minc5491	Norfolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 29th, 30th July 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Norfolk 3; Buckinghamshire 1
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (2) 22/1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	c Blofeld b Walmsley	7
+LE Hitchings	c Allcock b Walmsley	2
*PLB Stoddart	c Powell b Walmsley	15
MJ Hardy	c and b Edrich	26
GLT Scott	c Edrich b Godfrey	28
KWA Butler	c Blofeld b Godfrey	18
BC Janes	c Allcock b Godfrey	10
ERJ Clifford	c Watts b Godfrey	7
FW Harris	c Allcock b Godfrey	0
RJ Plested	c Blofeld b Walmsley	21
RD Avery	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-56, 4-58, 5-97, 6-110, 7-115, 8-115, 9-140, 10-146 (59.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walmsley	27	10	50	4	-	-
Godfrey	19.3	8	41	5	-	-
Edrich	9	1	28	1	-	-
Schofield	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Powell	b Harris	8
HC Blofeld	c Clifford b Harris	2
EG Witherden	c Clifford b NV Butler	66
AD Cunningham	c NV Butler b Harris	43
*WJ Edrich	not out	39
T Allcock	c Hitchings b KWA Butler	6
IM Watts	not out	8
DM Rossi	did not bat
DG Godfrey	did not bat
R Schofield	did not bat
PG Walmsley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-13, 3-97, 4-129, 5-150

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	16	6	48	3	-	-
Avery	3	2	8	0	-	-
Janes	9	0	45	0	-	-
KWA Butler	12	3	35	1	-	-
NV Butler	6	0	36	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NV Butler	b Godfrey	121
+LE Hitchings	c Allcock b Walmsley	0
*PLB Stoddart	c Allcock b Edrich	104
MJ Hardy	b Edrich	3
GLT Scott	c Allcock b Schofield	2
KWA Butler	b Godfrey	11
BC Janes	c Allcock b Walmsley	5
ERJ Clifford	not out	4
FW Harris	c Allcock b Walmsley	12
RJ Plested	not out	4
RD Avery	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-180, 3-184, 4-187, 5-223, 6-244, 7-254, 8-269

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walmsley	26	9	74	3	-	-
Godfrey	24	3	92	2	-	-
Schofield	19	4	64	1	-	-
Edrich	18	6	36	2	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Blofeld	c Hitchings b Harris	0
PG Powell	c Hardy b Janes	10
EG Witherden	c Hitchings b Janes	79
T Allcock	b Harris	38
*WJ Edrich	b Harris	16
AD Cunningham	c NV Butler b KWA Butler	5
IM Watts	not out	22
DM Rossi	not out	35
DG Godfrey	did not bat
R Schofield	did not bat
PG Walmsley	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 57 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-100, 4-128, 5-141, 6-158

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	23	4	74	3	-	-
Janes	16	2	77	2	-	-
KWA Butler	18	4	54	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DM Rossi made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> PLB Stoddart (2) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Bucks left Norfolk 163 minutes in which to make 242. Avery hurt his arm while batting and soon retired
from bowling. Witherden's 66 contained 10 x 4; N Butler hit 19 x 4 in his 121, Stoddart 13 x 4; in Norfolk's
second innings Witherden hit 1 x 5 and 10 x 4 in his 79.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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