minc4983	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 3rd, 4th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 3; Buckinghamshire 1
Umpires	TM McMurray, DS Richards
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) ?/1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PLB Stoddart	b Banton	8
D Mackinnon	st Carr b Laitt	17
JR Grout	b Banton	4
*DFV Johns	c Pitkin b Banton	34
+BA Barnett	b Pitkin	8
BJ Lucas	c Carter b Laitt	20
KWA Butler	b Banton	6
JA Dyde	b Pitkin	5
AJ Hughes	b Laitt	2
CW Smith	b Banton	8
KI Farrow	not out	24
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-22, 3-48, 4-82, 5-84, 6-91, 7-116, 8-122, 9-126, 10-155 (53 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	10	0	43	3	-	-
Pitkin	20	7	39	2	-	1
Banton	21	9	50	5	-	-
MacDonald	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	c Farrow b Smith	13
BCG Wilenkin	run out	78
RH Pitkin	st Barnett b Johns	19
*JE Bush	c Butler b Hughes	5
WH Miller	b Hughes	11
D Banton	b Dyde	27
+CTG Carr	b Hughes	6
MWO Canning	not out	2
TA Gibson	not out	0
DJ Laitt	did not bat
DA MacDonald	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-66, 3-75, 4-111, 5-156, 6-174, 7-176

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	1	31	1	-	3
Butler	10	3	21	0	-	-
Hughes	22	5	42	3	-	-
Johns	14	3	50	1	-	-
Dyde	7	1	17	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Mackinnon	b Banton	12
PLB Stoddart	c Pitkin b Banton	37
JR Grout	b Banton	2
*DFV Johns	b Laitt	60
+BA Barnett	b Laitt	13
BJ Lucas	c Gibson b Laitt	37
KI Farrow	b Laitt	24
KWA Butler	c and b MacDonald	1
JA Dyde	not out	5
CW Smith	c Bush b Laitt	8
AJ Hughes	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-30, 3-65, 4-114, 5-147, 6-188, 7-190, 8-190, 9-198

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	14	2	70	5	-	-
Pitkin	5	0	29	0	-	-
MacDonald	8	1	22	1	-	-
Banton	17	1	71	3	-	-
Gibson	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	b Hughes	40
BCG Wilenkin	c Grout b Butler	0
WH Miller	b Farrow	27
*JE Bush	b Hughes	9
+CTG Carr	b Farrow	0
D Banton	not out	17
MWO Canning	b Dyde	1
TA Gibson	not out	4
RH Pitkin	did not bat
DJ Laitt	did not bat
DA MacDonald	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 43 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-62, 3-73, 4-77, 5-77, 6-89

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	6	2	11	0	-	-
Butler	6	3	14	1	-	-
Hughes	13	1	37	2	-	-
Dyde	9	2	26	1	-	-
Johns	3	1	8	0	-	-
Farrow	6	4	2	2	-	-

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Notes
--> KI Farrow made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BCG Wilenkin (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 68
--> KI Farrow (2) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Rain caused a delay of three hours in mid-afternoon on the first day. Oxfordshire, set to make 186,
made no attempt to score the runs. Wilenkin's 78 contained 3 x 6 and 4 x 4. Johns hit 8 x 4 in his 60.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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