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| Venue | The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 27th, 28th August 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Devon 1; Oxfordshire 3 |
| Umpires | W Dawson, WF Simpson |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Oxfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BCG Wilenkin | b Atkinson | 8 | |||||
| JE Bush | b Atkinson | 0 | |||||
| KT Talboys | c Bloy b Atkinson | 3 | |||||
| EJ Gardner | b Atkinson | 0 | |||||
| D Banton | c Fetherstonhaugh b Cole | 10 | |||||
| DJ Laitt | not out | 45 | |||||
| +CTG Carr | c Thomas b Cole | 5 | |||||
| RA Winstone | c Burnett b Reichwald | 5 | |||||
| TA Gibson | not out | 6 | |||||
| DA MacDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| TV Strange | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 49 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-15, 3-15, 4-16, 5-48, 6-66, 7-79 | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Atkinson | 13 | 5 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pring | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fairclough | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bloy | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cole | 10 | 1 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reichwald | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Devon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CBR Fetherstonhaugh | not out | 25 | |||||
| P Atkinson | run out | 15 | |||||
| SGE Mountford | b Strange | 0 | |||||
| CT Reichwald | st Carr b Banton | 5 | |||||
| NCF Bloy | c Wilenkin b Strange | 16 | |||||
| HD Fairclough | not out | 5 | |||||
| DH Cole | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Wensley | did not bat | ||||||
| ANS Burnett | did not bat | ||||||
| DF Pring | did not bat | ||||||
| NV Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 4 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 12 overs) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-? | |||||||
| Oxfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Strange | 6 | 0 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Banton | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilenkin | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxfordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BCG Wilenkin | c Mountford b Fairclough | 29 | |||||
| JE Bush | st Fetherstonhaugh b Fairclough | 83 | |||||
| KT Talboys | b Fairclough | 0 | |||||
| EJ Gardner | c Cole b Pring | 1 | |||||
| D Banton | b Cole | 19 | |||||
| DJ Laitt | c Reichwald b Cole | 14 | |||||
| +CTG Carr | not out | 26 | |||||
| RA Winstone | c Cole b Fairclough | 1 | |||||
| TA Gibson | did not bat | ||||||
| DA MacDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| TV Strange | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 70.4 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-54, 3-55, 4-88, 5-114, 6-177, 7-181 (70.4 ov) | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Atkinson | 13 | 4 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cole | 17 | 6 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reichwald | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pring | 22 | 5 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fairclough | 14.4 | 0 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Devon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Thomas | b Strange | 3 | |||||
| ANS Burnett | c MacDonald b Laitt | 0 | |||||
| CE Wensley | c Carr b Laitt | 24 | |||||
| NCF Bloy | c Carr b Banton | 27 | |||||
| DH Cole | not out | 49 | |||||
| HD Fairclough | c MacDonald b Banton | 0 | |||||
| SGE Mountford | c and b MacDonald | 29 | |||||
| CT Reichwald | b Banton | 7 | |||||
| P Atkinson | c Laitt b Strange | 8 | |||||
| CBR Fetherstonhaugh | not out | 16 | |||||
| DF Pring | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (19 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 81 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-4, 3-53, 4-68, 5-68, 6-141, 7-156, 8-166 | |||||||
| Oxfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Strange | 12 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Laitt | 19 | 11 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Banton | 23 | 10 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| MacDonald | 19 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Winstone | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> ANS Burnett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CBR Fetherstonhaugh (1) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Bush (2) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 31
--> P Atkinson reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
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