icket ▁Board . ▁ ▁Hon ours ▁ ▁Minor ▁Count ies ▁Championship ▁( 4 ) ▁- ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ; ▁shared ▁( 0 ) ▁- ▁▁ ▁M CC A ▁Kno ck out ▁Tro phy ▁( 0 ) ▁- ▁ ▁Ear liest ▁cr icket ▁Cr icket ▁probably ▁reached ▁Oxford shire ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Although ▁" not ▁cr icket ", ▁a ▁ 1 5 2 3 ▁reference ▁to ▁st ool ball ▁has ▁been ▁found ▁( see ▁Row land ▁Bow en ' s ▁history ) ▁re ▁a ▁designated ▁field ▁in ▁Oxford shire . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁reference ▁to ▁cr icket ▁in ▁the ▁county ▁is ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 3 . ▁Dr ▁Samuel ▁Johnson ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁played ▁cr icket ▁during ▁his ▁time ▁at ▁the ▁university ; ▁he ▁was ▁there ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 9 ▁for ▁one ▁year ▁only . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁references ▁to ▁cr icket ▁in ▁Oxford shire ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁Reading ▁Mercur y ▁on ▁Monday ▁ 4 ▁October ▁ 1 7 7 9 : ▁" On ▁T ues . ▁Oct ▁ 5 ▁at ▁Hen ley , ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁Ber ks ▁v ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁Oxford , ▁for ▁£ 2 5 ▁a ▁side ". ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁we ▁read ▁of ▁an ▁Oxford shire ▁county ▁team . ▁ ▁Ber k shire ▁was ▁r ated ▁a