minc10517	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Unicorns Championship 2014 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 2014 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Bedfordshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	T Lungley, SJ Malone
Scorers	MG Archer (Bedfordshire), KB O'Connell (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 72/4 (Maxfield 1*, Willott 0*; 17 overs)
Close of play day 2	Staffordshire (2) 44/1 (Mellor 22*, Thomson 13*; 6.5 overs)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CO Thurston	lbw b Cotton	0	6	7	-	-
LW Thomas	c Maxfield b Hill	63	98	122	8	1
DJ Blacktopp	c and b Hill	54	97	126	6	2
GR Thurstance	c Willott b Thomson	39	78	122	6	-
*AM Reynoldson	c PSJ Goodwin b Hill	4	2	4	1	-
SJ Johnson	lbw b Hill	14	19	23	2	-
MW Weightman	c MC Goodwin b Cotton	67	108	137	9	2
+ATA Martin	lbw b Willott	0	8	6	-	-
AR King	c PSJ Goodwin b Willott	9	13	10	1	-
S Hussain	c PSJ Goodwin b Hill	25	16	23	3	2
A Babar	not out	0	5	14	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 8 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 301 minutes, 74.2 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Thurston, 1.5 ov), 2-123 (Thomas, 32.1 ov), 3-128 (Blacktopp, 34.4 ov), 4-132 (Reynoldson, 34.6 ov), 5-158 (Johnson, 40.4 ov), 6-212 (Thurstance, 61.1 ov), 7-213 (Martin, 62.6 ov), 8-225 (King, 66.3 ov), 9-270 (Hussain, 71.3 ov), 10-286 (Weightman, 74.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willott	13	1	55	2	-	-
Cotton	14.2	3	49	2	-	-
Ali	5	1	12	0	-	-
MC Goodwin	3	0	22	0	-	2
Byrne	16	3	48	0	-	-
Hill	13	2	67	5	-	2
Thomson	9	2	28	1	-	-
Maxfield	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Mellor	run out	16	28	51	3	-
K Ali	c Martin b Babar	3	18	22	-	-
AT Thomson	c Martin b Babar	6	16	24	1	-
PJ Wilshaw	c Martin b Weightman	26	31	30	5	-
T Maxfield	c King b Reynoldson	18	51	56	1	1
GR Willott	c Hussain b Babar	9	24	32	2	-
MJ Hill	not out	110	185	236	11	1
*+PSJ Goodwin	c King b Reynoldson	28	81	88	4	1
MC Goodwin	run out (Johnson)	5	13	8	1	-
BD Cotton	c Thurston b King	15	20	16	1	1
PA Byrne	c Thurstance b King	44	61	64	6	1
Extras	(14 b, 12 lb, 34 nb, 9 w)	69
Total	(all out, 317 minutes, 85.3 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Ali, 4.5 ov), 2-41 (Thomson, 8.5 ov), 3-41 (Mellor, 9.2 ov), 4-72 (Wilshaw, 16.4 ov), 5-96 (Willott, 24.1 ov), 6-173 (PSJ Goodwin, 48.3 ov), 7-197 (Maxfield, 58.3 ov), 8-209 (MC Goodwin, 61.4 ov), 9-237 (Cotton, 67.3 ov), 10-349 (Byrne, 85.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Babar	13	2	90	3	3	13
Weightman	16	4	41	1	-	-
King	29.3	8	79	2	2	-
Thomas	5	0	21	0	-	2
Reynoldson	22	2	92	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CO Thurston	c Maxfield b Byrne	40	85	106	4	1
LW Thomas	c PSJ Goodwin b Cotton	13	21	27	2	-
GR Thurstance	run out (Byrne)	5	5	8	1	-
DJ Blacktopp	lbw b Byrne	13	35	39	2	-
*AM Reynoldson	c Thomson b Byrne	0	4	8	-	-
SJ Johnson	c PSJ Goodwin b Byrne	21	41	54	3	-
MW Weightman	lbw b Byrne	4	8	10	1	-
+ATA Martin	not out	20	29	44	3	-
AR King	lbw b Ali	0	5	4	-	-
S Hussain	c Cotton b Byrne	2	10	10	-	-
A Babar	b Cotton	4	3	6	1	-
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 163 minutes, 40.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Thomas, 6.5 ov), 2-33 (Thurstance, 8.2 ov), 3-71 (Blacktopp, 19.6 ov), 4-73 (Reynoldson, 21.4 ov), 5-97 (Thurston, 27.1 ov), 6-101 (Weightman, 29.3 ov), 7-116 (Johnson, 35.3 ov), 8-117 (King, 36.4 ov), 9-128 (Hussain, 39.2 ov), 10-138 (Babar, 40.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	6.4	3	17	2	-	-
Willott	2	0	12	0	-	-
Ali	6	1	24	1	-	-
Byrne	15	6	38	6	-	-
MC Goodwin	8	0	29	0	1	2
Hill	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Mellor	not out	49	41	52	11	-
K Ali	run out (Thurston)	7	6	10	1	-
AT Thomson	not out	17	32	42	1	-
PJ Wilshaw	did not bat
T Maxfield	did not bat
GR Willott	did not bat
*+PSJ Goodwin	did not bat
PA Byrne	did not bat
MJ Hill	did not bat
MC Goodwin	did not bat
BD Cotton	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 52 minutes, 13 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Ali, 2.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Weightman	3	0	19	0	-	1
King	6	0	37	0	1	-
Babar	3	1	16	0	-	-
Thurstance	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BD Cotton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Hussain made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Babar made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BD Cotton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Hill (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 101
--> MJ Hill achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed S Hussain in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 4-45)
--> MJ Hill achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> A Babar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed GR Willott in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-46)
--> T Maxfield retired not out in the Staffordshire first innings having scored 1 (team score 72/4) - he returned when the score was 173/6 (retired at 16.6 ov)

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