minc5986	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1963
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 19th, 20th August 1963 (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	F Berry, RO Prouton
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 104/4 (Pickering 2*, Barrett 0*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	c Bush b Banton	34
RH Huntley	b Laitt	13
G Atkins	c Bush b Laitt	35
C Lever	b Lane-Fox	56
FG Saunders	lbw b Lane-Fox	29
*PLB Stoddart	b Lane-Fox	0
DA Janes	c Lane-Fox b Barrett	1
RA Dare	c PB Smith b Lane-Fox	3
+DJS Taylor	not out	6
CW Smith	lbw b Laitt	19
WRG Rawlings	b Lane-Fox	5
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-72, 3-88, 4-150, 5-150, 6-165, 7-169, 8-172, 9-199, 10-204 (77.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Strange	2	2	0	0	-	-
Laitt	27	6	71	3	-	-
Banton	17	4	48	1	-	-
Barrett	18	6	38	1	-	-
PB Smith	3	0	15	0	-	-
Lane-Fox	10.4	2	29	5	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Nurton	b Smith	2
JE Bush	run out	57
EJ Lane-Fox	b Huntley	22
JS Baxter	b Smith	20
AD Pickering	b Smith	2
JS Barrett	b Rawlings	2
*D Banton	lbw b Rawlings	10
PB Smith	c Taylor b Smith	8
DJ Laitt	not out	8
+MW Smith	lbw b Smith	0
TV Strange	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-58, 3-104, 4-104, 5-106, 6-119, 7-122, 8-134, 9-134 (57 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	29	9	67	5	-	-
Rawlings	7	1	24	2	-	-
Lever	13	5	22	0	-	-
Huntley	6	1	18	1	-	-
Dare	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	not out	2
DA Janes	not out	1
RH Huntley	did not bat
G Atkins	did not bat
C Lever	did not bat
FG Saunders	did not bat
*PLB Stoddart	did not bat
RA Dare	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
CW Smith	did not bat
WRG Rawlings	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3.5 overs)	3

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	2	1	2	0	-	-
Banton	1.5	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Atkins (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> EJ Lane-Fox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> EJ Lane-Fox achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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There was a 30 minute delay at the start. Rain ended play at 12.15 on the second day.
Strange was hit on the head early in the match from a hook by Huntley and took no further part.
There were 10 x 4 in Lever's 56; Bush, playing his first match of the season, hit 4 x 4 in his 57
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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