minc5780	Somerset Second XI v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961 (Challenge Match)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 6th, 7th, 8th September 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset Second XI won by 9 wickets
Umpires	AE Bradford, AED Smith
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	b Biddulph	10
*JE Bush	st Eele b Sully	38
EJ Lane-Fox	c Biddulph b Sully	23
AD Pickering	c Eele b Whitehead	26
KT Talboys	b Biddulph	22
D Banton	b Biddulph	48
JS Baxter	lbw b Whitehead	15
NT Burnley	c Whitehead b Sully	2
DJ Laitt	not out	20
+MW Smith	c Paull b Whitehead	6
JD Martin	b Hall	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-53, 3-98, 4-98, 5-156, 6-168, 7-168, 8-179, 9-187, 10-218 (96.4 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	26.4	6	70	3	-	-
Hall	20	7	48	1	-	-
Whitehead	28	12	40	3	-	-
Sully	22	8	53	3	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Laitt b Martin	39
+PJ Eele	c Smith b Burnley	14
GL Keith	c Banton b Martin	4
RC Kerslake	b Martin	36
TI Barwell	c and b Martin	52
*GEE Lambert	c Burnley b Laitt	20
RK Paull	c Pickering b Banton	18
H Sully	c Lane-Fox b Laitt	23
KD Biddulph	lbw b Burnley	1
AGT Whitehead	not out	29
GH Hall	c Smith b Banton	0
Extras	(11 b, 17 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 106.5 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-58, 3-69, 4-142, 5-169, 6-193, 7-203, 8-215, 9-255, 10-264 (106.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	26	5	62	4	-	-
Burnley	22	5	59	2	-	-
Laitt	34	12	73	2	-	-
Banton	20.5	7	32	2	-	-
Lane-Fox	4	0	10	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	c Sully b Biddulph	3
*JE Bush	c Lambert b Sully	48
EJ Lane-Fox	c Kerslake b Hall	14
AD Pickering	c Kitchen b Biddulph	5
KT Talboys	b Biddulph	1
D Banton	c Eele b Sully	13
JS Baxter	lbw b Sully	12
NT Burnley	c Eele b Kerslake	1
DJ Laitt	b Hall	13
+MW Smith	b Kerslake	0
JD Martin	not out	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-51, 3-58, 4-70, 5-73, 6-97, 7-98, 8-98, 9-98, 10-125 (75.2 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17	7	26	3	-	-
Hall	14.2	5	37	2	-	-
Sully	21	9	18	3	-	-
Whitehead	9	5	11	0	-	-
Kerslake	14	6	27	2	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	not out	44
+PJ Eele	c Smith b Burnley	4
GL Keith	not out	30
RC Kerslake	did not bat
TI Barwell	did not bat
*GEE Lambert	did not bat
RK Paull	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 18 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Eele)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	8	2	33	0	-	-
Burnley	4	1	17	1	-	-
Laitt	3	1	17	0	-	-
Talboys	2	0	9	0	-	-
Bush	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RK Paull made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Carter made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GL Keith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGT Whitehead made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GEE Lambert (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> DJ Laitt reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset Second XI first innings

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