minc5517	Wiltshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 7th, 8th August 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wiltshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Wiltshire 10; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	EH Bryant, RO Prouton
Close of play day 1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RDJ Surman	c Prentice b Martin	4
JE Bush	c Merryweather b Marshall	64
KT Talboys	b Marshall	9
JWA Love	b Marshall	43
AD Pickering	c Marshall b Smith	1
D Banton	b Marshall	19
JS Baxter	c Essenhigh b Marshall	10
DJ Laitt	b Marshall	4
JG Stapleton	not out	10
MW Smith	c Prentice b Marshall	4
AL Hichens	b Smith	5
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Surman), 2-19 (Talboys), 3-119 (Love), 4-120 (Pickering), 5-128 (Bush), 6-140 (Baxter), 7-156 (Laitt), 8-165 (Banton), 9-171 (Smith), 10-180 (Hichens, 68.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	9	3	19	1	-	-
Marshall	24	5	63	7	-	-
Lomax	7	2	14	0	-	-
Essenhigh	2	0	13	0	-	-
Smith	23.1	12	42	2	-	-
Merryweather	3	0	22	0	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hurn	c Smith b Hichens	6
DD Gardner	c Smith b Banton	12
D Prentice	lbw b Laitt	1
DE Essenhigh	b Hichens	1
IR Lomax	c and b Laitt	35
AM Smith	c Smith b Hichens	52
MD Scott	c Surman b Hichens	16
JH Merryweather	c Smith b Hichens	0
EP Russell	lbw b Banton	0
MH Martin	not out	12
AG Marshall	c Smith b Hichens	4
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Hurn), 2-11 (Prentice), 3-12 (Essenhigh), 4-56 (Gardner), 5-60 (Lomax), 6-114 (Scott), 7-118 (Merryweather), 8-133 (Russell), 9-135 (Smith), 10-152 (Marshall, 57.2 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	17.2	7	42	6	-	1
Laitt	20	8	40	2	-	-
Surman	2	0	7	0	-	-
Stapleton	7	3	19	0	-	3
Banton	11	2	31	2	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RDJ Surman	lbw b Martin	2
JE Bush	b Marshall	5
KT Talboys	c Scott b Smith	30
JWA Love	b Smith	40
AD Pickering	b Merryweather	0
D Banton	c Merryweather b Smith	0
JS Baxter	b Merryweather	6
DJ Laitt	b Smith	5
JG Stapleton	not out	15
MW Smith	b Merryweather	9
AL Hichens	c and b Smith	1
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Surman), 2-10 (Bush), 3-76 (Love), 4-77 (Pickering), 5-78 (Banton), 6-87 (Baxter), 7-98 (Laitt), 8-99 (Talboys), 9-108 (Smith), 10-127 (Hichens, 43.1 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	6	1	12	1	-	1
Marshall	7	0	31	1	-	-
Smith	16.1	8	24	5	-	-
Lomax	2	0	13	0	-	1
Merryweather	12	3	33	3	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hurn	lbw b Laitt	5
DD Gardner	b Hichens	26
D Prentice	b Banton	47
IR Lomax	lbw b Hichens	3
AM Smith	lbw b Banton	44
MD Scott	run out	3
DE Essenhigh	not out	19
EP Russell	not out	4
JH Merryweather	did not bat
MH Martin	did not bat
AG Marshall	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, 63.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Hurn), 2-70 (Gardner), 3-74 (Lomax), 4-109 (Prentice), 5-131 (Scott), 6-141 (Smith)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	13	6	16	2	-	-
Laitt	25	6	70	1	-	-
Stapleton	8.3	2	26	0	-	1
Surman	4	1	10	0	-	-
Banton	13	3	29	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JG Stapleton (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed KT Talboys in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 3-36)
--> AM Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings

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