minc2974	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1934
Venue	Merton College Ground, Oxford on 6th, 7th August 1934 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 3; Buckinghamshire 1
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (2) 27/0 (SCB Lee 8*, Halliday 14*; 4 overs)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SCB Lee	b Edwards	0
JG Halliday	not out	76
RW Haynes	c Edwards b Rutter	3
WP Haines	b Edwards	0
C Walters	c Baker b Birtwell	34
JJ Guilfoyle	c Badham b Birtwell	0
MH Lee	c Birtwell b Rutter	23
+WW Inge	b Badham	8
DSM Burrell	b Rutter	0
JA Rogers	b Badham	19
JP O'Shea	c Baker b Birtwell	1
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-4, 4-60, 5-60, 6-112, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-172 (79 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutter	22	10	31	3	-	-
Edwards	25	5	63	2	-	-
Birtwell	23	7	46	3	-	-
Badham	9	0	24	2	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	b O'Shea	4
HE Peto	c MH Lee b Rogers	4
AH Busby	b Rogers	2
AJS James	b O'Shea	17
R Tompkins	lbw b Rogers	6
*+WB Franklin	c MH Lee b O'Shea	36
PHC Badham	c Burrell b Walters	17
EB Leigh	c Rogers b Haynes	25
AJ Birtwell	c Burrell b Rogers	5
RH Rutter	b Haynes	10
F Edwards	not out	0
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-64, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-143 (43.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rogers	13	3	42	4	-	-
Walters	10	1	13	1	-	-
O'Shea	13	2	42	3	-	-
MH Lee	1	0	8	0	-	-
Haynes	6.3	0	21	2	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SCB Lee	not out	8
JG Halliday	not out	14
RW Haynes	did not bat
WP Haines	did not bat
C Walters	did not bat
JJ Guilfoyle	did not bat
MH Lee	did not bat
+WW Inge	did not bat
DSM Burrell	did not bat
JA Rogers	did not bat
JP O'Shea	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(no wicket, 4 overs)	27

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutter	2	0	4	0	-	-
Edwards	1	0	6	0	-	-
Badham	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> WP Haines made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Leigh made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WP Haines made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EB Leigh (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Sources: Bucks Free Press 10 August; AJW sheet
Bucks' averages suggest that the runs conceded in 2nd innings may be: Edwards 12, Badham 6; Birtwell 4.
However, the better view may be that the runs were wrongly allocated in the averages. Why should Rutter not have opened? We also know that E

 

 

 

 

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