out	5
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 29 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-81 (29 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	15	2	36	9	-	-
Brooks	10	1	35	1	-	-
Roberts	4	1	6	0	1	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	c Bradfield b Williams	7
H Bassett	c Nepean b Williams	5
MT Molloy	c Croom b Cave	17
*JF Marsh	c Watts b Cave	25
AP Boissier	run out	7
GLF Shewell	run out	1
P Rogers	c Croom b Cave	2
HT Baines	c Williams b Hutson	10
FB Roberts	c Nepean b Cave	8
WT Brooks	c Crook b Hutson	8
A Rogers	not out	4
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 0 nb, 3 w)	5
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-19, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-69, 8-78, 9-?, 10-99 (37.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	14	3	45	2	2	-
Cave	18	4	41	4	-	-
Hutson	5.3	1	11	2	1	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CEMY Nepean	c Molloy b A Rogers	0
GGM Bennett	c P Rogers b A Rogers	47
FE Rowe	b A Rogers	2
RA Williams	c Roberts b P Rogers	50
HW Hutson	c JF Marsh b Roberts	34
HS Crook	b Roberts	21
T Bradfield	c Roberts b A Rogers	3
+EA Watts	not out	53
W Cave	c Shewell b Roberts	35
H Barrett	c JW Marsh b Roberts	0
AB Croom	not out	4
Extras	(? b, 0 lb, 4 nb, 0 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-11, 3-?, 4-103, 5-?, 6-?, 7-159, 8-236, 9-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	25	2	101	4	-	-
Roberts	20	1	74	4	-	4
P Rogers	11	0	42	1	-	-
Brooks	5	0	21	0	-	-
Bassett	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JW Marsh	c Rowe b Cave	0
H Bassett	not out	2
MT Molloy	not out	5
*JF Marsh	did not bat
AP Boissier	did not bat
GLF Shewell	did not bat
P Rogers	did not bat
HT Baines	did not bat
FB Roberts	did not bat
WT Brooks	did not bat
A Rogers	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 1.5 overs)	7
Fall of wickets:
1-? (JW Marsh)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	1	0	1	1	-	-
Williams	0.5	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Oxfordshire first innings adds 3 runs over
--> Bowling in the Berkshire second innings adds 1 run over
--> HS Crook made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Bradfield made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AP Boissier made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLF Shewell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Bradfield made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLF Shewell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGM Bennett (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Rogers reached 350 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Berkshire first innings
--> FB Roberts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 1-12)

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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 match was drawn with heavy rain preventing play after 3.20 pm on the second day, and the game was abandoned at 3.45 pm. The contest between the two teams at Oxford the previous week had ended as a tie. For the visitors, A Rogers took 13 wickets in the match for 137 runs, including 9 for 36 in the Berkshire first innings which was statistically the second best innings bowling performance of the season. The 4 catches held by J W Marsh in the match were the most by a wicket-keeper in the season, a feat equalled by three others. For the home side, there were ? fours in Watts's 53 not out and 8 fours in Williams's 50. Watts and Cave added 77 runs for the eighth wicket in the Berkshire second innings, which was the second highest partnership for that wicket during the season.
[Missing: Umpires; extras breakdown; fall of wickets; in Berkshire second innings runs conceded bowling one in excess; in Oxfordshire first innings runs conceded by bowlers three in excess.]
Sources: Berkshire Chronicle 15 August; Reading Mercury 15 August; Reading Observer 15 August; Reading Standard 15 August; Abingdon Herald 15 August; Oxford Chronicle 14 August; Oxford Journal 15 August; Oxford Times 15 August; The Sportsman 11,12 August.