minc4473	Buckinghamshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1952
Venue	Ascott Park, Wing on 27th, 28th August 1952 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Bedfordshire 3
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 104/1

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Hughes b Pickett	19
BE Disbury	c Phipps b Rickard	21
ST Morris	b Rickard	116
JG Owen	c Rickard b Pickett	129
*JAR Oliver	c Phipps b Reynolds	33
ML Kilby	c and b Reynolds	1
KRG Williams	not out	31
D Grady	b Reynolds	16
AG Coomb	did not bat
RD Gardiner	did not bat
DG Jenkins	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-47, 3-235, 4-300, 5-305, 6-352, 7-375 (102 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rickard	19	3	73	2	-	-
Pickett	19	6	68	2	-	-
KWA Butler	11	1	43	0	-	-
Phipps	10	0	37	0	-	-
Hughes	19	5	44	0	-	-
Reynolds	24	1	101	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	c Owen b Gardiner	130
D Phipps	b Coomb	0
*+BA Barnett	b Jenkins	67
JA Cockett	c Coomb b Gardiner	42
G Reynolds	lbw b Coomb	19
BJ Lucas	not out	5
JR Grout	did not bat
KWA Butler	did not bat
D Rickard	did not bat
CA Pickett	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb)	14
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 85.2 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-105, 3-182, 4-261, 5-277 (85.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	29	3	99	2	-	-
Jenkins	23	3	81	1	-	-
Gardiner	20.2	5	34	2	-	-
Owen	10	0	35	0	-	-
Kilby	2	0	7	0	-	-
Oliver	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	not out	61
BE Disbury	c Barnett b Rickard	4
ST Morris	c Hughes b Pickett	9
JG Owen	c Barnett b Rickard	6
KRG Williams	not out	16
*JAR Oliver	did not bat
ML Kilby	did not bat
D Grady	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
RD Gardiner	did not bat
DG Jenkins	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-33, 3-40

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rickard	11	3	28	2	1	-
Pickett	15	8	24	1	-	-
Hughes	4	0	11	0	-	-
Reynolds	5	0	17	0	-	-
KWA Butler	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+BA Barnett	c and b Coomb	59
NV Butler	c Williams b Gardiner	93
JA Cockett	b Gardiner	35
G Reynolds	c Jenkins b Oliver	4
BJ Lucas	b Oliver	0
JR Grout	not out	9
D Rickard	not out	2
D Phipps	did not bat
KWA Butler	did not bat
CA Pickett	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 30 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-176, 3-193, 4-195, 5-196

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	9	0	76	1	-	1
Jenkins	3	1	13	0	-	-
Gardiner	12	0	68	2	-	-
Oliver	6	0	45	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JR Grout made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ST Morris (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NV Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NV Butler (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLB August (2) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 40
--> BA Barnett (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 40
--> JA Cockett (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1

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Bucks, left 115 minutes to make 206 to win, reached their target with 15 minutes to spare.
For Beds Morris hit 13 x 4, Owen 9 x 4; for Bucks Butler hit 11 x 4 in his 130 and 9 x 4 in his 93,
Barnett 6 x 4 in his 67 and 8 x 4 in his 59.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Year book

 

 

 

 

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