| misc58983 | |
| Venue | Goldington Bury, Bedford on 28th May 1978 (1-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | KA Bright, CL Head |
| Scorers | P Finlay (Bedford Town), AJ Pearce (Bedfordshire) |
| Bedfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Daniels | c and b Eldridge | 8 | 67 | - | - | ||
| CJ Tibbett | c August b Henderson | 27 | 45 | 1 | - | ||
| PR Harris | c August b Henderson | 12 | 18 | 2 | - | ||
| RG Abeynaike | run out | 24 | 58 | 2 | - | ||
| I Hartup | c Stedman b Oakley | 12 | 68 | 1 | - | ||
| RJ Boyd-Moss | c Rawlinson b Oakley | 9 | 40 | 1 | - | ||
| KV Jones | c Hill b Thorp | 37 | 52 | 5 | - | ||
| NS Randall | c August b Thorp | 7 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| JCJ Dye | lbw b Thorp | 19 | 29 | 1 | - | ||
| WCP Maloy | not out | 2 | 19 | - | - | ||
| R Howarth | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 11 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 72 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Tibbett), 2-54 (Harris), 3-56 (Daniels), 4-97 (Abeynaike), 5-99 (Hartup), 6-126 (Boyd-Moss), 7-148 (Jones), 8-159 (Randall), 9-177 (Dye, 72 ov) | |||||||
| Bedford Town bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thorp | 16 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Henderson | 19 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 6 | - | |
| Eldridge | 21 | 9 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oakley | 16 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Bedford Town first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TJ Machin | c Randall b Jones | 8 | 23 | - | - | ||
| MG Stedman | c Jones b Abeynaike | 35 | 133 | 2 | - | ||
| AD Curtis | c Maloy b Jones | 2 | 3 | - | - | ||
| DW Jarrett | c Randall b Dye | 49 | 86 | 2 | 2 | ||
| DE Hill | not out | 21 | 57 | 2 | - | ||
| MJ Rawlinson | c Daniels b Abeynaike | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| +PGM August | c Abeynaike b Jones | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| DC Eldridge | not out | 15 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| PJ Oakley | did not bat | ||||||
| MR Henderson | did not bat | ||||||
| S Thorp | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 5 lb, 5 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 52 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Machin), 2-13 (Curtis), 3-104 (Jarrett), 4-120 (Stedman), 5-128 (Rawlinson), 6-135 (August) | |||||||
| Bedfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dye | 12 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Jones | 10 | 3 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Abeynaike | 18 | 7 | 36 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Maloy | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tibbett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyd-Moss | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Daniels | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |