minc5482	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 27th, 28th July 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Buckinghamshire 3; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	AE Bradford, DS Richards
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 235 all out

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	c Laitt b Hichens	17
TM Lawner	c Love b Hichens	4
NV Butler	c Smith b Hichens	7
GLT Scott	c Love b Hichens	0
MJ Hardy	c Baxter b Laitt	13
PLB Stoddart	c Banton b Laitt	48
*+BA Barnett	c Love b Stapleton	23
ERJ Clifford	b Banton	7
KWA Butler	b Stapleton	64
FW Harris	b Stapleton	45
RD Avery	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-12, 3-20, 4-41, 5-42, 6-71, 7-90, 8-167, 9-224, 10-235 (58.2 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stapleton	14.2	3	54	3	-	-
Hichens	15	2	73	4	-	3
Laitt	19	3	83	2	-	-
Banton	10	2	18	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ Taylor	c NV Butler b Harris	2
J Lucas	b Harris	0
JWA Love	b Harris	47
AD Pickering	c Clifford b KWA Butler	9
JS Baxter	c Hitchings b Harris	25
MWO Canning	c Barnett b KWA Butler	7
D Banton	lbw b Harris	10
DJ Laitt	c Barnett b KWA Butler	0
JG Stapleton	b KWA Butler	5
+MW Smith	c Stoddart b KWA Butler	5
AL Hichens	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-19, 3-28, 4-68, 5-75, 6-92, 7-92, 8-102, 9-107, 10-112 (60.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	21	8	53	5	-	-
Avery	14	7	23	0	-	1
KWA Butler	22.4	14	28	5	-	-
Clifford	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Lucas	c KWA Butler b Harris	20
JG Stapleton	st Barnett b Hardy	11
JWA Love	c Harris b KWA Butler	7
AD Pickering	run out	38
JS Baxter	b NV Butler	19
MWO Canning	c Avery b KWA Butler	36
FJ Taylor	st Barnett b NV Butler	6
D Banton	c Barnett b KWA Butler	2
DJ Laitt	lbw b NV Butler	0
+MW Smith	not out	9
AL Hichens	b NV Butler	4
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-34, 3-54, 4-101, 5-101, 6-117, 7-136, 8-137, 9-149, 10-162 (68.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Avery	9	5	13	0	-	1
Harris	7	3	31	1	-	-
KWA Butler	20	12	23	3	-	-
NV Butler	20.4	4	59	4	-	-
Hardy	5	1	15	1	-	1
Clifford	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	b Banton	4
*+BA Barnett	run out	15
FW Harris	c Banton b Hichens	1
MJ Hardy	not out	7
LE Hitchings	run out	0
GLT Scott	not out	0
TM Lawner	did not bat
PLB Stoddart	did not bat
ERJ Clifford	did not bat
KWA Butler	did not bat
RD Avery	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 4 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-28, 4-29

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	2	0	11	1	-	-
Banton	2	0	16	1	-	1

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Notes
--> GLT Scott made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Lucas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JG Stapleton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FJ Taylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Lucas made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TM Lawner made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Harris (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JWA Love (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MWO Canning (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Hardy made his debut for Buckinghamshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> FW Harris achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> KWA Butler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-40)

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A second break for rain ended the first day's play at 3.40 pm.
Bucks were required to score 40 in 15 minutes for victory.Butler hit 1 x 6 and 8 x 4 in his 64.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire.

 

 

 

 

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