minc4839	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 5th, 6th August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 68 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 10; Hertfordshire 0
Umpires	LAC D'Arcy, DC Field
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (2) 29/1 (Millman ?*, Gunn ?*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Marques b Meadowcroft	1
+G Millman	b Marques	29
NS Gunn	lbw b Marques	0
JG Owen	lbw b Marques	33
*JAR Oliver	c Simons b Marques	4				1
ST Morris	c Simons b Marques	4				1
MP McEwan	c Simons b Vine	30				1
PD Watts	c Simons b Meadowcroft	10
AG Coomb	c Simons b Meadowcroft	0
IJ Davison	not out	12			3	-
RD Gardiner	b Vine	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 155 minutes, 42.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (August), 2-9 (Gunn), 3-62 (Owen), 4-79 (Millman), 5-83 (Morris), 6-86 (Oliver), 7-103 (Watts), 8-105, 9-136, 10-136 (42.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	20	4	50	5	-	-
Meadowcroft	12	5	34	3	-	-
Morley	4	0	21	0	-	-
Vine	6.3	2	18	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Tyrwhitt-Drake	b Coomb	35			6	-
A O'Neill	b Coomb	4
CM Clapham	b Coomb	34
DV Cooper	lbw b Coomb	33
DJ Carnill	b Coomb	0
RG Simons	lbw b Coomb	0
AN Bradbeer	b Owen	1
TGA Morley	c Millman b Owen	0
CVL Marques	not out	18
G Meadowcroft	run out	0
R Vine	lbw b Davison	1
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 185 minutes, 57.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (O'Neill), 2-46 (Tyrwhitt-Drake), 3-97 (Cooper), 4-97 (Carnill), 5-97 (Simons), 6-98 (Bradbeer), 7-100 (Morley), 8-120 (Clapham), 9-121 (Meadowcroft), 10-128 (Vine, 57.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	21	8	38	6	-	-
Davison	11.5	4	31	1	-	-
Watts	1	0	1	0	-	-
Owen	17	6	36	2	-	-
Gardiner	7	3	20	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	b Meadowcroft	1
+G Millman	c Marques b Vine	42
NS Gunn	run out	95			11	-
ST Morris	b Meadowcroft	86			15	-
JG Owen	c O'Neill b Meadowcroft	21
MP McEwan	run out	2
PD Watts	not out	7
*JAR Oliver	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
IJ Davison	did not bat
RD Gardiner	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 72.5 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (August), 2-96 (Millman), 3-186 (Gunn), 4-247 (Morris), 5-252 (McEwan), 6-264 (Owen, 72.5 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	18	4	62	0	-	-
Meadowcroft	18.5	4	64	3	-	-
Bradbeer	4	1	12	0	-	-
Tyrwhitt-Drake	5	0	22	0	-	-
Carnill	2	0	9	0	-	-
Vine	13	1	43	1	-	-
Morley	12	3	42	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Tyrwhitt-Drake	c Gunn b Davison	20
A O'Neill	lbw b Coomb	0
CM Clapham	b Coomb	14
DV Cooper	c Owen b Coomb	37
DJ Carnill	lbw b Gardiner	39
RG Simons	b Davison	19
AN Bradbeer	c Millman b Gardiner	22
CVL Marques	b Coomb	43				1
TGA Morley	c Morris b Owen	4
G Meadowcroft	c Morris b Owen	0
R Vine	not out	1
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (O'Neill), 2-23 (Tyrwhitt-Drake), 3-43 (Clapham), 4-107 (Cooper), 5-110 (Carnill), 6-148 (Bradbeer), 7-160 (Simons), 8-168 (Morley), 9-188 (Meadowcroft), 10-204 (Marques, 57.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	17.3	3	48	4	-	-
Davison	13	3	47	2	-	-
Owen	11	2	47	2	-	-
Watts	6	2	25	0	-	-
Gardiner	10	2	32	2	-	-

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Notes
--> A O'Neill made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Meadowcroft made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MP McEwan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RD Gardiner made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MP McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CM Clapham (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NS Gunn (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> ST Morris (2) 50 in 70 minutes
--> CVL Marques (2) equalled his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AG Coomb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-64)
--> AG Coomb completed 3 wickets in 4 balls in the Hertfordshire first innings (victims: DV Cooper, DJ Carnill, RG Simons)

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