minc7642	Bedfordshire v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 15th, 16th August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 8 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 10; Suffolk 0
Umpires	KA Beaumont, SJ Noble
Scorers	GR Hirst (Suffolk), AJ Pearce (Bedfordshire)
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (1) 6/0 (Westley ?*, Knights ?*; 3.1 overs)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Daniels	c Westley b Hobbs	38		83	1	-
TJ Machin	c Howlett b Grant	1		12	-	-
ME Gear	c Westley b Grant	6		49	-	-
RG Abeynaike	run out	63		104	4	-
PR Harris	c Howlett b Hobbs	4		59	-	-
DW Jarrett	c Warrington b Hobbs	2		6	-	-
M Morgan	b Grant	4		21	-	-
*KV Jones	b Hobbs	5		15	-	-
+PGM August	c Westley b Grant	3		14	-	-
JCJ Dye	st Westley b Jones	5		19	-	-
DP Clarke	not out	8		15	1	-
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Machin), 2-37 (Gear), 3-52 (Daniels), 4-96 (Harris), 5-100 (Jarrett), 6-122 (Abeynaike), 7-124 (Morgan), 8-132 (Jones), 9-132 (August), 10-146 (Dye, 59.2 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutterford	11	3	16	0	-	4
Grant	16	3	51	4	-	2
Robinson	6	2	15	0	-	-
Hobbs	19	4	39	4	-	-
Jones	7.2	2	18	1	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+SA Westley	run out	45		49	3	-
DH Knights	b Machin	10		44	-	-
SM Clements	not out	48		52	8	-
PH Jones	c August b Gear	11		28	1	-
RF Howlett	not out	10		18	1	-
AG Warrington	did not bat
*RE Cunnell	did not bat
RJ Robinson	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
MA Grant	did not bat
C Rutterford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 36.1 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Knights), 2-91 (Westley), 3-111 (Jones)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	2	1	1	0	-	2
Clarke	2	1	2	0	1	-
Morgan	3	1	9	0	-	-
Daniels	9	2	18	0	-	-
Gear	13.1	3	60	1	-	-
Machin	7	0	34	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Daniels	b Cunnell	41		100	2	-
TJ Machin	c Clements b Jones	9		19	1	-
ME Gear	b Cunnell	11		55	-	-
RG Abeynaike	lbw b Cunnell	0		1	-	-
PR Harris	lbw b Jones	22		54	2	-
*KV Jones	c Grant b Jones	6		18	1	-
DW Jarrett	c Westley b Jones	5		7	-	-
M Morgan	st Westley b Jones	17		42	2	-
+PGM August	c Warrington b Jones	0		20	-	-
JCJ Dye	c Warrington b Jones	10		25	1	-
DP Clarke	not out	1		8	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Machin), 2-58 (Gear), 3-58 (Abeynaike), 4-77 (Daniels), 5-90 (Jones), 6-100 (Jarrett), 7-100 (Harris), 8-105 (August), 9-126 (Morgan), 10-129 (Dye, 65.2 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutterford	3	1	9	0	-	1
Grant	2	0	13	0	-	-
Jones	30.2	12	52	7	-	-
Hobbs	3	1	7	0	-	-
Cunnell	27	10	41	3	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+SA Westley	c and b Abeynaike	47		116	2	-
DH Knights	c Morgan b Jones	10		65	-	-
SM Clements	b Abeynaike	8		32	1	-
PH Jones	b Abeynaike	2		10	-	-
RF Howlett	c Jones b Abeynaike	9		22	1	-
*RE Cunnell	run out	15		40	-	-
RJ Robinson	lbw b Abeynaike	3		6	-	-
AG Warrington	c Harris b Abeynaike	8		26	-	-
MA Grant	b Dye	4		3	-	-
RNS Hobbs	c August b Dye	7		11	-	-
C Rutterford	not out	3		5	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-41 (Knights), 2-72 (Clements), 3-78 (Jones), 4-79 (Westley), 5-98 (Howlett), 6-101 (Robinson), 7-117 (Cunnell), 8-122 (Grant), 9-128 (Warrington), 10-135 (Hobbs, 43.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dye	7.4	0	27	2	-	3
Clarke	7	2	12	0	-	4
Abeynaike	19	4	42	6	-	3
Jones	10	1	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 50 in 21.4 overs, 79 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 46.2 overs, 150 minutes
--> Suffolk first innings: 50 in 17.4 overs, 50 minutes
--> Suffolk first innings: 100 in 26.2 overs, 73 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 50 in 25.4 overs, 67 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 100 in 45 overs, 124 minutes
--> Suffolk second innings: 50 in 21.4 overs, 81 minutes
--> Suffolk second innings: 100 in 35.3 overs, 135 minutes
--> RG Abeynaike (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Abeynaike (1) 50 in 90 minutes
--> PR Harris (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> PH Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed JCJ Dye in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 6-19)
--> RG Abeynaike achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Suffolk second innings (previous best was 6-45)

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