minc4870	Buckinghamshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Chalvey Road, Slough on 17th, 18th August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 34 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	C Fairservice, TM McMurray
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (2) 46/1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Taylor	b Davison	17
PLB Stoddart	c Morris b Owen	25
*G Reynolds	c Watts b Owen	2
JA Cockett	c Crouch b Davison	5
JMH Tilbury	c Watts b Owen	1
A Hawes	c Jenkins b Owen	47
BJ Lucas	lbw b Jenkins	21
+SG Healey	b Jenkins	6
CA Pickett	b Coomb	30
CW Smith	not out	6
AJ Hughes	b Owen	1
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 50.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-47, 3-52, 4-53, 5-60, 6-117, 7-135, 8-142, 9-172, 10-173 (50.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	15	2	50	1	-	-
Davison	14	4	40	2	-	-
Owen	13.5	1	51	5	1	-
Watts	1	0	7	0	-	-
Jenkins	7	0	13	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Taylor b Hughes	18
PD Watts	c Pickett b Smith	2
NS Gunn	b Smith	0
JG Owen	c Smith b Pickett	9
ST Morris	b Hughes	24
*JAR Oliver	c Healey b Smith	16
MS Meeson	c Smith b Pickett	3
AG Coomb	b Pickett	0
MW Crouch	not out	4
IJ Davison	c Healey b Hughes	10
DG Jenkins	c and b Hughes	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-8, 3-17, 4-44, 5-61, 6-69, 7-69, 8-73, 9-87, 10-87 (35.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	12	5	32	3	-	-
Smith	12	3	36	3	-	-
Hughes	11.4	2	18	4	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Taylor	b Coomb	22
PLB Stoddart	b Davison	25
*G Reynolds	b Davison	13
JA Cockett	b Davison	0
JMH Tilbury	c Crouch b Davison	6
A Hawes	c Owen b Davison	3
BJ Lucas	b Jenkins	26
+SG Healey	c Davison b Jenkins	19
CA Pickett	lbw b Coomb	14
CW Smith	b Coomb	3
AJ Hughes	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-61, 3-61, 4-61, 5-71, 6-76, 7-107, 8-122, 9-133, 10-142 (50.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	16.4	5	55	3	-	-
Davison	17	6	35	5	-	-
Jenkins	9	0	20	2	-	-
Owen	3	1	8	0	-	-
Oliver	5	2	18	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Healey b Hughes	25
JG Owen	c Pickett b Smith	0
MS Meeson	b Smith	4
NS Gunn	lbw b Pickett	30
ST Morris	b Hughes	24
*JAR Oliver	c Pickett b Hughes	74
PD Watts	st Healey b Hughes	10
AG Coomb	c Healey b Pickett	3
MW Crouch	b Hughes	7
IJ Davison	c Stoddart b Pickett	1
DG Jenkins	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-59, 4-73, 5-122, 6-155, 7-162, 8-175, 9-180, 10-194 (67.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	21	6	52	3	-	-
Smith	21	7	54	2	-	-
Hughes	25.5	6	72	5	-	-

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Notes
--> A Hawes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MW Crouch made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SG Healey (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLB August (2) passed 5000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> CA Pickett reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> IJ Davison achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 5-55)

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The match ended at 5.22 after Beds had been required to make 229 in 255 minutes for victory.
Oliver hit 7 x 4 in his 74.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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