Philip John Oxley (born 7 April 1965) is a former English

cricketer Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

. Oxley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Reading,

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

. Oxley made his

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

debut for

in 1988 against

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

. From 1988 to 1995, he represented the county in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came in the 1995 Championship when Berkshire played Cornwall. Oxley also played in the MCCA Knockout Trophy for Berkshire. His debut in that competition came in 1990 when Berkshire played

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

. From 1990 to 1997, he represented the county in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came when Berkshire played Shropshire in the 1997 MCCA Knockout Trophy. Additionally, he also played List-A matches for Berkshire. His List-A debut for the county came against Middlesex in the

1990 NatWest Trophy The 1990 NatWest Trophy was the 10th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 1 September 1990. The tournament was won by Lancashire who defeated Northamptonshire by 7 wickets ...

. From 1990 to 1996, he represented the county in 6 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming in the

1996 NatWest Trophy The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Essex Co ...

when Berkshire played Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire at the Grace Road, Leicester. In his 6 matches, he scored 111 runs at a batting average (cricket), batting average of 37.00, with a high score of 49. With the ball he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 37.24, with a single five wicket haul of 5/87 against Kent County Cricket Club, Kent in the 1994 NatWest Trophy.List-A Bowling For Each Team by Philip Oxley
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