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| 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 |
| Close of play day 1 |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
Notes
--> Oxfordshire first innings batting adds 8 runs over
--> JW Linnett (1) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Carter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Betts (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Linnett made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
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