minc4684	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 4th, 5th August 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by an innings and 23 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 0; Buckinghamshire 10
Umpires	F Berry, WE Brown
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) ?/2

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Reynolds	b Davies	6
*+BA Barnett	c Hayhurst b Owen	57
DFV Johns	b Davies	49
JA Cockett	c Costin b Gardiner	109
JF Parton	b Davies	0
JMH Tilbury	b Gardiner	9
BJ Lucas	not out	100
CA Pickett	b Oliver	20
AJ Hughes	not out	0
D Ball	did not bat
CW Smith	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 90.1 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-108, 3-133, 4-135, 5-172, 6-318, 7-354

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	22	1	69	3	-	-
Hayhurst	14	4	39	0	-	-
Gardiner	19	4	86	2	-	-
Owen	26	5	107	1	-	-
Oliver	9.1	0	49	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Reynolds b Hughes	57
BRT Martin	lbw b Johns	28
RL Hills	b Johns	3
JG Owen	c Pickett b Hughes	58
*JAR Oliver	c Hughes b Pickett	28
RK Costin	c Pickett b Johns	0
KP Brazier	b Pickett	27
NS Gunn	b Pickett	0
RA Davies	c Pickett b Smith	0
H Hayhurst	b Pickett	3
RD Gardiner	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-59, 3-145, 4-150, 5-153, 6-203, 7-209, 8-210, 9-216, 10-221 (93.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ball	3	2	2	0	-	-
Smith	18	5	45	1	-	-
Pickett	20.3	8	36	4	4	-
Hughes	24	5	59	2	-	-
Johns	27	8	62	3	-	-
Reynolds	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Barnett b Ball	48
BRT Martin	b Pickett	1
KP Brazier	c Lucas b Ball	16
JG Owen	lbw b Smith	2
*JAR Oliver	b Ball	8
RK Costin	b Hughes	11
RL Hills	not out	10
NS Gunn	c and b Hughes	1
RA Davies	b Ball	3
H Hayhurst	lbw b Hughes	9
RD Gardiner	c Parton b Hughes	2
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-43, 3-48, 4-69, 5-94, 6-98, 7-99, 8-102, 9-113, 10-121 (39.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	11	2	31	1	-	2
Smith	10	5	11	1	-	-
Ball	12	0	52	4	-	-
Hughes	6.4	1	17	4	-	-

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Notes
--> D Ball made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Cockett (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Cockett (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BJ Lucas (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BJ Lucas (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Ball achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-17)

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Cockett hit 8 x 4, Lucas 2 x 6 and 12 x 4, Barnett 4 x 4; August hit 2 x 4 and Owen 7 x 4
Cockett and Lucas added 146 for the sixth wicket, believed to be a Bucks record.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Year book

 

 

 

 

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