minc4860	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Ascott Park, Wing on 12th, 13th August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Buckinghamshire 3; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	LWK Martin, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) ?/3

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	b Pickett	12
WH Miller	c Healey b Pickett	11
BCG Wilenkin	c Taylor b Reynolds	69
D Banton	b Pickett	10
TA Gibson	run out	10
DJ Laitt	b Plested	44
JEO Smith	b Reynolds	5
CM Lowe	b Reynolds	0
*+WW Inge	c Smith b Reynolds	4
DK Fasken	run out	1
DA MacDonald	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-29, 3-53, 4-69, 5-157, 6-165, 7-165, 8-169, 9-172, 10-174 (74.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	21	6	43	3	-	-
Smith	24	5	67	0	-	2
Isherwood	11	1	30	0	-	1
Plested	11	4	12	1	-	-
Reynolds	7.5	3	14	4	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Taylor	c Mendl b Laitt	52
PLB Stoddart	c Smith b MacDonald	55
*G Reynolds	b Gibson	0
P Isherwood	b Laitt	56
JA Cockett	b Banton	74
JMH Tilbury	b Laitt	5
BJ Lucas	b Laitt	0
+SG Healey	b Banton	15
CA Pickett	run out	26
RJ Plested	c and b Laitt	0
CW Smith	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-99, 3-117, 4-209, 5-216, 6-220, 7-259, 8-301, 9-304, 10-304 (90.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fasken	17	5	50	0	-	2
Banton	12.4	1	53	2	-	-
Laitt	33	3	109	5	-	-
Lowe	3	0	11	0	-	-
Gibson	18	3	42	1	-	-
MacDonald	7	2	18	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	c Healey b Smith	71
WH Miller	c Taylor b Smith	5
BCG Wilenkin	b Plested	28
D Banton	b Plested	0
TA Gibson	b Isherwood	18
DJ Laitt	c Healey b Pickett	47
JEO Smith	b Isherwood	9
CM Lowe	not out	21
*+WW Inge	not out	6
DK Fasken	did not bat
DA MacDonald	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 89 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-51, 3-55, 4-79, 5-140, 6-167, 7-199

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	33	14	52	1	-	-
Smith	28	7	74	2	-	-
Plested	12	8	7	2	-	-
Isherwood	12	1	66	2	-	2
Reynolds	4	2	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CM Lowe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BCG Wilenkin (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> JF Mendl (2) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 30
--> TA Gibson (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Laitt reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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Wilenkin hit 10 x 4 in his 69; Taylor 7 x 4, Stoddart 1 x 5 and 4 x 4, Cockett 10 x 4, Isherwood 6 x 4
Mendl's 71 contained 1 x 6 and 12 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

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