minc7971	Devon v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	The Recreation Ground, Bovey Tracey on 24th, 25th August 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 1; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	WH Gillingham, G Ripley
Scorers	LJ Collins (Oxfordshire), BPJ Moylan-Jones (Devon)
Close of play day 1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fowler	c sub b Allin	78
MD Nurton	b Yeabsley	64
PJ Garner	not out	40
SP Brennecke	not out	13
PJ Densham	did not bat
+A Crossley	did not bat
SR Porter	did not bat
BJ Collis	did not bat
RN Busby	did not bat
RA Evans	did not bat
KA Arnold	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-143, 2-178

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	10	1	36	0	-	-
Yeabsley	19	6	38	1	-	-
Fursdon	18	2	84	0	-	-
Allin	8	0	37	1	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Tolliday	lbw b Evans	40
RC Tolchard	c Porter b Arnold	15
CA Melhuish	c Porter b Busby	17
*BL Matthews	c Garner b Evans	20
B Shaw	lbw b Densham	7
ED Fursdon	b Arnold	13
AW Allin	c Collis b Arnold	8
+RM Oliver	not out	29
ML Taylor	b Arnold	0
DI Yeabsley	not out	28
PA Brown	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-61, 3-95, 4-105, 5-113, 6-132, 7-133, 8-133

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Busby	17	4	48	1	-	-
Arnold	19	1	56	4	-	-
Densham	18	6	37	1	-	-
Evans	18	7	22	2	-	-
Porter	2	2	0	0	-	-
Collis	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fowler	c and b Allin	47
MD Nurton	st Oliver b Fursdon	88
PJ Garner	c Taylor b Fursdon	24
SP Brennecke	not out	29
SR Porter	lbw b Yeabsley	23
+A Crossley	not out	2
PJ Densham	did not bat
BJ Collis	did not bat
RN Busby	did not bat
RA Evans	did not bat
KA Arnold	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-122, 2-161, 3-174, 4-218

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	9	3	33	0	-	-
Yeabsley	12	1	38	1	-	-
Allin	19	4	79	1	-	-
Fursdon	16	0	63	2	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Tolliday	c Crossley b Arnold	96
RC Tolchard	c Crossley b Porter	27
*BL Matthews	c Crossley b Porter	15
ED Fursdon	lbw b Porter	18
ML Taylor	c Densham b Porter	0
CA Melhuish	c Brennecke b Evans	6
AW Allin	c Garner b Evans	0
B Shaw	lbw b Evans	4
PA Brown	not out	3
+RM Oliver	not out	6
DI Yeabsley	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(8 wickets, 52.5 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-82, 3-108, 4-108, 5-119, 6-129, 7-145, 8-171

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Busby	5	2	10	0	-	-
Arnold	8.5	1	35	1	-	-
Porter	19	4	82	4	-	-
Evans	20	4	48	3	-	-

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Notes
--> SP Brennecke made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Tolliday made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ED Fursdon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Fowler (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 53
--> JR Tolliday (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 47
--> DI Yeabsley reached 600 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> KA Arnold achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 3-18)
--> SR Porter reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Devon second innings

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