minc5352	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1958
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 1st, 2nd August 1958 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	TM McMurray, DS Richards
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 35/0

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JE Bush	not out	137
J Perrett	b House	0
D Banton	lbw b Butcher	41
DE Martin	c Clifford b Hughes	37
AD Pickering	lbw b Dare	0
JS Baxter	b Pickett	8
F Francis	b Pickett	0
+CTG Carr	b House	11
RDJ Surman	c Dare b Butcher	44
AL Hichens	did not bat
AC Webb	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 92.4 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-95, 3-195, 4-197, 5-208, 6-208, 7-226, 8-291 (92.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	31	7	95	2	-	1
House	21	4	54	2	-	-
Clifford	7	1	29	0	-	-
Hughes	12	1	37	1	-	-
Butcher	8.4	0	34	2	-	-
Dare	12	2	24	1	-	-
Johns	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Lawner	b Hichens	22
LE Hitchings	b Banton	79
+BA Barnett	c Surman b Banton	36
G Atkins	c and b Banton	15
RA Dare	c Carr b Hichens	23
ERJ Clifford	not out	85
*DFV Johns	c Carr b Hichens	0
CA Pickett	b Banton	25
AJ Hughes	not out	0
P House	did not bat
R Butcher	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 91 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-120, 3-153, 4-156, 5-206, 6-210, 7-283

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	28	3	93	3	-	2
Webb	9	1	40	0	-	-
Banton	31	10	76	4	-	-
Surman	11	2	32	0	-	-
Pickering	4	0	24	0	-	-
Francis	8	1	20	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JE Bush	c Atkins b Dare	39
J Perrett	lbw b Atkins	20
F Francis	not out	19
JS Baxter	not out	27
D Banton	did not bat
DE Martin	did not bat
AD Pickering	did not bat
+CTG Carr	did not bat
RDJ Surman	did not bat
AL Hichens	did not bat
AC Webb	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 45 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-67

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	9	3	19	0	-	-
House	4	1	14	0	-	-
Clifford	4	2	7	0	-	-
Butcher	4	2	7	0	-	-
Hughes	10	2	20	0	-	-
Dare	9	2	15	1	-	-
Atkins	5	0	23	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	not out	17
+BA Barnett	c Carr b Surman	5
CA Pickett	b Surman	0
G Atkins	not out	26
TM Lawner	did not bat
RA Dare	did not bat
ERJ Clifford	did not bat
*DFV Johns	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
P House	did not bat
R Butcher	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 12 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	6	0	23	0	-	-
Surman	6	2	25	2	-	-

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Notes
--> J Perrett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Webb made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Butcher made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LE Hitchings (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ERJ Clifford (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Dare reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> D Banton reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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One hour's play was lost on the first day. The Oxfordshire declaration left Bucks to make 109 in 35
minutes. Bush hit 13 x 4 in his 137*; Hitchings hit 9 x 4 in his 79, Clifford 1 x 6, 1 x 5 and 8 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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