minc4820	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 29th, 30th July 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Buckinghamshire 10
Umpires	F Berry, TM McMurray
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 92/8

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Taylor	lbw b Banton	6
PLB Stoddart	st Inge b Gibson	57
PF Jackson	b Banton	0
BJ Lucas	c Banton b Strange	15
KWA Butler	b Gibson	96
CG Hawkins	c Bush b Laitt	11
*DR Peppiatt	c Gibson b Laitt	31
+SG Healey	c Inge b Gibson	0
CA Pickett	not out	49
AJ Hughes	b Laitt	0
CW Smith	lbw b Laitt	2
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-36, 4-147, 5-191, 6-203, 7-203, 8-264, 9-264, 10-284 (82.2 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Strange	20	6	72	1	1	-
Laitt	12.2	2	42	4	-	-
Banton	23	6	69	2	-	-
Locke	8	4	16	0	-	-
Cummings	9	0	40	0	-	-
Gibson	10	4	28	3	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Miller	run out	13
JE Bush	c Pickett b Hughes	24
BCG Wilenkin	c Butler b Hughes	6
D Banton	c Peppiatt b Hughes	28
JEO Smith	c Smith b Hughes	0
TA Gibson	b Smith	0
DA Cummings	b Smith	0
*+WW Inge	b Smith	4
HJ Locke	not out	55
DJ Laitt	lbw b Hughes	38
TV Strange	run out	6
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-31, 3-73, 4-73, 5-74, 6-74, 7-78, 8-80, 9-152, 10-182 (82.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	13	7	21	0	-	-
Smith	19	8	40	3	-	-
Hughes	29	13	50	5	-	-
Butler	14.2	3	44	0	-	-
Peppiatt	7	3	19	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Miller	c Hawkins b Pickett	7
JE Bush	b Pickett	51
BCG Wilenkin	b Smith	1
D Banton	c Pickett b Smith	0
JEO Smith	b Smith	0
HJ Locke	b Pickett	9
TA Gibson	b Pickett	0
DA Cummings	b Pickett	5
*+WW Inge	c Taylor b Smith	23
DJ Laitt	c Peppiatt b Smith	0
TV Strange	not out	8
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 29.4 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-16, 4-20, 5-29, 6-29, 7-41, 8-68, 9-68, 10-108 (29.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	2	50	5	-	-
Pickett	14.4	4	54	5	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Taylor	not out	4
PLB Stoddart	not out	4
PF Jackson	did not bat
BJ Lucas	did not bat
KWA Butler	did not bat
CG Hawkins	did not bat
*DR Peppiatt	did not bat
+SG Healey	did not bat
CA Pickett	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
CW Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	9

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bush	1	0	4	0	-	-
Miller	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JEO Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TA Gibson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Cummings made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PLB Stoddart (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KWA Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CA Pickett (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> HJ Locke (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Banton reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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The match ended shortly after 3.00pm. Stoddart's 57 contained 8 x 4, Butler's 96 1 x 5 and 18 x 4
Locke's 55 had 10 x 4, Bush's 51 1 x 5 and 7 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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