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| Venue | Church Road, Reading on 7th, 8th August 1961 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Berkshire 3; Buckinghamshire 1 |
| Close of play day 1 | Berkshire (1) 170/5 (James ?*, Pickett ?*) |
| Buckinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RH Huntley | b Fitzsimons | 4 | |||||
| NV Butler | b Fitzsimons | 26 | |||||
| G Atkins | b Fitzsimons | 48 | |||||
| FW Harris | lbw b Langdale | 11 | |||||
| *PLB Stoddart | c Dyment b Simpkins | 46 | |||||
| G Reynolds | c Hillary b Simpkins | 32 | |||||
| A Harvey | c and b Simpkins | 13 | |||||
| JR Scriven | not out | 36 | |||||
| SJ Tomlin | not out | 20 | |||||
| +FEJ Hawkins | did not bat | ||||||
| JWC Mills | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 89 overs) | 245 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-47, 3-68, 4-108, 5-112, 6-180, 7-189 | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fitzsimons | 22 | 3 | 80 | 3 | - | - | |
| MD Mence | 14 | 8 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 12 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 24 | 12 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Simpkins | 17 | 3 | 60 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Berkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AT Davis | lbw b Huntley | 16 | |||||
| JA Mence | b Stoddart | 46 | |||||
| AA Hillary | b Reynolds | 28 | |||||
| RM James | c Hawkins b Mills | 67 | |||||
| FW Neate | lbw b Reynolds | 4 | |||||
| MD Mence | c and b Stoddart | 10 | |||||
| FC Pickett | c Butler b Huntley | 42 | |||||
| GR Langdale | not out | 8 | |||||
| +REA Dyment | not out | 6 | |||||
| PA Simpkins | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Fitzsimons | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 73.5 overs) | 246 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-94, 3-94, 4-98, 5-131, 6-213, 7-239 | |||||||
| Buckinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mills | 9.5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harris | 21 | 4 | 69 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Huntley | 17 | 0 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reynolds | 15 | 6 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stoddart | 11 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Buckinghamshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RH Huntley | c Pickett b James | 1 | |||||
| NV Butler | b Langdale | 4 | |||||
| G Atkins | b Simpkins | 56 | |||||
| *PLB Stoddart | c Hillary b Langdale | 2 | |||||
| G Reynolds | c Langdale b James | 0 | |||||
| A Harvey | c Dyment b Simpkins | 12 | |||||
| JR Scriven | not out | 16 | |||||
| FW Harris | b James | 15 | |||||
| SJ Tomlin | c Dyment b Simpkins | 4 | |||||
| +FEJ Hawkins | run out | 18 | |||||
| JWC Mills | c and b Langdale | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52 overs) | 136 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-5, 3-13, 4-18, 5-65, 6-80, 7-86, 8-103, 9-135, 10-136 (52 ov) | |||||||
| Berkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fitzsimons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| MD Mence | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langdale | 15 | 4 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| James | 18 | 6 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Simpkins | 13 | 4 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Berkshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AT Davis | c Hawkins b Mills | 8 | |||||
| JA Mence | c Hawkins b Mills | 32 | |||||
| AA Hillary | c Hawkins b Mills | 3 | |||||
| RM James | lbw b Mills | 1 | |||||
| FW Neate | c Hawkins b Mills | 32 | |||||
| FC Pickett | c Stoddart b Mills | 46 | |||||
| GR Langdale | b Harris | 0 | |||||
| MD Mence | not out | 3 | |||||
| +REA Dyment | not out | 1 | |||||
| PA Simpkins | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Fitzsimons | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 32 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-21, 3-23, 4-65, 5-94, 6-106, 7-130 | |||||||
| Buckinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harris | 16 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mills | 16 | 1 | 76 | 6 | - | - | |
Notes
--> A Harvey made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Atkins (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> FEJ Hawkins (2) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Mence (2) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
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