minc5165	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 2nd, 3rd August 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 3; Buckinghamshire 1
Umpires	TM McMurray, DS Richards
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) ?/1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JE Bush	c Nickless b Butler	31
JW Carter	c Hitchings b Avery	6
D Banton	b Hughes	63
AD Pickering	run out	5
GD Roynon	c Peppiatt b Butler	1
RE Wheeler	b Smith	85
RA Winstone	c Butler b Avery	9
TA Gibson	not out	41
+CTG Carr	c Johns b Avery	18
BC Page	run out	1
AL Hichens	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-46, 3-51, 4-52, 5-138, 6-180, 7-220, 8-254, 9-258

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23	3	66	1	-	-
Avery	23	2	68	3	-	2
Butler	17	7	36	2	-	-
Peppiatt	7	1	27	0	-	-
Hughes	17	1	58	1	-	-
Johns	5	2	15	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Mackinnon	run out	15
NV Butler	b Hichens	46
LE Hitchings	b Banton	50
*DFV Johns	b Hichens	0
RGL Janaway	c Banton b Hichens	0
G Atkins	b Banton	5
DR Peppiatt	c Wheeler b Hichens	2
CW Smith	lbw b Hichens	0
+RT Nickless	c Carr b Hichens	7
RD Avery	b Hichens	0
AJ Hughes	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-72, 3-72, 4-75, 5-99, 6-112, 7-112, 8-136, 9-136, 10-138 (59.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Page	12	4	25	0	-	-
Banton	14.5	7	31	2	-	-
Hichens	19	6	41	7	-	4
Gibson	14	7	28	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	c Peppiatt b Hughes	27
*JE Bush	run out	47
AD Pickering	b Hughes	6
RE Wheeler	st Nickless b Hughes	3
RA Winstone	not out	24
BC Page	b Smith	13
TA Gibson	not out	6
D Banton	did not bat
GD Roynon	did not bat
+CTG Carr	did not bat
AL Hichens	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-64, 3-72, 4-95, 5-119

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	1	23	1	-	-
Avery	3	0	23	0	-	-
Butler	4	0	19	0	-	-
Hughes	12	1	36	3	-	-
Johns	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Mackinnon	lbw b Gibson	7
NV Butler	c and b Hichens	0
LE Hitchings	b Hichens	4
*DFV Johns	c Carr b Roynon	103
G Atkins	b Gibson	0
RGL Janaway	b Banton	27
DR Peppiatt	lbw b Banton	7
CW Smith	c Gibson b Hichens	2
+RT Nickless	not out	5
RD Avery	not out	1
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 60 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-9, 3-29, 4-33, 5-88, 6-116, 7-148, 8-157

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	19	2	69	3	-	1
Page	3	2	6	0	-	-
Gibson	19	8	39	2	-	-
Banton	18	3	42	2	-	-
Roynon	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BC Page made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BC Page made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Gibson (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AL Hichens achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 2-59)
--> AL Hichens achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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Bucks were set to get 265 in three hours, but soon lost wickets. Banton hit 7 x 4 in his 63, Wheeler 10 x 4
Hitchings hit 3 x 6 and 3 x 4 in his 50; Johns hit 1 x 6 and 14 x 4 in his 103.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire.

 

 

 

 

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