minc509	Bedfordshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1903
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 14th, 15th August 1903 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Oxfordshire 0
Umpires	J Ford, GJ Rye
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 147/1 (Peel 62*, Wharmby 70*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Marsh	b TA Brown	5
CHS Gmelin	c and b Wharmby	6
E Wakelin	c Moss b Wharmby	11
*JF Marsh	not out	25
AP Boissier	b TA Brown	0
+FG Arnold	c Rowe b Wharmby	6
P Rogers	c Pepper b TA Brown	0
FB Roberts	c Pollitt b TA Brown	5
Selwyn Willson	c Pepper b TA Brown	0
A Rogers	c and b Wharmby	5
WT Brooks	c Orr b TA Brown	12
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-23, 3-24, 4-28, 5-35, 6-36, 7-44, 8-48, 9-53, 10-78 (52.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TA Brown	26.5	9	37	6	-	-
Wharmby	26	14	38	4	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NDT Oliver	c Roberts b P Rogers	10
BL Peel	not out	107
GE Wharmby	run out	80
*HR Orr	not out	21
G Pollitt	did not bat
TA Brown	did not bat
C Pepper	did not bat
S Brown	did not bat
RH Moss	did not bat
L Parbury	did not bat
+EF Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(6 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-189

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	19	3	61	0	-	1
P Rogers	17	1	71	1	-	-
Roberts	9	0	51	0	-	5
Brooks	9	1	35	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Brooks	b Peel	14
P Rogers	b Peel	16
FB Roberts	b Peel	7
*JF Marsh	run out	16
AP Boissier	c Peel b Wharmby	45
+FG Arnold	b Peel	38
CHS Gmelin	c S Brown b TA Brown	7
JW Marsh	c Wharmby b S Brown	17
Selwyn Willson	b Peel	1
E Wakelin	not out	9
A Rogers	c Pollitt b Peel	2
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-32, 3-43, 4-99, 5-99, 6-117, 7-?, 8-164, 9-177, 10-179 (83.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TA Brown	26	12	57	1	-	-
Wharmby	27	12	56	1	-	-
Peel	15.1	6	28	6	-	-
S Brown	12	6	16	1	-	-
Pepper	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pollitt	c Arnold b P Rogers	10
TA Brown	not out	22
C Pepper	not out	3
NDT Oliver	did not bat
BL Peel	did not bat
GE Wharmby	did not bat
*HR Orr	did not bat
S Brown	did not bat
RH Moss	did not bat
L Parbury	did not bat
+EF Rowe	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(1 wicket, 11 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Pollitt)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Rogers	6	1	13	0	-	-
P Rogers	5	0	22	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AP Boissier made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> Selwyn Willson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FG Arnold (2) equalled his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Peel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-34)
--> BL Peel achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second 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.
Bedfordshire won by an innings at ? pm on the second day, after only losing three wickets in the match. Rain delayed the start of play until 2.25 pm on the first day and 12.00 pm on the second. There were ? fours, ? threes and ? twos in Peel's 107 not out, an innings of ? minutes. There were 5 fours in Wharmby's 80. In the home team's first innings, Peel and Wharmby put on 177 runs for the second wicket which was the third highest partnership for that wicket during the season. It was their second century partnership for that wicket during the season. In the second Bedfordshire innings, T A Brown scored the single needed for victory. However, as there was some doubt whether the winning run had been hit, A Rogers completed his over with a ball that Pepper hit for three. After lunch on the second day, H M Cantrell fielded as a substitute for Moss who was lame.
[Missing: Extras breakdown; in Oxfordshire second innings fall of seventh wicket; in Bedfordshire first innings breakdown and duration of Peel's 107 not out; time completed.]
Sources: Bedford Record 18 August; Bedfordshire Advertiser 21 August; Bedfordshire Mercury 21 August; Bedfordshire Standard 21 August; Bedfordshire Times 21 August; Leighton Buzzard Reporter 22 Aguust; Luton News 20 August; Oxford Chronicle 21 August; Oxford Journal 22 August; Oxford Times 22 August; The Sportsman 15,17 August.