A charity cricket match proved a “fitting tribute” to a popular teacher as her youngest son smashed a six off the last ball to seal a win.

Players and spectators came together at Dorchester-on-Thames Cricket Club on Bank Holiday Monday in memory of Linda Baynham.

The 53-year-old, who taught history at Peers School in Littlemore for more than 20 years, died from a brain haemorrhage in January after collapsing at the wheel of her car in Cowley.

Her husband Michael Stimpson arranged a fundraising match in her name between his touring side Conway Cavaliers and Dorchester CC, the village in which they lived.

In a tightly contested 35-overs-a-side game, the couple's two sons Jack and James steered Conway to victory in the last over. Jack, 18, hit an unbeaten half century including a six off the final ball to surpass Dorchester’s 156.

About 50 spectators braved chilly conditions to raise more than £1,200 for Oxford charity Parasol, which helps disadvantaged and disabled children.

Matchwinner Jack, who came through the youth teams at Dorchester before playing for Oxford CC, said: “It was very pleasing to hit the winning runs in front of a good crowd and against the team I’ve grown up playing for.

“It was a very fitting tribute and it would be nice if we could do it every year for different charities.”

Dad Michael, who was married to Linda for 25 years, said: “I would like to say thank you to everyone in the village who supported the day through donations to the raffle and in coming along to see the game.

“Linda would have really enjoyed the day.”

After leaving Peers more than two years before her death, she became a student progress manager at Meadowbrook College, the county’s specialist pupil referral unit in Marston, where she worked with children who have been excluded from schools.