minc5752	Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 16th, 17th August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 3; Buckinghamshire 1
Umpires	WE Brown, EH Bryant
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (2) 3/0

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ERJ Clifford	b Laitt	3
GLT Scott	c Smith b JD Martin	0
G Atkins	b Burnley	23
SJ Tomlin	lbw b Burnley	4
MNS Taylor	b JD Martin	9
DA Janes	lbw b Banton	26
*JA Cockett	b Burnley	13
FW Harris	c Smith b JD Martin	10
+DJS Taylor	c Bush b Burnley	5
RJ Plested	not out	1
JWC Mills	c Smith b JD Martin	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb, 4 w)	6
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-24, 4-43, 5-53, 6-74, 7-94, 8-94, 9-100, 10-100 (41.3 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JD Martin	16.3	8	23	4	4	-
Laitt	4	2	14	1	-	-
Burnley	17	4	45	4	-	1
Banton	4	1	12	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Carter	b Clifford	21
*JE Bush	c Mills b Clifford	15
AD Pickering	c Tomlin b Harris	27
D Banton	c Harris b Clifford	17
JS Baxter	c Clifford b Harris	12
+MW Smith	c DJS Taylor b Harris	0
DE Martin	c DJS Taylor b Harris	0
BJT Britton	b Clifford	7
NT Burnley	not out	8
DJ Laitt	c DJS Taylor b Clifford	1
JD Martin	c Cockett b Clifford	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-69, 3-69, 4-98, 5-98, 6-98, 7-98, 8-106, 9-111, 10-119 (76 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	30	16	45	4	-	-
Mills	15	5	30	0	-	-
Clifford	30	15	37	6	-	-
Plested	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLT Scott	lbw b Burnley	0
DA Janes	c Smith b Burnley	30
G Atkins	b Burnley	0
SJ Tomlin	c DE Martin b Laitt	3
MNS Taylor	c Smith b Burnley	18
ERJ Clifford	c Banton b JD Martin	2
*JA Cockett	not out	74
FW Harris	b Laitt	15
+DJS Taylor	not out	44
RJ Plested	did not bat
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-16, 4-52, 5-57, 6-59, 7-84

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JD Martin	20	5	45	1	-	-
Burnley	22	8	58	4	-	-
Laitt	20	7	51	2	-	-
Banton	15	5	32	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JE Bush	c Cockett b Mills	28
JW Carter	b Harris	0
AD Pickering	b Mills	35
D Banton	c Atkins b Mills	38
+MW Smith	b Mills	0
JS Baxter	b Mills	1
DE Martin	b Clifford	24
BJT Britton	c Harris b Plested	17
NT Burnley	not out	8
DJ Laitt	not out	0
JD Martin	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 48 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-48, 3-86, 4-86, 5-96, 6-111, 7-135, 8-147

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	11	2	42	1	-	-
Mills	20	3	49	5	-	2
Clifford	12	2	31	1	-	-
Plested	5	0	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DA Janes (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Janes (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Cockett (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 36
--> AD Pickering (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> BJT Britton (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JD Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-52)
--> ERJ Clifford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-37)
--> ERJ Clifford achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings

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Left to score 179 in 138 minutes, Oxfordshire ended 24 short. The only half-century of the match, 74
by JA Cockett contained 9 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire