minc4608	Oxfordshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Northern Aluminium Company Ground, Banbury on 27th, 28th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 1 wicket
Points	Oxfordshire 0; Berkshire 10
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, CH Welch
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	c Stokes b Langdale	104
D Banton	lbw b Robinson	0
JH Anthistle	run out	9
EJ Gardner	c Morbey b Langdale	30
CM Lowe	lbw b Langdale	0
WW Inge	b Robinson	0
RDJ Surman	b Robinson	3
JJ Guilfoyle	c Mence b Langdale	1
GF Betts	c Morbey b Langdale	0
TV Strange	run out	1
AC Webb	not out	0
Extras	(24 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	33
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-53, 3-144, 4-144, 5-145, 6-149, 7-151, 8-155, 9-156, 10-181 (65.1 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	23	8	55	3	-	-
Morbey	6	3	11	0	-	-
Morgan	5	3	8	0	-	-
Drew	7	2	31	0	-	-
Langdale	22.1	11	33	5	1	-
Brooks	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	lbw b Betts	17
R Fox	c Banton b Betts	4
JWH May	c Surman b Guilfoyle	20
CEW Brooks	b Betts	20
RD Morbey	c Inge b Strange	52
GR Langdale	c Gardner b Betts	99
DW Stokes	st Inge b Betts	49
RG Drew	b Betts	8
TJ Easby	not out	2
MN Morgan	did not bat
AG Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 63.5 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-37, 3-71, 4-85, 5-170, 6-266, 7-278, 8-285 (63.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Banton	15	0	52	0	-	-
Betts	25.5	4	95	6	1	-
Guilfoyle	14	6	67	1	-	-
Webb	3	0	17	0	-	-
Strange	6	1	40	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	c Robinson b Langdale	87
D Banton	lbw b Robinson	43
JH Anthistle	c Stokes b Drew	18
EJ Gardner	run out	9
CM Lowe	b Langdale	25
WW Inge	not out	118
RDJ Surman	b Drew	1
JJ Guilfoyle	b Langdale	3
GF Betts	not out	27
TV Strange	did not bat
AC Webb	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 8 lb, 4 w)	26
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-117, 2-149, 3-170, 4-187, 5-206, 6-215, 7-229

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	16	1	56	1	1	-
Drew	13	3	45	2	-	-
Morgan	6	1	19	0	-	-
Morbey	13	1	80	0	-	-
Langdale	23	7	96	3	-	-
Stokes	7	1	35	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Mence	lbw b Webb	5
R Fox	c Betts b Guilfoyle	73
JWH May	b Strange	69
RD Morbey	b Strange	11
RG Drew	c Lowe b Guilfoyle	7
GR Langdale	c Betts b Strange	17
CEW Brooks	b Guilfoyle	9
DW Stokes	b Guilfoyle	18
TJ Easby	not out	25
MN Morgan	c Bush b Guilfoyle	6
AG Robinson	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(9 wickets)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-144, 3-162, 4-170, 5-176, 6-193, 7-217, 8-217, 9-246

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Banton	?	?	13	0	-	-
Betts	?	?	50	0	-	-
Guilfoyle	?	?	100	5	-	-
Webb	?	?	43	1	-	-
Strange	?	?	36	3	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Gardner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Webb made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Anthistle made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RD Morbey made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TJ Easby made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Langdale (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Langdale (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 62
--> RD Morbey (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> TJ Easby (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Betts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 5-25)
--> GR Langdale reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings

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