minc10112	Northumberland v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 2007 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 19th, 20th, 21st August 2007 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northumberland won by 3 wickets
Points	Northumberland 20 (Bowling 4); Bedfordshire 3 (Batting 3)
Umpires	A Bullock, A Clark
Scorers	RL Dodds (Northumberland), CK Mountain (Bedfordshire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Bedfordshire (2) 48/0 (Walford 43*, Howitt 2*; 9 overs)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JEP Walford	c Worthy b Rutherford	7	12		1	-
RWJ Howitt	c Shurben b Rutherford	33	66		5	-
DS Bendon	c Worthy b Bridge	42	111		6	1
*+JA Knott	c Dale b Cant	82	163		7	1
GG Arblaster	c Nicholson b Cant	14	51		3	-
MH Steed	b Cant	2	10		-	-
AJ Trott	c Dale b Bridge	13	26		-	1
AR Roberts	c Nicholson b Rutherford	29	36		4	-
MI Jackson	c and b Bridge	42	40		3	3
CM Goode	not out	10	18		1	-
S Rashid	not out	13	9		2	-
Extras	(12 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 90 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Walford), 2-60 (Howitt), 3-125 (Bendon), 4-166 (Arblaster), 5-180 (Steed), 6-207 (Trott), 7-215 (Knott), 8-279 (Roberts), 9-283 (Jackson)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stewart	13	0	43	0	1	1
Rutherford	16	5	51	3	-	1
Symington	12	2	37	0	-	1
Bridge	30	4	102	3	-	-
Cant	19	3	61	3	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Shurben	c Trott b Jackson	38	32		6	-
A Worthy	c Knott b Jackson	4	8		1	-
MAP Dale	not out	9	15		2	-
B Parker	did not bat
I Pattison	did not bat
MJ Symington	did not bat
GD Bridge	did not bat
DJ Rutherford	did not bat
*+PJ Nicholson	did not bat
TJ Cant	did not bat
G Stewart	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 8.5 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Worthy), 2-56 (Shurben, 8.5 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	4.5	1	24	2	-	-
Rashid	4	0	31	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JEP Walford	run out (Shurben)	69	55		12	-
RWJ Howitt	not out	29	66		2	-
MH Steed	c Parker b Symington	15	30		1	-
AJ Trott	not out	21	13		3	-
GG Arblaster	did not bat
*+JA Knott	did not bat
AR Roberts	did not bat
DS Bendon	did not bat
MI Jackson	did not bat
CM Goode	did not bat
S Rashid	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 11 w)	16
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 27.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-82 (Walford), 2-117 (Steed)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stewart	5	2	27	0	1	-
Symington	13	0	63	1	2	-
Rutherford	8	0	40	0	4	-
Nicholson	1	0	13	0	-	-
Parker	0.2	0	2	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Shurben	c Knott b Rashid	6	16		1	-
A Worthy	c Walford b Rashid	102	74		15	3
MAP Dale	lbw b Roberts	33	57		2	1
B Parker	b Roberts	12	21		1	1
I Pattison	c Knott b Rashid	0	1		-	-
MJ Symington	not out	80	128		11	-
GD Bridge	c Trott b Howitt	120	65		17	5
DJ Rutherford	c Howitt b Rashid	14	39		2	-
*+PJ Nicholson	not out	8	29		1	-
TJ Cant	did not bat
G Stewart	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 12 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(7 wickets, 70.3 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Shurben), 2-143 (Dale), 3-147 (Worthy), 4-147 (Pattison), 5-165 (Parker), 6-330 (Bridge), 7-370 (Rutherford)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rashid	24.3	3	145	4	-	-
Jackson	10	1	63	0	-	2
Goode	8	0	69	0	-	1
Roberts	14	5	51	2	-	-
Trott	2	0	19	0	1	-
Howitt	12	2	42	1	1	3

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 90 overs
--> GD Bridge (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GD Bridge (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TJ Cant achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed JA Knott in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-33)

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