minc5710	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	Ascott Park, Wing on 31st July, 1st August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Oxfordshire 0
Umpires	TM McMurray, SH Moore
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 107/4 (Atkins ?*, Huntley ?*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AFR Green	b KWA Butler	12
AD Pickering	b Harris	0
EJ Lane-Fox	c Smith b Harris	35
JS Baxter	c Hawkins b Harris	29
D Banton	c Hawkins b Mills	39
IB Moffatt	c Scriven b Mills	2
PG Dickens	not out	36
DJ Laitt	c NV Butler b Smith	9
NT Burnley	c Harris b Huntley	32
+MW Smith	not out	26
JD Martin	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 14 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-40, 3-66, 4-113, 5-129, 6-142, 7-153, 8-203

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	22	6	50	3	-	-
Smith	21	9	34	1	-	-
Mills	18	5	64	2	-	-
KWA Butler	19	8	31	1	-	-
Huntley	9	1	35	1	1	-
Johns	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLT Scott	c Banton b Laitt	19
NV Butler	c Smith b Burnley	28
*DFV Johns	c Pickering b Burnley	13
G Atkins	b Martin	74
JR Scriven	c Smith b Martin	4
RH Huntley	lbw b Banton	53
FW Harris	not out	29
KWA Butler	b Laitt	1
+FEJ Hawkins	c Burnley b Martin	10
CW Smith	not out	10
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 63.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-52, 3-78, 4-82, 5-197, 6-199, 7-202, 8-233

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	21	3	92	3	-	-
Laitt	20	6	77	2	-	-
Burnley	13.4	3	48	2	-	-
Banton	8	2	23	1	-	-
Moffatt	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Pickering	c Scriven b Mills	50
AFR Green	c Harris b KWA Butler	27
EJ Lane-Fox	c Harris b Smith	94
JS Baxter	run out	5
IB Moffatt	not out	3
+MW Smith	b Smith	0
NT Burnley	not out	5
D Banton	did not bat
PG Dickens	did not bat
DJ Laitt	did not bat
JD Martin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-144, 3-183, 4-184, 5-184

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	13	2	51	0	-	-
Mills	10	1	37	1	-	-
KWA Butler	9	1	41	1	-	-
Smith	7	0	30	2	-	-
Huntley	8	1	25	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	b Martin	0
G Atkins	not out	99
RH Huntley	c Pickering b Laitt	55
FW Harris	st Smith b Martin	10
GLT Scott	not out	18
*DFV Johns	did not bat
JR Scriven	did not bat
KWA Butler	did not bat
+FEJ Hawkins	did not bat
CW Smith	did not bat
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 31 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-102, 3-127

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	7	2	39	2	-	-
Burnley	6	0	34	0	-	-
Green	5	0	25	0	-	-
Banton	7	1	43	0	-	-
Laitt	6	0	41	1	-	-

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Notes
--> IB Moffatt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Dickens made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Dickens (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NT Burnley (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AFR Green (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Huntley (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Bucks, left to make 190 in 100 minutes, won with a few minutes to spare.
Atkins hit 1 x 6 and 12 x 4 in his 74 and Huntley 7 x 4 in his 53; Pickering's 50 contained 2 x 4
and Lane-Fox's 94
1 x 6 and 11 x 4; Atkins 99* contained 2 x 6 and 11 x 4 and Huntley hit 10 x 4 in his 55.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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