minc4593	Dorset v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Recreation Ground, Blandford on 19th, 20th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 3; Oxfordshire 1
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, C Fairservice
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 343/4d

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GGL Hebden	b Betts	125			14	-
ATW Oxford	lbw b Strange	36
GWL Courtenay	b Betts	18
CF Deacon	b Betts	0
GLO Jessop	not out	147			21	1
DJW Bridge	not out	6
JSW Lush	did not bat
+HG Hunt	did not bat
RT Broadfoot	did not bat
JJM Barron	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Oxford), 2-108 (Courtenay), 3-108 (Deacon), 4-336 (Hebden)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	24	6	80	3	-	-
Banton	18	2	86	0	-	-
Lowe	7	2	17	0	-	-
Alton	21	1	89	0	-	-
Surman	9	2	28	0	-	-
Strange	8	1	32	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	c Oxford b Jessop	41
JF Mendl	c Hebden b Lush	14
WH Miller	b Lush	34
JW Carter	c Bridge b Lush	1
RE Alton	c Hebden b Lush	5
CM Lowe	b Jessop	9
WW Inge	c Oxford b Jessop	1
D Banton	lbw b Jessop	0
RDJ Surman	not out	16
GF Betts	st Hunt b Jessop	8
TV Strange	c Broadfoot b Lush	3
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Mendl), 2-70 (Bush), 3-89 (Carter), 4-95 (Miller), 5-96 (Alton), 6-102 (Inge), 7-103 (Banton), 8-110 (Lowe), 9-122 (Betts), 10-133 (Strange, 79 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barron	8	5	10	0	-	-
Broadfoot	8	2	23	0	-	-
Jessop	28	9	52	5	-	-
Lush	30	10	41	5	-	-
Bridge	4	2	5	0	-	-
Hebden	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	run out	45
JF Mendl	c Hunt b Lush	66
WH Miller	not out	10
JW Carter	not out	5
RE Alton	did not bat
CM Lowe	did not bat
WW Inge	did not bat
D Banton	did not bat
RDJ Surman	did not bat
GF Betts	did not bat
TV Strange	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 64 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-111 (Mendl), 2-117 (Bush)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lush	23	5	46	1	-	-
Barron	4	0	10	0	-	-
Bridge	25	9	45	0	-	-
Jessop	12	2	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GGL Hebden scored 1 five in the Dorset first innings
--> RT Broadfoot made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GGL Hebden (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 113
--> JE Bush (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> JSW Lush achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed TV Strange in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-88)
--> JSW Lush achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings

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