minc4555	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Kensington Road, Reading on 5th, 6th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 3; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	WD Cory, WH Stephens
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Stokes	c Inge b Betts	16
JA Mence	not out	142
JWH May	c Inge b Betts	2
AT Davis	st Inge b Banton	12
DE Young	b MacDonald	47
GR Langdale	b Banton	74
CEW Brooks	not out	1
CMS Crombie	did not bat
RG Drew	did not bat
MN Morgan	did not bat
AG Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-26, 3-61, 4-153, 5-302

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	26	3	85	2	-	-
Banton	19	2	87	2	-	-
Laitt	18	4	53	0	-	-
Fasken	13	4	27	0	-	-
MacDonald	13	0	42	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Miller	lbw b Robinson	16
JE Bush	c Young b Morgan	3
KT Talboys	b Robinson	16
JW Linnett	c and b Langdale	24
JW Carter	not out	44
D Banton	lbw b Langdale	13
DJ Laitt	b Langdale	2
WW Inge	c Stokes b Langdale	16
GF Betts	b Drew	29
DK Fasken	c Drew b Morgan	0
DA MacDonald	lbw b Morgan	4
Extras	(18 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-31, 3-38, 4-65, 5-79, 6-91, 7-119, 8-171, 9-172, 10-182 (76.5 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	12.5	4	21	3	-	-
Robinson	13	3	27	2	-	-
Drew	11	3	27	1	-	-
Langdale	29	8	62	4	-	-
Young	9	2	15	0	-	-
Brooks	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Miller	lbw b Langdale	83
JE Bush	c Drew b Langdale	77
KT Talboys	lbw b Morgan	0
JW Linnett	c Young b Morgan	8
JW Carter	not out	54
D Banton	c Drew b May	9
DJ Laitt	b Davis	17
WW Inge	not out	21
GF Betts	did not bat
DK Fasken	did not bat
DA MacDonald	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, 91 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-149, 2-151, 3-171, 4-179, 5-203, 6-252

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	23	4	49	2	-	-
Drew	9	0	37	0	-	1
Young	12	3	43	0	-	-
Langdale	26	13	49	2	-	-
Brooks	4	0	17	0	-	-
May	10	1	37	1	4	-
Davis	7	0	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Oxfordshire first innings batting adds 8 runs over
--> JW Carter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Linnett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Linnett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Betts (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Betts reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Berkshire first innings

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