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| Venue | Durrants Sports Ground, Croxley Green on 20th, 21st August 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Buckinghamshire won by 2 wickets |
| Points | Hertfordshire 0; Buckinghamshire 10 |
| Umpires | C Fairservice, J O'Connor |
| Close of play day 1 | Buckinghamshire (1) 102/6 |
| Hertfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A O'Neill | c KWA Butler b Bishton | 10 | |||||
| +RG Simons | run out | 53 | |||||
| TL Clough | run out | 8 | |||||
| RD Montgomerie | lbw b KWA Butler | 10 | |||||
| GF Webb | c NV Butler b Bishton | 8 | |||||
| RB Marriott | c Mackinnon b Bishton | 5 | |||||
| AN Bradbeer | not out | 12 | |||||
| RA Carr | not out | 5 | |||||
| *CVL Marques | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Darvell | did not bat | ||||||
| TGA Morley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 63 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-65, 3-81, 4-92, 5-96, 6-98 | |||||||
| Buckinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pickett | 19 | 7 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| KWA Butler | 15 | 6 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| NV Butler | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bishton | 21 | 2 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Reynolds | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buckinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Butler | b Morley | 30 | |||||
| D Mackinnon | b Darvell | 38 | |||||
| +BA Barnett | b Darvell | 7 | |||||
| *G Reynolds | c Webb b Darvell | 0 | |||||
| JA Cockett | c Montgomerie b Darvell | 22 | |||||
| JMH Tilbury | b Carr | 1 | |||||
| PF Jackson | c Marques b Darvell | 0 | |||||
| A Kemp | not out | 19 | |||||
| CA Pickett | c Montgomerie b Carr | 14 | |||||
| KWA Butler | c Bradbeer b Darvell | 13 | |||||
| SW Bishton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 61.1 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65, 2-76, 3-76, 4-77, 5-80, 6-83, 7-106, 8-125, 9-149 (61.1 ov) | |||||||
| Hertfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Marques | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morley | 14 | 4 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Darvell | 25.1 | 6 | 70 | 6 | - | - | |
| Carr | 14 | 5 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hertfordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A O'Neill | c Tilbury b Pickett | 41 | |||||
| +RG Simons | c KWA Butler b Pickett | 2 | |||||
| TL Clough | c Tilbury b Reynolds | 13 | |||||
| GF Webb | c Barnett b Reynolds | 4 | |||||
| RD Montgomerie | c Kemp b Pickett | 31 | |||||
| RB Marriott | c Pickett b Reynolds | 27 | |||||
| AN Bradbeer | b Pickett | 0 | |||||
| RA Carr | c Tilbury b Pickett | 17 | |||||
| BS Darvell | c Cockett b Pickett | 16 | |||||
| *CVL Marques | not out | 7 | |||||
| TGA Morley | lbw b KWA Butler | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76.1 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-28, 3-36, 4-82, 5-117, 6-117, 7-131, 8-154, 9-166, 10-173 (76.1 ov) | |||||||
| Buckinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pickett | 29 | 10 | 39 | 6 | - | - | |
| KWA Butler | 13.1 | 5 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reynolds | 21 | 2 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| NV Butler | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bishton | 9 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buckinghamshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NV Butler | b Darvell | 32 | |||||
| D Mackinnon | c Simons b Morley | 4 | |||||
| +BA Barnett | c Carr b Marques | 41 | |||||
| *G Reynolds | c Morley b Marques | 1 | |||||
| JA Cockett | b Marques | 0 | |||||
| SW Bishton | b Darvell | 2 | |||||
| JMH Tilbury | b Darvell | 12 | |||||
| CA Pickett | not out | 21 | |||||
| PF Jackson | b Morley | 1 | |||||
| KWA Butler | not out | 15 | |||||
| A Kemp | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 39.1 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-66, 3-73, 4-73, 5-84, 6-84, 7-105, 8-124 | |||||||
| Hertfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Marques | 15 | 1 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morley | 11 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Darvell | 13.1 | 3 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RD Montgomerie made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RA Carr made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Kemp made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Webb made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Mackinnon (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KWA Butler (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> SW Bishton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 1-11)
The match ended with four minutes to spare after Bucks had been left to score 140 in 135 minutes.
Simons hit 3 x 4 in his 53
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook
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