minc4588	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 17th, 18th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	PJ Franklin, DS Richards
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 163/3

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	c Inge b Betts	60
JR Grout	c Strange b Banton	31
DFV Johns	b Strange	7
*+BA Barnett	c Banton b Alton	11
G Reynolds	c Inge b Betts	13
JA Cockett	c Lowe b Banton	23
RE Clements	c Bush b Banton	53
BJ Lucas	b Banton	11
GF Keen	not out	16
D Phipps	b Banton	1
D Rickard	b Strange	11
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-76, 3-95, 4-119, 5-124, 6-181, 7-205, 8-220, 9-222, 10-243 (81.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Banton	18	1	69	5	-	-
Betts	22	1	67	2	-	-
Strange	21.5	4	52	2	-	-
Surman	2	0	6	0	-	-
Alton	18	4	43	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	c Phipps b Reynolds	27
JF Mendl	b Johns	124
WH Miller	run out	0
JW Carter	lbw b Reynolds	9
RE Alton	lbw b Rickard	9
CM Lowe	st Barnett b Johns	37
*+WW Inge	c Clements b Rickard	0
RDJ Surman	b Rickard	5
D Banton	c Johns b Rickard	2
GF Betts	b Rickard	1
TV Strange	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-71, 3-152, 4-176, 5-176, 6-176, 7-182, 8-188, 9-202, 10-222 (69 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rickard	19	2	61	5	-	1
Phipps	8	2	28	0	-	-
Reynolds	14	2	33	2	-	-
Johns	24	7	78	2	-	-
Keen	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	b Betts	13
JR Grout	c Surman b Alton	50
DFV Johns	c Surman b Alton	32
*+BA Barnett	c Lowe b Surman	51
G Reynolds	not out	45
JA Cockett	not out	41
RE Clements	did not bat
BJ Lucas	did not bat
GF Keen	did not bat
D Phipps	did not bat
D Rickard	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-80, 3-140, 4-163

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Banton	9	1	38	0	-	-
Betts	16	2	76	1	-	-
Strange	5	0	29	0	-	-
Lowe	1	0	3	0	-	-
Alton	15	1	58	2	-	-
Surman	7	0	28	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	not out	63
WH Miller	b Grout	56
JE Bush	not out	9
JW Carter	did not bat
RE Alton	did not bat
CM Lowe	did not bat
*+WW Inge	did not bat
RDJ Surman	did not bat
D Banton	did not bat
GF Betts	did not bat
TV Strange	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 48 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-118 (Miller)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rickard	8	1	30	0	-	-
Phipps	5	1	14	0	-	-
Johns	10	1	21	0	-	-
Reynolds	8	2	20	0	-	-
Keen	9	1	35	0	-	-
Grout	8	4	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JR Grout (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Grout (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Rickard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-26)
--> D Rickard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings

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Oxfordshire were set to make 230 in 150 minutes but did not attempt to get the runs.
Butler 9 x 4, Clements 4 x 4; Grout 6 x 4, Barnett 3 x 4; Mendl 17 x 4 in his 124 and 8 x 4 in his 63*, Miller 5 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Year book; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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