minc4974	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 30th, 31st July 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Buckinghamshire 3; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, TM McMurray
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (2) 34/1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Miller	lbw b Rickard	0
BCG Wilenkin	b Hughes	37
*JE Bush	st Barnett b Hughes	26
PB Smith	b Hughes	0
D Banton	b Hughes	31
JEO Smith	c Rickard b Johns	13
MWO Canning	b Johns	7
+CTG Carr	c Johns b Hughes	8
AHP Beater	c Reynolds b Johns	13
DJ Laitt	not out	1
TV Strange	lbw b Hughes	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-60, 3-60, 4-67, 5-83, 6-95, 7-110, 8-143, 9-143, 10-144 (70.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rickard	8	4	16	1	-	1
Farrow	5	2	10	0	-	-
Dyde	11	4	20	0	-	-
Hughes	27.2	8	45	6	-	-
Johns	19	7	45	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PLB Stoddart	b Banton	68
LE Hitchings	b Strange	29
*DFV Johns	b Laitt	42
+BA Barnett	b Banton	7
G Reynolds	not out	0
JA Dyde	not out	1
WP Kemp	did not bat
JMH Tilbury	did not bat
D Rickard	did not bat
KI Farrow	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 37 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-132, 3-150, 4-150

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	14	1	53	1	-	-
Strange	9	2	36	1	-	-
Banton	10	1	36	2	-	1
Beater	4	1	22	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Miller	lbw b Johns	7
BCG Wilenkin	b Rickard	40
DJ Laitt	c Barnett b Hughes	38
*JE Bush	not out	46
PB Smith	b Rickard	5
D Banton	c Kemp b Rickard	47
JEO Smith	b Rickard	16
MWO Canning	b Rickard	0
+CTG Carr	not out	5
AHP Beater	did not bat
TV Strange	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 78.5 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-71, 3-87, 4-96, 5-158, 6-210, 7-210

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rickard	24.5	9	57	5	-	-
Farrow	10	3	33	0	-	-
Hughes	17	3	38	1	-	-
Johns	12	0	37	1	-	-
Reynolds	5	1	11	0	-	-
Dyde	10	3	28	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PLB Stoddart	c Carr b Banton	26
LE Hitchings	c Miller b Laitt	0
*DFV Johns	b Laitt	36
+BA Barnett	c Miller b Banton	0
G Reynolds	c Canning b Laitt	1
JA Dyde	st Carr b Banton	42
WP Kemp	not out	46
JMH Tilbury	b Laitt	22
D Rickard	c Banton b Laitt	1
KI Farrow	not out	0
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, 60 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-33, 3-37, 4-46, 5-83, 6-131, 7-178, 8-180

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	23	4	53	5	-	-
Strange	10	0	48	0	-	-
Banton	27	6	73	3	-	-

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Notes
--> PB Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MWO Canning made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LE Hitchings made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Dyde made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WP Kemp made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KI Farrow made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Laitt (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16
--> AJ Hughes reached 300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> DFV Johns reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings
--> D Rickard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 5-61)

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Bucks were required to score 212 in three hours for victory. Stoddart hit 7 x 4 in his 68
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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