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| Venue | Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 19th, 20th August 1963 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Oxfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire 3 |
| Umpires | F Berry, RO Prouton |
| Close of play day 1 | Oxfordshire (1) 104/4 (Pickering 2*, Barrett 0*) |
| Buckinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LE Hitchings | c Bush b Banton | 34 | |||||
| RH Huntley | b Laitt | 13 | |||||
| G Atkins | c Bush b Laitt | 35 | |||||
| C Lever | b Lane-Fox | 56 | |||||
| FG Saunders | lbw b Lane-Fox | 29 | |||||
| *PLB Stoddart | b Lane-Fox | 0 | |||||
| DA Janes | c Lane-Fox b Barrett | 1 | |||||
| RA Dare | c PB Smith b Lane-Fox | 3 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | not out | 6 | |||||
| CW Smith | lbw b Laitt | 19 | |||||
| WRG Rawlings | b Lane-Fox | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 77.4 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-72, 3-88, 4-150, 5-150, 6-165, 7-169, 8-172, 9-199, 10-204 (77.4 ov) | |||||||
| Oxfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Strange | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laitt | 27 | 6 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Banton | 17 | 4 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barrett | 18 | 6 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| PB Smith | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lane-Fox | 10.4 | 2 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| Oxfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MD Nurton | b Smith | 2 | |||||
| JE Bush | run out | 57 | |||||
| EJ Lane-Fox | b Huntley | 22 | |||||
| JS Baxter | b Smith | 20 | |||||
| AD Pickering | b Smith | 2 | |||||
| JS Barrett | b Rawlings | 2 | |||||
| *D Banton | lbw b Rawlings | 10 | |||||
| PB Smith | c Taylor b Smith | 8 | |||||
| DJ Laitt | not out | 8 | |||||
| +MW Smith | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| TV Strange | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 57 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-58, 3-104, 4-104, 5-106, 6-119, 7-122, 8-134, 9-134 (57 ov) | |||||||
| Buckinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 29 | 9 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Rawlings | 7 | 1 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 13 | 5 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Huntley | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dare | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buckinghamshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LE Hitchings | not out | 2 | |||||
| DA Janes | not out | 1 | |||||
| RH Huntley | did not bat | ||||||
| G Atkins | did not bat | ||||||
| C Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| FG Saunders | did not bat | ||||||
| *PLB Stoddart | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Dare | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJS Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| WRG Rawlings | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 3.5 overs) | 3 | |||||
| Oxfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Laitt | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Banton | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> G Atkins (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> EJ Lane-Fox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> EJ Lane-Fox achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings
There was a 30 minute delay at the start. Rain ended play at 12.15 on the second day.
Strange was hit on the head early in the match from a hook by Huntley and took no further part.
There were 10 x 4 in Lever's 56; Bush, playing his first match of the season, hit 4 x 4 in his 57
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; checked by Oxfordshire
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