minc5154	Buckinghamshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 29th, 30th July 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 1 wicket
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, G Downs
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 97/8

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JE Bush	c Smith b Johns	100
JW Carter	c Peppiatt b Smith	16
D Banton	b Johns	9
DE Martin	b Smith	21
RE Wheeler	b Hughes	3
AD Pickering	b Hughes	0
RA Winstone	b Hughes	16
DJ Laitt	st Barnett b Johns	4
HJ Locke	not out	4
+D Cross	b Hughes	1
AL Hichens	c and b Johns	7
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-61, 3-96, 4-99, 5-99, 6-173, 7-173, 8-177, 9-178, 10-189 (84.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	10	54	2	-	2
Avery	19	4	50	0	-	-
Hughes	23	9	39	4	-	-
Johns	15.2	5	38	4	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DMA Steel	lbw b Laitt	1
NV Butler	b Laitt	1
LE Hitchings	lbw b Locke	29
RGL Janaway	b Banton	1
*DFV Johns	c Cross b Laitt	28
+BA Barnett	b Hichens	11
G Atkins	b Laitt	18
DR Peppiatt	b Banton	1
AJ Hughes	b Banton	0
RD Avery	c Winstone b Laitt	0
CW Smith	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 46.5 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-41, 5-58, 6-80, 7-83, 8-83, 9-95, 10-98 (46.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	16.5	5	34	5	-	-
Hichens	10	1	30	1	-	-
Banton	13	9	10	3	-	-
Locke	7	0	17	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JE Bush	b Avery	4
JW Carter	lbw b Smith	6
DE Martin	c Butler b Avery	37
D Banton	c Steel b Johns	22
HJ Locke	b Hughes	2
RE Wheeler	c Barnett b Hughes	0
AD Pickering	b Hughes	1
RA Winstone	b Hughes	12
DJ Laitt	c Avery b Hughes	15
+D Cross	b Smith	9
AL Hichens	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-16, 3-60, 4-67, 5-67, 6-79, 7-79, 8-109, 9-112, 10-124 (54.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21.2	7	43	2	-	-
Avery	7	3	18	2	-	-
Hughes	22	9	35	5	-	-
Johns	4	0	12	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DMA Steel	c Martin b Banton	62
NV Butler	b Hichens	8
LE Hitchings	c Martin b Locke	14
RGL Janaway	c Bush b Banton	7
*DFV Johns	b Banton	42
+BA Barnett	b Hichens	28
G Atkins	c Locke b Banton	11
DR Peppiatt	lbw b Banton	0
RD Avery	c and b Banton	14
CW Smith	not out	17
AJ Hughes	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, 70 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-55, 3-68, 4-123, 5-151, 6-181, 7-182, 8-187, 9-202

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laitt	19	3	65	0	-	-
Banton	27	10	60	6	-	-
Hichens	18	2	59	2	-	1
Locke	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Wheeler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Cross made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AL Hichens made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DMA Steel made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RGL Janaway made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Atkins made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Cross made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Banton (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> DFV Johns (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> JW Carter (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> DE Martin (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RD Avery (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Needing 216 in 217 minutes, Bucks won when taking two leg byes off the last ball of the match.
Bush hit 15 x 4 in his 100; Steel hit 5 x 4 in his 62.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire