misc31155	Birmingham Festival XI v Royal Air Force
	Other matches in England 1944
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 12th, 13th August 1944 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Royal Air Force won by 7 wickets
Close of play day 1

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Birmingham Festival XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Cox b Matthews	47
+AG Powell	c and b Todd	9
TB Reddick	c Todd b Matthews	33
*RES Wyatt	b Matthews	8
J Collinson	b Todd	15
EB Eytle	st Yarnold b Adams	39
CNR Stocks	b Todd	5
GAE Paine	b Todd	0
NE Partridge	b Todd	8
RP Greenwood	c Berry b Todd	2
CWC Grove	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-175 (60 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	18	3	53	3	-	-
Todd	17	2	44	6	-	-
Adams	16	3	41	1	-	-
Beveridge	7	2	14	0	-	-
Jackson	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	not out	100
GL Berry	b Grove	12
G Cox	b Grove	19
WR Hammond	b Stocks	16
LJ Todd	not out	34
CD Adams	did not bat
ADG Matthews	did not bat
R Beveridge	did not bat
R Kenyon	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Birmingham Festival XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	9	2	28	0	-	-
Grove	21	1	71	2	-	-
Stocks	15	0	49	1	-	-
Reddick	4	0	11	0	-	-
Wyatt	4	1	6	0	-	-
Paine	11	3	16	0	-	-

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Birmingham Festival XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Cox b Adams	71
TB Reddick	lbw b Adams	92
*RES Wyatt	not out	39
J Collinson	not out	10
EB Eytle	c Brookes b Matthews	5
+AG Powell	did not bat
CNR Stocks	did not bat
GAE Paine	did not bat
NE Partridge	did not bat
RP Greenwood	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	18	2	60	1	-	-
Todd	15	2	57	0	-	-
Adams	8	0	39	2	-	-
Beveridge	3	0	17	0	-	-
Jackson	9	0	44	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b Grove	8
GL Berry	c Partridge b Wyatt	35
G Cox	b Stocks	29
WR Hammond	not out	70
LJ Todd	not out	57
CD Adams	did not bat
ADG Matthews	did not bat
R Beveridge	did not bat
R Kenyon	did not bat
+H Yarnold	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 38 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Birmingham Festival XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	7	0	27	0	-	-
Grove	8	1	57	1	-	-
Stocks	7	0	33	1	-	-
Wyatt	7	1	32	1	-	-
Paine	7	0	36	0	-	-
Greenwood	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Knowing the strength of the R.A.F. batting Wyatt delayed his declaration giving the R.A.F. 209 to win in two hours and ten minutes. Hammond and Todd then took the bowling attack apart and made 111 in 45 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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