minc2978	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1934
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 8th, 9th August 1934 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 0; Buckinghamshire 5
Umpires	EJ North, DH Tregear
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 49 all out

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	c Poole b Lamont	42
R Tompkins	b Lamont	15
SS Peters	c F Rawlins b Worboys	120
AJS James	lbw b Faulkner	64
AH Busby	c C Rawlins b Ward	44
*+WB Franklin	st Page b Lamont	7
PHC Badham	c Colling b Lamont	0
WE Miller-Logan	not out	16
HE Peto	not out	1
AJ Birtwell	did not bat
RH Rutter	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-95, 3-217, 4-273, 5-298, 6-300, 7-318

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lamont	30	7	80	4	-	-
Worboys	18	3	64	1	-	-
Chapman	13	2	33	0	-	-
Ward	24	3	86	1	-	-
C Rawlins	4	0	19	0	-	-
Faulkner	4	0	27	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AB Poole	c Birtwell b Rutter	10
CVA Colling	lbw b Rutter	5
HA Southgate	run out	14
C Rawlins	b Birtwell	1
*F Rawlins	b Birtwell	0
H Faulkner	b Rutter	6
RV Ward	c Miller-Logan b Birtwell	4
AJ Worboys	c Miller-Logan b Birtwell	0
JU Lamont	not out	2
+E Page	c Peto b Rutter	0
AJW Chapman	c Tompkins b Birtwell	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 23.3 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-21, 3-24, 4-32, 5-34, 6-39, 7-44, 8-46, 9-46, 10-49 (23.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutter	12	7	18	4	-	-
Badham	3	0	10	0	-	-
Birtwell	8.3	2	15	5	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AB Poole	st Franklin b Birtwell	16
CVA Colling	c Birtwell b James	60
HA Southgate	c Tompkins b Birtwell	110
C Rawlins	not out	29
*F Rawlins	c James b Birtwell	53
H Faulkner	b Rutter	5
RV Ward	b Birtwell	12
AJ Worboys	st Franklin b Birtwell	9
JU Lamont	c and b Birtwell	0
+E Page	run out	7
AJW Chapman	b Birtwell	0
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 117.5 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-77, 3-223, 4-240, 5-258, 6-288, 7-308, 8-308, 9-324, 10-324 (117.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutter	23	7	64	1	-	-
Badham	33	13	82	0	-	-
Birtwell	42.5	7	98	7	-	-
Miller-Logan	15	2	32	0	-	-
Tompkins	2	0	19	0	-	-
James	2	0	6	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	st Page b Ward	16
R Tompkins	b Lamont	18
SS Peters	not out	11
*+WB Franklin	not out	4
AJS James	did not bat
AH Busby	did not bat
PHC Badham	did not bat
WE Miller-Logan	did not bat
HE Peto	did not bat
AJ Birtwell	did not bat
RH Rutter	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 13.5 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-48

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lamont	7	1	31	1	-	-
Ward	6.5	1	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Miller-Logan made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJW Chapman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJS James (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CVA Colling (2) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Southgate (2) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Southgate (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Birtwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> AJ Birtwell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> AJ Birtwell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 5-15)

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Sources: Bucks Free Press 17 August
AJW sheet; Cricketer 18 August.
Peters hit 1 x 5 and 16 x 4.
James hit 8 x 4.
Needing 49 for victory Bucks won off the penultimate delivery,
hit to the boundary by Franklin. It was the first ball he received. James was credited with the hit in the Free Press.
and Cricketer. The published averages support the view that it was Franklin and the Handbook reports:.
Amid great excitement Franklin hit the winning hit two minutes before time.'

 

 

 

 

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