minc5505	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	Church Road, Reading on 5th, 6th August 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	C Fairservice, RO Prouton
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 181/1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hillary	retired hurt	5
AT Davis	b Surman	39
TW Jack	c Banton b Surman	5
RM James	c Bush b Stapleton	102
FW Neate	c Laitt b Surman	76
GR Langdale	c and b Laitt	12
CEW Brooks	run out	1
DE Young	not out	8
MN Morgan	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
HEM Murphy	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 74.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-142, 3-191, 4-222, 5-244, 6-259 (74.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hichens	16	5	36	0	-	1
Laitt	23	10	65	1	-	-
Surman	21.4	3	83	3	-	-
Banton	3	1	12	0	-	-
Stapleton	11	1	52	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RDJ Surman	b Morgan	92
JE Bush	c James b Morgan	94
JWA Love	c Murphy b James	49
KT Talboys	c and b Morgan	8
AD Pickering	b Morgan	0
D Banton	run out	1
JS Baxter	not out	5
DJ Laitt	not out	2
JG Stapleton	did not bat
MW Smith	did not bat
AL Hichens	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 80.1 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-137, 2-237, 3-242, 4-242, 5-243, 6-255

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	16.1	2	58	1	-	-
Morgan	24	3	96	4	-	1
Simpkins	8	1	32	0	-	1
Langdale	18	10	30	0	-	-
Young	14	3	35	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CEW Brooks	c Hichens b Stapleton	66
AT Davis	lbw b Surman	8
TW Jack	c Talboys b Laitt	0
RM James	c Smith b Hichens	7
FW Neate	b Laitt	16
GR Langdale	not out	55
DE Young	b Laitt	32
MN Morgan	not out	5
AA Hillary	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
HEM Murphy	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-30, 3-47, 4-98, 5-102, 6-169

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	27	7	80	3	-	-
Surman	10	3	29	1	-	-
Hichens	11	2	28	1	1	-
Banton	11	4	18	0	-	-
Stapleton	12	2	34	1	-	1

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RDJ Surman	c and b James	11
JE Bush	b Morgan	14
KT Talboys	not out	26
AD Pickering	c Murphy b Simpkins	5
D Banton	not out	26
JWA Love	did not bat
JS Baxter	did not bat
DJ Laitt	did not bat
JG Stapleton	did not bat
MW Smith	did not bat
AL Hichens	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 35 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-30, 3-47

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	6	1	9	1	-	-
Morgan	7	1	27	1	-	-
Young	4	0	15	0	-	-
Simpkins	6	2	10	1	-	-
Langdale	4	3	2	0	-	-
Jack	3	1	9	0	-	-
Brooks	4	0	9	0	-	-
Davis	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FW Neate (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RDJ Surman (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RDJ Surman (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 33
--> JWA Love (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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