minc3508	Norfolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 14th, 15th August 1939 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Norfolk 1; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	EG Canning, HJ Cutler
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (2) 22/1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	st EH Edrich b Ballance	100
*+WB Franklin	b Ballance	11
A Ratcliffe	c Walker b Langdale	25
SS Peters	b Boswell	5
GS Walker	c Walker b Langdale	7
P Isherwood	b Boswell	7
RFB O'Callaghan	c Walker b Boswell	3
OG Battcock	lbw b Boswell	6
RH Rutter	c EH Edrich b Ballance	17
EV Lund	not out	5
F Edwards	b Ballance	0
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 55.7 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-68, 3-111, 4-125, 5-145, 6-165, 7-165, 8-178, 9-194, 10-194 (55.7 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RC Rought-Rought	18	2	44	0	-	2
Ballance	15.7	1	48	4	-	-
GA Edrich	4	0	19	0	-	-
Langdale	6	1	25	2	-	-
Boswell	12	1	50	4	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Walker	lbw b Battcock	8
HE Theobald	lbw b Lund	8
BW Rought-Rought	lbw b Battcock	5
GA Edrich	lbw b Lund	16
+EH Edrich	c Baker b Battcock	8
*M Falcon	not out	63
BGW Stevens	lbw b Battcock	3
GR Langdale	b Lund	1
RC Rought-Rought	b Lund	0
TGL Ballance	c Lund b Edwards	58
CSR Boswell	lbw b Edwards	0
Extras	(16 b, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 36.7 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-20, 3-34, 4-49, 5-57, 6-74, 7-75, 8-75, 9-188, 10-188 (36.7 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	14	1	68	4	-	-
Lund	13	1	49	4	-	-
Rutter	7	0	41	0	-	1
Edwards	2.7	0	12	2	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	st EH Edrich b Ballance	16
*+WB Franklin	b Boswell	6
RFB O'Callaghan	c BW Rought-Rought b Langdale	43
A Ratcliffe	lbw b Ballance	8
SS Peters	b RC Rought-Rought	46
GS Walker	c EH Edrich b RC Rought-Rought	16
P Isherwood	b GA Edrich	1
OG Battcock	c Falcon b Ballance	38
RH Rutter	c GA Edrich b Ballance	6
EV Lund	lbw b Ballance	3
F Edwards	not out	9
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-25, 3-47, 4-95, 5-124, 6-125, 7-164, 8-182, 9-186, 10-197 (55 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RC Rought-Rought	21	3	72	2	-	2
Boswell	10	1	45	1	-	-
Ballance	17	2	57	5	-	-
Langdale	4	0	10	1	-	-
GA Edrich	3	1	8	1	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DF Walker	b Lund	22
HE Theobald	b Lund	2
BW Rought-Rought	c Franklin b Rutter	49
GA Edrich	b Battcock	1
+EH Edrich	c Lund b Rutter	32
*M Falcon	b Rutter	11
BGW Stevens	lbw b Edwards	15
GR Langdale	not out	27
RC Rought-Rought	st Franklin b Edwards	1
TGL Ballance	st Franklin b Edwards	8
CSR Boswell	not out	6
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, 55 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-45, 3-46, 4-94, 5-118, 6-131, 7-151, 8-153, 9-171

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	16	5	40	1	-	-
Lund	12	2	47	2	-	-
Edwards	15	1	44	3	-	-
Rutter	12	2	43	3	-	1

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Notes
--> TGL Ballance made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Ratcliffe (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> RFB O'Callaghan (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Langdale (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Rutter reached 350 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Norfolk second innings

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Sources: Bucks score book
Bucks Free Press 18 August; Slough Observer 18 August
Baker hit 1 x 5, 12 x 4, 4 x 3 and 4 x 2 in his 100.
Falcon hit 7 x 4 in his 63*.
The last man came to the crease with about ten minutes to go and 33 needed for victory

 

 

 

 

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