minc4712	Oxfordshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 13th, 14th August 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxfordshire won by an innings and 6 runs
Points	Oxfordshire 10; Dorset 0
Umpires	SH Moore, CH Welch
Scorers	PA Deane (Dorset), HT Lewendon (Oxfordshire)
Close of play day 1	Dorset (1) 55/2 (Walford 32*, Jowett 1*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Bush	c Hunt b Joynt	0
WH Miller	c Hunt b Joynt	2
EJ Gardner	c Jowett b Barron	8
JW Carter	run out	32
BCG Wilenkin	b Jowett	72		190
LEG Hemming	c Hunt b Walford	55
D Banton	c Bridge b Walford	41
HJ Locke	c Oxford b Jowett	0
WW Inge	b Jowett	11
GF Betts	c Hunt b Walford	2
DJ Laitt	not out	12
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Miller), 2-6 (Bush), 3-16 (Gardner), 4-72 (Carter), 5-162 (Hemming), 6-188 (Wilenkin), 7-190 (Locke), 8-209 (Inge), 9-216 (Betts), 10-241 (Banton, 105.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Joynt	22	6	47	2	-	1
Barron	8	1	18	1	1	-
Jowett	35	9	61	3	-	-
Bridge	14	3	31	0	-	-
Walford	26.3	2	78	3	-	-

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Laitt b Betts	61
GES Woodhouse	b Betts	2
GGL Hebden	c Betts b Hemming	14
DCPR Jowett	c and b Laitt	5
GWL Courtenay	b Laitt	9
CF Deacon	c Bush b Betts	0	1
HW Joynt	c Bush b Laitt	0
ATW Oxford	b Hemming	3
DJW Bridge	c Bush b Laitt	3
JJM Barron	c Bush b Hemming	2
HG Hunt	not out	7
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Woodhouse), 2-52 (Hebden), 3-68 (Jowett), 4-93 (Walford), 5-93 (Deacon), 6-96 (Joynt), 7-101 (Courtenay), 8-103 (Oxford), 9-105 (Bridge), 10-116 (Barron, 57.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	21	5	40	4	-	-
Betts	17	6	34	3	-	-
Locke	8	3	12	0	-	-
Hemming	11.3	1	20	3	-	-

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Dorset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	lbw b Laitt	6
GES Woodhouse	lbw b Betts	2
GGL Hebden	b Banton	18
GWL Courtenay	b Hemming	3
DJW Bridge	b Banton	28
CF Deacon	st Inge b Hemming	33
ATW Oxford	lbw b Hemming	0
HW Joynt	b Banton	4
DCPR Jowett	b Banton	0
JJM Barron	c Bush b Hemming	10
HG Hunt	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Walford), 2-20 (Woodhouse), 3-37 (Hebden), 4-37 (Courtenay), 5-81 (Bridge), 6-82 (Oxford), 7-91 (Joynt), 8-93 (Jowett), 9-111 (Barron), 10-119 (Deacon, 53.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	8	5	12	1	-	2
Laitt	9	1	15	1	-	-
Banton	19	10	20	4	-	2
Hemming	17.4	1	58	4	-	-

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Notes
--> BCG Wilenkin (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MM Walford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed LEG Hemming in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 0-1)
--> DJ Laitt reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed HW Joynt, his 2nd wicket in the Dorset first innings
--> LEG Hemming reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed CF Deacon, his 4th wicket in the Dorset second innings

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