minc3682	Buckinghamshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Chalvey Road, Slough on 13th, 14th August 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 105 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Staffordshire 10
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 20/3

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Lund	1
FR Bailey	b Battcock	30
EA Hutton	c Yates b Rutter	52
S Crump	lbw b Baker	134
MC Harvatt	c Prince b Baker	23
AB Hollowood	c Prince b Battcock	7
B Shardlow	b Battcock	0
PHC Charnock	b Battcock	0
+ED Dennis	not out	47
HH Wood	hit wkt b Battcock	33
V Burgess	b Battcock	9
Extras	(16 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 120.2 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-57, 3-131, 4-191, 5-222, 6-224, 7-236, 8-302, 9-328, 10-364 (120.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	38.2	5	90	6	-	-
Lund	12	2	41	1	-	-
Rutter	18	5	48	1	-	1
Macindoe	22	5	68	0	-	-
Baker	24	1	60	2	-	-
O'Connor	2	0	8	0	-	-
Taylor	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Bousfield	c Dennis b Wood	4
CA Prince	b Burgess	4
RF Baker	b Burgess	7
J O'Connor	lbw b Shardlow	41
*CH Taylor	c Harvatt b Wood	7
P Isherwood	lbw b Shardlow	30
DH Macindoe	c Bailey b Shardlow	5
+W Yates	c Dennis b Burgess	0
OG Battcock	c Harvatt b Crump	28
RH Rutter	b Shardlow	5
EV Lund	not out	8
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-16, 3-20, 4-32, 5-97, 6-103, 7-104, 8-120, 9-134, 10-150 (72.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	21	6	36	3	-	-
Wood	8	2	20	2	-	-
Shardlow	28	9	61	4	-	-
Crump	15.3	4	22	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Bousfield	b Wood	9
CA Prince	c Shardlow b Crump	28
RF Baker	lbw b Crump	21
J O'Connor	run out	11
*CH Taylor	not out	10
P Isherwood	b Crump	0
DH Macindoe	b Shardlow	9
+W Yates	b Shardlow	2
OG Battcock	c Dennis b Shardlow	0
RH Rutter	b Shardlow	4
EV Lund	c Crump b Shardlow	0
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-51, 3-74, 4-74, 5-76, 6-99, 7-101, 8-103, 9-109, 10-109 (57.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	10	4	14	0	-	-
Wood	8	2	21	1	-	1
Shardlow	22.1	8	46	5	-	1
Crump	17	10	13	3	-	-

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Notes
--> V Burgess made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Hollowood made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EV Lund made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Bailey (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> S Crump (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ED Dennis (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HH Wood (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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The pitch became progressively more difficult and was well exploited by the spin bowlers, Shardlow and Crump.
Hutton 2 x 4, Crump 1 x 6 and 10 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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