minc4878	Devon v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	The Recreation Ground, Torquay on 22nd, 23rd August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 1; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	TS Jennings, AAJ Larby
Scorers	TH Kirkham, HT Lewendon
Close of play day 1

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Fairclough	st Inge b Locke	30
DH Cole	b Locke	36
NCF Bloy	c Betts b Pitkin	51
*GW Parker	b Locke	58
HBC Gardner	c and b Betts	31
ANS Burnett	not out	30
+SGE Mountford	lbw b Betts	16
P Atkinson	c Gibson b Pitkin	20
FRT Bulley	not out	16
RD Healey	did not bat
GR Byfield	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-70, 3-159, 4-196, 5-219, 6-234, 7-274

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	17	7	39	2	-	-
Banton	24	4	63	0	-	-
Gibson	7	2	21	0	-	-
Pitkin	27	4	84	2	-	-
Locke	28	7	70	3	-	-
Surman	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Gardner	b Atkinson	56
BCG Wilenkin	c Parker b Atkinson	0
KT Talboys	c Fairclough b Bulley	183
HJ Locke	c Byfield b Cole	61
D Banton	b Parker	0
JEO Smith	b Bulley	9
+WW Inge	not out	37
RDJ Surman	b Atkinson	51
TA Gibson	not out	0
RH Pitkin	did not bat
GF Betts	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb, 5 nb)	29
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	426
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-118, 3-275, 4-282, 5-323, 6-332, 7-426

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Atkinson	28	5	89	3	-	-
Healey	12	0	58	0	-	-
Cole	25	8	42	1	-	-
Fairclough	22	8	58	0	-	-
Bulley	15	2	56	2	-	-
Parker	27	10	64	1	-	-
Bloy	5	0	30	0	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ANS Burnett	b Wilenkin	29
FRT Bulley	b Banton	3
NCF Bloy	not out	39
GR Byfield	not out	8
HD Fairclough	did not bat
DH Cole	did not bat
*GW Parker	did not bat
HBC Gardner	did not bat
+SGE Mountford	did not bat
P Atkinson	did not bat
RD Healey	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 32 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-67

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	5	1	10	0	-	-
Banton	7	0	10	1	-	-
Locke	9	4	17	0	-	-
Surman	2	0	12	0	-	-
Gibson	3	1	9	0	-	-
Wilenkin	4	1	16	1	-	-
Gardner	1	0	4	0	-	-
Talboys	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GR Byfield made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FRT Bulley (1) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EJ Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KT Talboys (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KT Talboys (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KT Talboys (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 34
--> HJ Locke (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WW Inge (1) passed 4500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> RDJ Surman (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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