minc4994	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Reading School Ground, Erleigh Road, Reading on 8th, 9th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Berkshire won by 92 runs
Points	Berkshire 10; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	WH Stephens, CH Welch
Scorer	J Hinton (Berkshire)
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hillary	b Cummings	7
AC Walton	c Wilenkin b Banton	25
JWH May	b Cummings	1
RM James	b Cummings	6
DE Young	c Talboys b Laitt	6
GR Langdale	c Bush b Banton	4
CEW Brooks	c Talboys b Laitt	8
MN Morgan	c Wilenkin b Laitt	11
KC Came	not out	14
+T Ingram	lbw b Banton	9
AJ Sly	b Laitt	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-25, 4-46, 5-46, 6-58, 7-58, 8-70, 9-86, 10-93 (52.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	23.5	13	25	4	-	-
Strange	2	1	5	0	-	-
Banton	14	2	36	3	-	-
Cummings	11	4	24	3	-	-
Gibson	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	b Morgan	10
JE Bush	c Walton b James	40
BCG Wilenkin	b Young	15
KT Talboys	c Langdale b James	10
D Banton	b Young	2
PJ Capel-Smith	b James	0
MWO Canning	c Walton b James	2
DA Cummings	c Brooks b James	6
TA Gibson	not out	15
DJ Laitt	run out	2
TV Strange	b Brooks	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-45, 3-79, 4-84, 5-84, 6-84, 7-90, 8-109, 9-113, 10-113 (53.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morgan	9	1	15	1	-	-
Came	2	0	15	0	-	-
Brooks	6.3	2	11	1	-	-
Langdale	5	2	9	0	-	-
Young	14	3	29	2	-	-
Sly	4	1	7	0	-	-
James	13	4	16	5	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hillary	c Talboys b Laitt	33
AC Walton	lbw b Laitt	7
JWH May	b Laitt	33
RM James	b Gibson	1
DE Young	c Wilenkin b Gibson	0
GR Langdale	c Capel-Smith b Laitt	12
CEW Brooks	not out	64
MN Morgan	b Banton	8
KC Came	lbw b Banton	12
+T Ingram	c Talboys b Banton	4
AJ Sly	b Laitt	10
Extras	(21 b, 1 lb)	22
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-60, 3-75, 4-79, 5-79, 6-95, 7-142, 8-160, 9-166, 10-206 (84.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	37.4	14	73	5	-	-
Cummings	17	5	32	0	-	-
Banton	17	4	47	3	-	-
Gibson	13	2	32	2	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	b Langdale	20
JE Bush	c Walton b James	5
BCG Wilenkin	c and b Came	18
KT Talboys	run out	3
D Banton	b Came	4
PJ Capel-Smith	c Young b Came	11
MWO Canning	not out	16
DA Cummings	b Came	0
TA Gibson	b Came	1
DJ Laitt	b Young	7
TV Strange	c and b Brooks	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-31, 3-49, 4-55, 5-58, 6-63, 7-71, 8-71, 9-84, 10-94 (35.2 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	8	1	26	1	-	-
Morgan	3	0	7	0	-	-
Langdale	10	5	17	1	-	-
Came	10	3	20	5	-	-
Young	4	0	16	1	-	-
Brooks	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RM James (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> DA Cummings achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 1-14)
--> RM James achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-27)
--> RM James achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> DE Young reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxfordshire second innings

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