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| Venue | Wardown Park, Luton on 18th, 19th August 1985 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Bedfordshire 2; Durham 2 |
| Umpires | MK Reed, TV Wilkins |
| Scorers | P Finlay (Bedfordshire), AD Reed (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 80/3 (Patel 14*, Hurst 0*; 22.3 overs) |
| Bedfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Fordham | c Mercer b Johnson | 21 | 35 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| K Gentle | b Johnston | 16 | 41 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| AS Pearson | c and b Greensword | 18 | 62 | 68 | 2 | - | |
| M Morgan | b Kippax | 25 | 56 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| SJ Lines | c Patel b Greensword | 19 | 53 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| DS Steele | b Kippax | 33 | 52 | 44 | 3 | - | |
| KV Jones | not out | 13 | 18 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| JR Wake | b Greensword | 1 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| *IG Peck | b Kippax | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| +NS Randall | st Mercer b Kippax | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| SJ Renshaw | st Mercer b Kippax | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 184 minutes, 55 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Fordham), 2-43 (Gentle), 3-85 (Pearson), 4-85 (Morgan), 5-131 (Steele), 6-141 (Lines), 7-150 (Wake), 8-155 (Peck), 9-155 (Randall), 10-155 (Renshaw, 55 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Johnston | 12 | 3 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beaney | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kippax | 14 | 3 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 13 | 5 | 42 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c Randall b Jones | 17 | 25 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | c Fordham b Wake | 33 | 82 | 93 | 3 | 1 | |
| S Greensword | c Wake b Lines | 1 | 17 | 26 | - | - | |
| AS Patel | not out | 48 | 35 | 51 | 4 | 3 | |
| G Hurst | not out | 40 | 14 | 12 | 8 | - | |
| P Burn | did not bat | ||||||
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| P Beaney | did not bat | ||||||
| G Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Kippax | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 9 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 106 minutes, 26.5 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Atkinson), 2-42 (Greensword), 3-80 (Riddell) | |||||||
| Bedfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Renshaw | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | 10 | |
| Jones | 11 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Lines | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wake | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Peck | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fordham | 1.5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedfordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Fordham | c Burn b Greensword | 26 | 112 | 100 | 1 | - | |
| K Gentle | c Riddell b Kippax | 72 | 137 | 149 | 5 | - | |
| AS Pearson | c Riddell b Greensword | 11 | 35 | 27 | - | 1 | |
| M Morgan | run out (Johnson) | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| SJ Lines | not out | 32 | 88 | 83 | 6 | - | |
| DS Steele | not out | 37 | 73 | 65 | 3 | - | |
| KV Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Wake | did not bat | ||||||
| *IG Peck | did not bat | ||||||
| +NS Randall | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Renshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 215 minutes, 73.5 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81 (Fordham), 2-110 (Pearson), 3-111 (Morgan), 4-121 (Gentle) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Johnson | 9 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Beaney | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 29 | 7 | 66 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kippax | 19 | 3 | 44 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Patel | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Riddell | 1.5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c Randall b Renshaw | 10 | 14 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | c Jones b Steele | 91 | 83 | 128 | 5 | 3 | |
| AS Patel | b Jones | 7 | 21 | 18 | - | - | |
| G Hurst | b Renshaw | 19 | 18 | 24 | 3 | - | |
| P Burn | c Lines b Jones | 10 | 23 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | b Steele | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| S Greensword | not out | 19 | 18 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| P Beaney | c Lines b Jones | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| G Johnson | b Steele | 7 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| PJ Kippax | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 138 minutes, 31 overs) | 183 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Atkinson), 2-28 (Patel), 3-68 (Hurst), 4-123 (Burn), 5-125 (Mercer), 6-163 (Riddell), 7-167 (Beaney), 8-183 (Johnson, 31 ov) | |||||||
| Bedfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Renshaw | 10 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Jones | 15 | 2 | 49 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Steele | 6 | 0 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 50 in 21.1 overs, 76 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 42.3 overs, 140 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 150 in 53 overs, 172 minutes
--> Durham first innings: 50 in 14.1 overs, 61 minutes
--> Durham first innings: 100 in 24.3 overs, 99 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 50 in 22.2 overs, 70 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 100 in 40 overs, 120 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 150 in 64.5 overs, 190 minutes
--> Durham second innings: 50 in 12.4 overs, 56 minutes
--> Durham second innings: 100 in 20.2 overs, 90 minutes
--> Durham second innings: 150 in 27 overs, 118 minutes
--> DS Steele made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Pearson (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> M Morgan (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> AS Patel (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> K Gentle (2) 50 in 103 minutes
--> NA Riddell (2) 50 in 90 minutes
--> NA Riddell (2) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 27
--> S Greensword reached 350 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed AS Pearson, his 1st wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
Rain stopped play from 4.52pm to 5.04pm then again at 5.10pm - no further play on the first day
Rain stopped play from 11.37am to 12.24pm and 4.46pm to 5.05pm on the second day
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