minc6194	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1965
Venue	The Meadow, Chesham on 4th, 5th August 1965 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Buckinghamshire 3; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	F Berry, MA Cleaver
Close of play day 1	Oxfordshire (1) ?/5

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Lever	not out	123
NV Butler	c MW Smith b Burnley	2
G Atkins	c Nurton b Banton	8
DFV Johns	lbw b Burnley	10
DA Janes	c Montgomerie b Matthews	31
FW Harris	c Burnley b Banton	10
+CG Hawkins	not out	8
*PLB Stoddart	did not bat
CA Pickett	did not bat
CR Harris	did not bat
DA Pratt	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 82.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-24, 3-68, 4-156, 5-182

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burnley	24	9	54	2	-	2
Moffatt	9	5	18	0	-	-
Banton	31	12	56	2	-	-
Matthews	15	1	53	1	-	-
PB Smith	3.2	1	11	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Nurton	b Pratt	12
JR Hartley	c Atkins b CR Harris	5
JWA Love	b Pickett	14
RD Montgomerie	c Hawkins b Lever	30
PB Smith	b Pickett	0
DJ Castle	c Pratt b Pickett	6
*D Banton	not out	55
IB Moffatt	c Pickett b Butler	18
+MW Smith	not out	5
NT Burnley	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-34, 3-36, 4-36, 5-46, 6-89, 7-128

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CR Harris	7	1	13	1	-	1
FW Harris	9	5	13	0	-	2
Pratt	30	10	51	1	-	-
Pickett	29	20	20	3	-	-
Johns	3	0	6	0	-	-
Lever	8	3	13	1	-	-
Butler	7	2	29	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Lever	lbw b Burnley	8
NV Butler	c and b Banton	28
G Atkins	c Montgomerie b Burnley	6
DFV Johns	not out	42
DA Janes	c Castle b Banton	0
+CG Hawkins	c Hartley b Matthews	7
FW Harris	b Banton	0
*PLB Stoddart	not out	10
CA Pickett	did not bat
CR Harris	did not bat
DA Pratt	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 32.2 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-16, 3-64, 4-64, 5-81, 6-97

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burnley	13	2	36	2	-	-
Moffatt	6	3	15	0	-	-
Banton	10	3	33	3	-	-
Matthews	3.2	0	17	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Hartley	b FW Harris	6
MD Nurton	c Hawkins b FW Harris	5
JWA Love	c Janes b Pratt	18
RD Montgomerie	c Pratt b Pickett	1
PB Smith	not out	11
DJ Castle	not out	17
*D Banton	did not bat
IB Moffatt	did not bat
+MW Smith	did not bat
NT Burnley	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 42 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-23, 4-38

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CR Harris	5	2	9	0	-	-
FW Harris	12	5	17	2	-	1
Pickett	8	6	6	1	-	-
Pratt	10	4	16	1	-	-
Lever	4	4	0	0	-	-
Johns	2	1	5	0	-	-
Stoddart	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RD Montgomerie (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 29
--> DJ Castle (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Banton reached 400 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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The match was left drawn at 6.15 after Oxfordshire had been set to make 164 in 125 minutes.
Lever hit 1 x 6 and 13 x 4 in his 123*. There were 7 x 4 in Bantion's 55*.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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