minc8285	Oxfordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1985 (Western Division)
Venue	Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley on 7th, 8th July 1985 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	PSG Stevens, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Ford	c Hughes b Benjamin	4
MD Nurton	b Sutton	35
DAJ Wise	b Benjamin	12
PJ Garner	run out	34
CJ Clements	c Benjamin b Sutton	89
A Crossley	b Benjamin	17
SR Porter	lbw b O'Brien	3
RA Evans	st Hughes b O'Brien	0
CD Ricks	not out	20
RN Busby	lbw b Sutton	1
KA Arnold	b Sutton	11
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-59, 3-65, 4-133, 5-186, 6-189, 7-205, 8-216, 9-221, 10-247 (63.2 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benjamin	19	4	74	3	-	-
Hacker	8	1	30	0	-	-
Sutton	12.2	3	36	4	-	-
O'Brien	18	5	60	2	-	-
Ibadulla	6	0	31	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Tansley	b Busby	6
JJ Hitchmough	lbw b Arnold	13
I Cockbain	c Wise b Evans	42
NT O'Brien	c Evans b Ricks	33
SC Yates	not out	54
K Teasdale	b Porter	6
JA Sutton	not out	46
WKM Benjamin	did not bat
PN Hughes	did not bat
KBK Ibadulla	did not bat
PJ Hacker	did not bat
Extras		18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-26, 3-93, 4-108, 5-125

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Busby	16	4	25	1	-	-
Arnold	13	0	56	1	-	-
Ricks	12	2	48	1	-	-
Evans	13	3	51	1	-	-
Porter	5	1	27	1	-	-
Garner	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Ford	b Hacker	8
MD Nurton	lbw b Hacker	0
DAJ Wise	c Yates b O'Brien	21
PJ Garner	lbw b Sutton	49
CJ Clements	c Hughes b Sutton	22
A Crossley	c Benjamin b Sutton	15
SR Porter	c Hughes b Benjamin	7
RA Evans	b Sutton	0
CD Ricks	lbw b Benjamin	4
RN Busby	not out	14
KA Arnold	not out	27
Extras		25
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-72, 4-118, 5-124, 6-143, 7-143, 8-147, 9-147

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benjamin	17	1	68	2	-	-
Hacker	7	1	25	2	-	-
Sutton	12	5	26	4	-	-
O'Brien	13	6	24	1	-	-
Ibadulla	12	2	34	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Tansley	b Porter	60
JJ Hitchmough	c Wise b Evans	54
I Cockbain	c Garner b Porter	11
NT O'Brien	c Arnold b Porter	29
SC Yates	b Porter	2
K Teasdale	c Crossley b Porter	4
JA Sutton	b Porter	13
WKM Benjamin	st Crossley b Evans	3
PN Hughes	not out	9
KBK Ibadulla	not out	24
PJ Hacker	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(8 wickets, 43 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-124, 3-133, 4-137, 5-162, 6-173, 7-201, 8-209

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Busby	6	1	24	0	-	-
Arnold	12	1	41	0	-	-
Ricks	6	2	29	0	-	-
Evans	9	0	56	2	-	-
Porter	10	0	60	6	-	-

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Notes
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Oxfordshire first innings
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Cheshire first innings
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Oxfordshire second innings
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Cheshire second innings
--> KBK Ibadulla made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WKM Benjamin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Clements (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RN Busby (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10

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