minc6522	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1968
Venue	Bourton Road, Buckingham on 6th, 7th July 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 136 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Oxfordshire 0
Umpires	MJ Downer, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 146/6

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Tustian	b Banton	26
JB Turner	c Gretton b White	1
CW Leach	c Montgomerie b Buck	22
G Atkins	b White	1
DA Janes	c Gretton b Laitt	12
*JKE Slack	c Winstone b Laitt	74
CJ Parry	lbw b Banton	19
+BW Poll	c Laitt b Banton	20
FW Harris	b Buck	44
RE Bond	c Tame b Laitt	6
RP Phipps	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-42, 3-53, 4-53, 5-68, 6-115, 7-145, 8-221, 9-236, 10-236 (70.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	19	3	39	2	-	-
Buck	13	0	50	2	-	2
Banton	22	9	43	3	-	1
Laitt	16.5	0	93	3	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Nurton	c Turner b Bond	32
BR Edrich	c Leach b Bond	4
+ST Hahn	b Bond	49
RA Winstone	c Poll b Bond	1
AT Tame	c Janes b Phipps	19
*RD Montgomerie	c Tustian b Harris	44
D Banton	c Parry b Bond	0
MP Gretton	run out	2
DJ Laitt	b Bond	1
RWG White	b Bond	1
AC Buck	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-61, 3-67, 4-97, 5-143, 6-143, 7-148, 8-154, 9-160, 10-162 (65.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	17	3	34	1	-	1
Bond	21.4	4	54	7	-	-
Phipps	8	0	35	1	-	-
Parry	14	7	24	0	-	-
Turner	5	2	7	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Tustian	b Buck	5
JB Turner	c Laitt b Buck	56
CW Leach	b Laitt	32
G Atkins	b Buck	5
DA Janes	not out	41
+BW Poll	c Montgomerie b Laitt	7
FW Harris	not out	8
*JKE Slack	did not bat
CJ Parry	did not bat
RE Bond	did not bat
RP Phipps	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-78, 3-90, 4-117, 5-131

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	5	1	23	0	-	-
Buck	12	2	51	3	-	-
Banton	17	1	52	0	-	1
Laitt	8	2	28	2	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Nurton	c Poll b Bond	0
BR Edrich	c Turner b Bond	11
+ST Hahn	c Janes b Bond	9
*RD Montgomerie	b Harris	7
AT Tame	c Turner b Bond	9
RA Winstone	b Harris	5
D Banton	not out	29
MP Gretton	b Harris	0
DJ Laitt	c Harris b Bond	1
RWG White	b Harris	14
AC Buck	b Phipps	6
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 34.2 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-20, 3-31, 4-31, 5-38, 6-54, 7-59, 8-69, 9-98, 10-105 (34.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bond	14	5	31	5	-	-
Harris	16	2	42	4	-	5
Phipps	3.2	0	18	1	-	-
Parry	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MP Gretton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MP Gretton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JKE Slack (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JKE Slack (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> ST Hahn (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 30
--> JB Turner (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Bond achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> RE Bond achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings

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The match ended at 5.55 after Oxon had been set 242 in 210 minutes. Bucks won despite losing 42
minutes to bad light. Bond, with 12 for 85, was the match winner. Slack had rescued the first innings
with 74 containing 10 x 4 while Turner's 56 in 53 minutes included 1 x 6 and 11 x 4. This was the first
championship match to be played at Buckingham and the first instance of play on a Sunday.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxon.

 

 

 

 

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