minc4592	Buckinghamshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Aspro Sports Ground, Slough on 19th, 20th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 28 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	WJ Goodchild, LWK Martin
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) ?/7

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Grout	b Oliver	15
NV Butler	c Costin b Williams	157
DFV Johns	c Harris b Maries	119
*+BA Barnett	c and b Williams	6
JA Cockett	not out	9
RE Clements	not out	2
BJ Lucas	did not bat
A Hayhurst	did not bat
GF Keen	did not bat
CA Pickett	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-288, 3-309, 4-309

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	20	2	104	0	-	-
Oliver	12	2	54	1	-	-
Maries	14	3	48	1	-	2
Owen	11	1	35	0	-	-
Williams	15	1	55	2	-	-
Whittingham	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Lucas b Pickett	11
VJ Harris	b Hayhurst	6
F Whittingham	c Barnett b Hayhurst	8
JG Owen	c Pickett b Hayhurst	0
*JAR Oliver	c Barnett b Pickett	3
RWL Street	c Grout b Pickett	1
RK Costin	c and b Hughes	23
KRG Williams	b Hayhurst	7
AR Webster	c Pickett b Hughes	1
AG Coomb	c Cockett b Hughes	35
BJ Maries	not out	2
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-24, 3-24, 4-28, 5-28, 6-29, 7-36, 8-42, 9-95, 10-98 (52.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	15	7	29	3	-	1
Hayhurst	19	8	25	5	-	-
Hughes	11.2	4	28	2	-	-
Johns	7	1	15	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	lbw b Keen	65
VJ Harris	lbw b Hughes	23
RK Costin	c Lucas b Hughes	5
JG Owen	b Hughes	45
*JAR Oliver	st Barnett b Johns	17
F Whittingham	c Pickett b Hughes	3
RWL Street	b Johns	4
KRG Williams	not out	6
AR Webster	c Butler b Johns	0
AG Coomb	b Hughes	1
BJ Maries	st Barnett b Keen	4
Extras	(19 b, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 106.2 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-61, 3-144, 4-155, 5-165, 6-167, 7-173, 8-173, 9-178, 10-194 (106.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	10	3	24	0	-	1
Hayhurst	12	7	13	0	-	1
Hughes	40	20	52	5	-	-
Johns	35	15	51	3	-	-
Keen	9.2	2	33	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Bedfordshire first innings
--> AR Webster made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BJ Maries made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NV Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NV Butler (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 146
--> AG Coomb (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Hayhurst reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> AJ Hughes reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings

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The match, which ended at 5.45 on the second day, had started on a superb batting pitch which later .
took spin. Butler and Johns batted for 185 minutes, Butler hitting 21 x 4 and Johns 16 x 4; August hit 6 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Year book

 

 

 

 

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