minc8100	Oxfordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1983 (Western Division)
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 3rd, 4th July 1983 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Oxfordshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Oxfordshire 10; Cheshire 0
Umpires	EG Burston, DJ Dennis
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Tipton	c Fowler b Hobbins	0
SC Yates	c Fowler b Hobbins	14
NT O'Brien	c Fowler b Hobbins	0
D Bailey	c Fowler b Hobbins	17
RR Simpson	c Hobbins b Busby	2
PG Wakefield	lbw b Hobbins	0
JS Hitchmough	lbw b Porter	38
JA Sutton	c Crossley b Hobbins	0
IJ Gemmell	b Evans	1
JK Pickup	not out	27
RA Brown	lbw b Evans	12
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-22, 4-35, 5-37, 6-37, 7-37, 8-42, 9-99, 10-118 (52.4 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Busby	13	7	19	1	-	-
Hobbins	18	6	50	6	-	-
Evans	8.4	5	16	2	-	-
Arnold	5	2	8	0	-	-
Porter	8	4	18	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fowler	b Gemmell	32
PJ Densham	lbw b Gemmell	21
PJ Garner	c Wakefield b Hitchmough	68
JG Manger	c O'Brien b Brown	1
GC Ford	c Simpson b Brown	9
A Crossley	b Gemmell	1
SR Porter	b O'Brien	11
GR Hobbins	b Hitchmough	28
RA Evans	c O'Brien b Wakefield	1
RN Busby	not out	1
KA Arnold	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 52.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-60, 3-75, 4-91, 5-98, 6-111, 7-170, 8-179, 9-180 (52.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	11	1	54	2	-	-
Hitchmough	13	3	24	2	-	-
Gemmell	14	2	36	3	-	-
O'Brien	8	0	25	1	-	-
Sutton	3	0	10	0	-	-
Wakefield	3.3	0	24	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Tipton	c Crossley b Busby	17
SC Yates	c Arnold b Porter	45
NT O'Brien	b Porter	72
D Bailey	c Hobbins b Densham	30
RR Simpson	b Arnold	20
PG Wakefield	c sub b Arnold	24
JS Hitchmough	lbw b Arnold	7
JA Sutton	b Arnold	34
IJ Gemmell	b Arnold	9
JK Pickup	not out	3
RA Brown	not out	0
Extras		12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88.2 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-117, 3-158, 4-178, 5-197, 6-226, 7-251, 8-255, 9-272

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Busby	9	1	44	1	-	-
Hobbins	13	3	37	0	-	-
Evans	18	6	43	0	-	-
Arnold	18.2	4	54	5	-	-
Porter	18	7	54	2	-	-
Densham	12	2	29	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Fowler	b Wakefield	59
PJ Densham	c Pickup b Hitchmough	1
PJ Garner	c Yates b Wakefield	21
JG Manger	c O'Brien b Hitchmough	21
GC Ford	c and b Hitchmough	62
A Crossley	not out	22
GR Hobbins	c Pickup b Hitchmough	10
SR Porter	not out	6
RA Evans	did not bat
RN Busby	did not bat
KA Arnold	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(6 wickets, 49.3 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-78, 3-96, 4-119, 5-161, 6-201

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	4	1	21	0	-	-
Hitchmough	24	4	80	4	-	-
Gemmell	5	0	35	0	-	-
O'Brien	3.3	0	17	0	-	-
Wakefield	13	1	49	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RA Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Ford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JK Pickup (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Garner (1) passed 5000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 44
--> SC Yates (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Hobbins reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings
--> GR Hobbins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 3-24)
--> GR Hobbins achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings
--> JS Hitchmough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-24)

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