minc5754	Buckinghamshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	Chalvey Road, Slough on 18th, 19th August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Hertfordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Hertfordshire 10
Close of play day 1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLT Scott	c Simons b Spokes	17
DA Janes	c Simons b Marques	45
G Atkins	st Simons b Appleyard	127
SJ Tomlin	c Spokes b Appleyard	15
MJ Hardy	c Simons b Marques	43
ERJ Clifford	run out	20
FW Harris	not out	24
*JA Cockett	not out	4
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
RJ Plested	did not bat
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 4 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-109, 3-145, 4-230, 5-282, 6-292

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spokes	12	2	42	1	-	-
Iberson	24	3	89	0	-	-
Marques	14	5	62	2	-	-
Appleyard	14	2	71	2	-	-
Jones	9	1	31	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A O'Neill	c Taylor b Harris	0
+RG Simons	c Cockett b Plested	53
GA Smithson	c Scott b Plested	74
CIM Jones	c Hardy b Plested	55
RE Howe	c Taylor b Mills	17
SB Boon	c Taylor b Plested	14
TL Clough	b Clifford	38
*CVL Marques	c Scott b Mills	18
BJ Spokes	b Mills	11
JD Appleyard	not out	16
J Iberson	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 90.3 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-116, 3-135, 4-170, 5-222, 6-228, 7-262, 8-291, 9-297

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	17	4	63	1	-	2
Mills	17	5	78	3	-	1
Clifford	28	10	78	1	-	-
Plested	26.3	8	69	4	-	-
Hardy	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLT Scott	c Spokes b Marques	6
DA Janes	c Clough b Iberson	87
G Atkins	c Spokes b Marques	2
SJ Tomlin	lbw b Spokes	16
MJ Hardy	c Howe b Iberson	19
ERJ Clifford	run out	4
*JA Cockett	c Smithson b Iberson	36
FW Harris	c Simons b Appleyard	1
+DJS Taylor	not out	0
RJ Plested	not out	3
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 45 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-21, 3-68, 4-77, 5-156, 6-160, 7-169, 8-175

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spokes	12	1	39	1	-	-
Marques	11	1	53	2	-	-
Iberson	11	0	52	3	-	-
Appleyard	11	4	30	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	c Scott b Harris	59
+RG Simons	c Taylor b Clifford	12
CIM Jones	c and b Mills	12
RE Howe	not out	49
TL Clough	b Harris	7
SB Boon	c Cockett b Harris	3
*CVL Marques	not out	27
A O'Neill	did not bat
BJ Spokes	did not bat
JD Appleyard	did not bat
J Iberson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 34.5 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-85, 3-87, 4-106, 5-120

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mills	9	0	55	1	-	-
Clifford	6.5	0	50	1	-	-
Harris	13	4	29	3	-	-
Plested	6	0	35	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GLT Scott made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Plested made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Janes (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Atkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 101 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SB Boon (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> BJ Spokes (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JD Appleyard (1) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Janes (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Simons (2) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12

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Herts were set 178 to win in 125 minutes. Atkins hit 1 x 6 and 14 x 4 in his 127.
Simons hit 8 x 4 in his 53, Smithson 11 x 4 in his 74 and Jones 8 x 4 in his 55.
Janes' 87 contained 12 x 4; Smithson hit 1 x 6 and 7 x 4 in his 59.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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