minc4424	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1952
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 6th, 7th August 1952 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 1; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	BW Bellamy, TM McMurray
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 46/0

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+BA Barnett	b Fry	3
AV Hurst	c Coomb b Fry	4
DFV Johns	c Oliver b Fry	191
G Reynolds	c Owen b Coomb	1
NV Butler	b Owen	51
RE Clements	c Grady b Meakin	1
PF Jackson	lbw b Coomb	12
BJ Lucas	b Fry	20
CA Pickett	not out	11
TL Johnson	not out	1
D Phipps	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-28, 3-31, 4-196, 5-197, 6-249, 7-283, 8-294

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	27	4	73	2	-	-
Fry	19	3	64	4	-	-
Owen	20	1	71	1	-	-
Oliver	9	3	22	0	-	-
Williams	5	0	34	0	-	-
Meakin	10	1	31	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Barnett b Johns	75
BE Disbury	c Jackson b Johns	64
ML Kilby	c Clements b Reynolds	3
PG Miller	b Johns	0
JG Owen	c Jackson b Johns	5
*JAR Oliver	c Johns b Reynolds	1
KRG Williams	st Barnett b Reynolds	1
D Grady	run out	2
JW Fry	not out	10
AG Coomb	c Butler b Reynolds	2
D Meakin	b Reynolds	4
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-126, 2-145, 3-145, 4-148, 5-151, 6-153, 7-156, 8-156, 9-163, 10-172 (81.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	12	0	35	0	-	-
Johnson	10	2	26	0	-	-
Phipps	10	1	29	0	-	-
Johns	30	12	42	4	-	-
Reynolds	19.3	8	35	5	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	b Reynolds	60
BE Disbury	c Reynolds b Pickett	7
ML Kilby	c Lucas b Pickett	6
PG Miller	lbw b Phipps	10
JG Owen	not out	4
KRG Williams	c Pickett b Reynolds	0
D Grady	not out	0
*JAR Oliver	did not bat
JW Fry	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
D Meakin	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 66 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-43, 3-93, 4-95, 5-95

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	19	6	33	2	-	-
Johnson	3	0	11	0	-	-
Phipps	6	3	8	1	-	-
Johns	19	11	12	0	-	-
Reynolds	16	8	12	2	-	-
Clements	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Phipps made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DFV Johns (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BJ Lucas (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Reynolds achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-61)
--> G Reynolds achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings

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Johns' 191 was the highest score for Bucks until beaten by MJ Roberts in 1989. He hit 14 x 4. Butler 3 x 4.
For Beds August hit 6 x 4 in his 75 and 2 x 4 in his 60, Disbury 6 x 4
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Year book

 

 

 

 

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