minc5729	Berkshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	Church Road, Reading on 9th, 10th August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire 3
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) 142/6

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	c Smith b Burnley	6
JA Mence	c Lane-Fox b Laitt	4
AA Hillary	run out	0
RM James	c Banton b Burke	28
FW Neate	c Green b Banton	54
MD Mence	c Green b Laitt	14
ILJ Stevens	c Lane-Fox b Laitt	4
GR Langdale	c Burnley b Laitt	0
AC Denness	c and b Laitt	19
+REA Dyment	c Smith b Laitt	9
PA Simpkins	not out	5
Extras		6
Total	(all out)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-13, 4-69, 5-108, 6-116, 7-116, 8-116, 9-?, 10-149

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burnley	?	?	24	1	-	-
Laitt	?	?	65	6	-	-
Burke	?	?	17	1	-	-
Banton	?	?	37	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	lbw b Denness	5
KT Talboys	c and b James	16
EJ Lane-Fox	c Dyment b James	43
AD Pickering	c Hillary b James	39
AFR Green	c Simpkins b James	1
D Banton	run out	28
JS Baxter	st Dyment b James	5
NT Burnley	c Dyment b Simpkins	3
+MW Smith	not out	2
DJ Laitt	not out	4
P Burke	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 79.5 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Denness	9	1	34	1	-	-
MD Mence	9	3	19	0	-	-
James	30.5	12	49	5	-	-
Langdale	15	6	23	0	-	-
Simpkins	16	7	21	1	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AT Davis	c Laitt b Banton	49
JA Mence	c Bush b Laitt	32
AA Hillary	c Burke b Burnley	18
RM James	not out	62
FW Neate	st Smith b Laitt	33
MD Mence	did not bat
ILJ Stevens	did not bat
GR Langdale	did not bat
AC Denness	did not bat
+REA Dyment	did not bat
PA Simpkins	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(4 wickets, declared)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-96, 3-?, 4-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burnley	?	?	44	1	-	-
Laitt	?	?	76	2	-	-
Burke	?	?	18	0	-	-
Banton	?	?	45	1	-	-
Green	?	?	11	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	c Neate b MD Mence	10
KT Talboys	c Davis b MD Mence	36
EJ Lane-Fox	lbw b MD Mence	10
AD Pickering	not out	30
AFR Green	lbw b MD Mence	1
D Banton	not out	6
JS Baxter	did not bat
NT Burnley	did not bat
+MW Smith	did not bat
DJ Laitt	did not bat
P Burke	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(4 wickets, 36 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-93, 3-?, 4-102

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Denness	11	1	31	0	-	-
MD Mence	16	4	35	4	-	-
Simpkins	3	1	4	0	-	-
Langdale	4	2	8	0	-	-
Neate	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AC Denness made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Burke made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ILJ Stevens made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Burke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM James (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13
--> FW Neate (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> DJ Laitt reached 350 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Berkshire first innings

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