minc3214	Buckinghamshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1936
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 19th, 20th August 1936 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Norfolk won by 9 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Norfolk 6
Umpires	JG Galley, GH Watts
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 177/8 (Birtwell 26*, Edwards 2*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	c Theobald b Thompson	18
AP Powell	c Edrich b Thompson	26
AH Busby	b Abbs	5
JHL Aubrey-Fletcher	c Wood b Falcon	73
SS Peters	b Abbs	11
CA Holliman	b Thompson	1
*+WB Franklin	st Wood b Abbs	0
RT Campbell	b Falcon	1
AJ Birtwell	c Wood b Thompson	26
F Edwards	not out	2
EV Lund	c Edrich b Thompson	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 63.4 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-50, 3-50, 4-63, 5-69, 6-70, 7-76, 8-173, 9-177, 10-177 (63.4 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DC Rought-Rought	16	4	59	0	-	-
Thompson	18.4	4	60	5	-	10
Abbs	13	5	19	3	-	-
Falcon	9	4	17	2	-	-
Ballance	7	1	8	0	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Walker	c Campbell b Aubrey-Fletcher	35
MR Barton	b Edwards	70
WJ Edrich	c Powell b Lund	39
DC Rought-Rought	c Franklin b Edwards	0
BW Rought-Rought	c Baker b Lund	4
*M Falcon	c Campbell b Edwards	32
HE Theobald	lbw b Lund	32
WS Thompson	c Campbell b Aubrey-Fletcher	19
TGL Ballance	b Edwards	5
GR Abbs	not out	1
+BJH Wood	b Lund	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-132, 3-132, 4-146, 5-148, 6-192, 7-234, 8-245, 9-245, 10-246 (60.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lund	14.2	3	32	4	-	-
Aubrey-Fletcher	10	2	64	2	1	-
Edwards	24	4	75	4	-	3
Birtwell	9	1	44	0	-	-
Holliman	3	0	22	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	c Wood b Ballance	19
AP Powell	c Walker b Ballance	19
AH Busby	c Walker b DC Rought-Rought	1
JHL Aubrey-Fletcher	b Ballance	10
SS Peters	c Walker b Ballance	0
CA Holliman	lbw b Ballance	11
*+WB Franklin	b Ballance	0
RT Campbell	b Ballance	2
AJ Birtwell	b Ballance	3
F Edwards	not out	22
EV Lund	c Falcon b Ballance	12
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-34, 3-44, 4-44, 5-59, 6-64, 7-64, 8-68, 9-71, 10-103 (47.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	1	0	6	0	-	-
Abbs	3	1	8	0	-	-
DC Rought-Rought	10	4	29	1	-	-
Ballance	20.3	4	32	9	-	-
Falcon	12	2	24	0	-	-
Edrich	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Walker	not out	27
MR Barton	b Lund	7
WJ Edrich	not out	4
DC Rought-Rought	did not bat
BW Rought-Rought	did not bat
*M Falcon	did not bat
HE Theobald	did not bat
WS Thompson	did not bat
TGL Ballance	did not bat
GR Abbs	did not bat
+BJH Wood	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Barton)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lund	5	0	24	1	-	-
Edwards	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Campbell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JHL Aubrey-Fletcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MR Barton (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LG Baker (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> GR Abbs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> F Edwards reached 1000 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Norfolk first innings
--> TGL Ballance achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 8-20)

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Sources: Bucks score book (copied in); Bucks Free Press 21 August 1936
Aubrey-Fletcher hit 8 x 4. Barton hit 1 x 6 and 7 x 4.
Norfolk were left with one hour to obtain 35 for victory
The first day's play ended when rain came down at 3.30.

 

 

 

 

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