minc7407	Suffolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich on 30th, 31st July 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Suffolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Suffolk won by 28 runs
Points	Suffolk 10; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	RE Barnard, BE Knight
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (2) 5/0

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Warrington	b Gillott	55
DH Knights	not out	120
PH Jones	run out	19
SM Clements	not out	54
RJ Robinson	did not bat
SRL Long	did not bat
RF Howlett	did not bat
*RE Cunnell	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
+SA Westley	did not bat
C Rutterford	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-152

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gooch	14	2	59	0	-	-
Bailey	10	2	46	0	-	-
Field	11	2	56	0	-	-
Hooker	4	1	20	0	-	2
Gillott	9	1	36	1	-	-
Champniss	6	2	23	0	-	-
Slack	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Turner	lbw b Hobbs	88
WN Slack	c Howlett b Rutterford	7
DHE Benning	c Robinson b Jones	38
RW Hooker	c Westley b Hobbs	34
JKS Edwards	c Clements b Jones	16
AJ Field	lbw b Hobbs	8
*+BW Poll	c Westley b Rutterford	13
RR Bailey	not out	11
LJ Champniss	not out	13
EK Gillott	did not bat
PA Gooch	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-122, 3-138, 4-177, 5-190, 6-209, 7-211

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutterford	14	4	32	2	-	-
Robinson	5	1	21	0	-	2
Howlett	5	1	22	0	-	-
Hobbs	27	9	94	3	-	-
Jones	21	5	59	2	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Warrington	b Gooch	21
DH Knights	run out	24
PH Jones	c Turner b Bailey	50
SM Clements	c and b Bailey	24
RJ Robinson	b Gooch	12
SRL Long	c Poll b Gooch	5
RF Howlett	c Poll b Gooch	11
*RE Cunnell	lbw b Gooch	0
RNS Hobbs	not out	11
+SA Westley	did not bat
C Rutterford	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 46.5 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-56, 3-99, 4-138, 5-140, 6-150, 7-150, 8-171 (46.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gooch	23.5	3	101	5	-	-
Bailey	23	6	57	2	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Turner	c Long b Jones	81
WN Slack	c Knights b Rutterford	30
DHE Benning	c and b Jones	35
RW Hooker	c Howlett b Jones	8
JKS Edwards	c Long b Jones	0
AJ Field	st Westley b Jones	7
*+BW Poll	c Rutterford b Hobbs	2
PA Gooch	b Hobbs	5
RR Bailey	c Clements b Jones	1
EK Gillott	c Westley b Hobbs	0
LJ Champniss	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-144, 3-147, 4-152, 5-154, 6-163, 7-167, 8-169, 9-169, 10-169 (52 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutterford	18	6	36	1	-	-
Robinson	4	1	23	0	-	-
Howlett	3	0	15	0	-	-
Hobbs	8	1	39	3	-	-
Jones	19	4	56	6	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Hooker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Knights (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Knights (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SM Clements (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RNS Hobbs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 3-62)

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The match ended at 7.15, Bucks apparently losing to the last available ball after being set 198 to win
in 101 minutes and 20 overs. Knights hit 1 x 6 and 15 x 4 in his 120*, while Warrington hit 8 x 4 in his 55
and Clements 6 x 4 in his 54*. Turner hit 16 x 4 in his 88 and 11 x 4 in his 81.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook; Suffolk scorebook corrections added

 

 

 

 

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