mint264	Bedfordshire v Cheshire
	MCC Trophy 1996 (Final)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th August 1996 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Cheshire won by 6 wickets
Umpires	DL Burden, C Stone
Scorers	P Finlay (Bedfordshire), H Smith (Cheshire), E Solomon

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Bedfordshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
W Larkins	c and b Bostock	15	41	53	2	-	36.59
RN Dalton	run out	103	120	138	9	4	85.83
NA Stanley	c and b Bryson	0	2	3	-	-	0.00
DR Clarke	b Peel	55	109	133	1	-	50.46
CK Bullen	lbw b Greasley	7	15	21	-	-	46.67
AJ Trott	c Bean b Greasley	17	11	10	-	2	154.55
*PDB Hoare	lbw b Lamb	4	5	5	-	-	80.00
RC Williams	not out	10	17	27	-	-	58.82
ZA Sher	not out	6	12	13	-	-	50.00
+GD Sandford	did not bat
MR White	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 4 nb, 18 w)	36
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 205 minutes, 55 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Larkins), 2-71 (Stanley), 3-170 (Dalton), 4-197 (Bullen), 5-218 (Trott), 6-223 (Hoare), 7-237 (Clarke)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Peel	11	0	48	1	7	2	66.00	4.36
Lamb	11	1	41	1	-	-	66.00	3.73
Greasley	11	0	44	2	2	-	33.00	4.00
Bostock	9.1	0	59	1	-	-	55.00	6.44
Bryson	0.5	0	3	1	1	-	5.00	3.60
Cross	11	0	26	0	-	-	-	2.36
Hignett	1	0	18	0	8	-	-	18.00

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Cheshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PRJ Bryson	b White	74	164	155	5	-	45.12
JD Bean	c Larkins b Sher	43	50	62	2	1	86.00
M Saxelby	b Williams	44	86	113	2	1	51.16
*I Cockbain	not out	27	51	65	2	-	52.94
RG Hignett	c Sandford b Williams	10	6	9	1	1	166.67
ND Cross	not out	18	22	35	2	-	81.82
TJ Bostock	did not bat
+S Bramhall	did not bat
CS Lamb	did not bat
AD Greasley	did not bat
ND Peel	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 20 w)	38
Total	(4 wickets, 221 minutes, 54 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Bean), 2-185 (Bryson), 3-200 (Saxelby), 4-214 (Hignett)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Williams	11	1	56	2	6	-	33.00	5.09
White	11	0	53	1	-	5	66.00	4.82
Bullen	9	2	30	0	-	-	-	3.33
Sher	11	0	44	1	7	-	66.00	4.00
Dalton	10	0	51	0	4	-	-	5.10
Trott	2	0	12	0	-	-	-	6.00

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Notes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 50 in 11.4 overs, 43 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 100 in 21 overs, 84 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 150 in 34.2 overs, 136 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 200 in 45.4 overs, 166 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 250 in 54.2 overs, 215 minutes
--> Cheshire innings: 50 in 12.4 overs, 50 minutes
--> Cheshire innings: 100 in 24.1 overs, 95 minutes
--> Cheshire innings: 150 in 34.3 overs, 136 minutes
--> Cheshire innings: 200 in 43.1 overs, 173 minutes
--> Cheshire innings: 250 in 53.2 overs, 216 minutes
--> RC Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> TJ Bostock made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> ND Peel made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> RN Dalton passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> RN Dalton made his first century in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> RN Dalton 50 in 64 minutes
--> RN Dalton 100 in 133 minutes
--> DR Clarke 50 in 128 minutes
--> PRJ Bryson 50 in 132 minutes

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