minc10159	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 2008 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Tunstall Road, Knypersley on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 2008 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Bedfordshire 10 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	MA Eggleston, H Evans
Scorers	MG Archer, KB O'Connell, GI Presswell
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 70/0 (Wilshaw 39*, Sims 24*; 25 overs)
Close of play day 2	Bedfordshire (2) 127/4 (Bendon 32*, Steed 21*; 42 overs)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JEP Walford	b Willott	15	23	21	2	-
*+JA Knott	lbw b Willott	10	37	53	1	-
AJ Trott	c Morris b Barker	70	132	154	9	1
DS Bendon	c Wilshaw b Purser	2	17	15	-	-
MH Steed	c Morris b Purser	89	135	170	13	1
DJ Willey	c Willott b Morris	67	78	91	6	4
AR Roberts	c Goodwin b Willott	38	52	65	4	-
MI Jackson	c Willott b Barker	37	49	33	5	1
CM Goode	not out	5	7	13	-	-
S Rashid	not out	10	11	9	1	-
WE Sneath	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 90 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Walford), 2-44 (Knott), 3-52 (Bendon), 4-168 (Trott), 5-241 (Steed), 6-282 (Willey), 7-339 (Jackson), 8-342 (Roberts)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Purser	22	4	78	2	-	1
Willott	18	5	53	3	-	-
Barker	13	2	64	2	-	-
Barnett	14	0	50	0	-	-
Morris	23	3	100	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Wilshaw	st Knott b Roberts	138	229	283	18	-
BG Sims	c Knott b Rashid	46	97	142	6	-
CR Howell	c Knott b Rashid	0	5	4	-	-
GT Cairns	c Bendon b Rashid	32	49	75	5	-
*RP Harvey	c Willey b Bendon	26	76	79	4	-
+PSJ Goodwin	c Walford b Roberts	6	19	13	-	-
GR Willott	not out	25	33	37	3	-
KJ Barnett	not out	30	34	31	4	-
CJ Barker	did not bat
GD Morris	did not bat
WRJ Purser	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 15 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 89.5 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-124 (Sims), 2-124 (Howell), 3-200 (Cairns), 4-263 (Wilshaw), 5-271 (Goodwin), 6-273 (Harvey)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rashid	21.5	2	83	3	1	2
Sneath	16	2	50	0	-	-
Jackson	2	0	20	0	-	-
Goode	9	2	28	0	-	1
Willey	10	2	27	0	-	-
Roberts	21	2	75	2	-	-
Bendon	10	3	27	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JEP Walford	b Morris	35	54	68	7	-
CM Goode	b Willott	1	27	34	-	-
AJ Trott	lbw b Morris	26	55	71	4	-
DS Bendon	not out	32	68	90	5	-
*+JA Knott	c Harvey b Morris	5	21	29	1	-
MH Steed	not out	21	28	22	2	-
DJ Willey	did not bat
AR Roberts	did not bat
MI Jackson	did not bat
WE Sneath	did not bat
S Rashid	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 42 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Goode), 2-57 (Walford), 3-82 (Trott), 4-102 (Knott)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Purser	12	3	30	0	-	1
Willott	8	2	33	1	-	-
Barker	9	3	23	0	-	-
Morris	13	3	36	3	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Each first innings was limited to 90 overs
--> CR Howell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GT Cairns made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Trott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MI Jackson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Wilshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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