mint274	Oxfordshire v Bedfordshire
	MCC Trophy 1997 (First Round)
Venue	Church Meadow, Thame on 1st June 1997 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 100 runs
Umpires	P Adams, JG Reed
Scorers	KN Brighton (Oxfordshire), P Finlay (Bedfordshire)

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Bedfordshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NA Stanley	b Laudat	17	23	30	2	-	73.91
W Larkins	lbw b Curtis	29	49	84	5	-	59.18
DR Clarke	c Bellhouse b Curtis	51	59	61	5	-	86.44
AR Roberts	c Waterton b Curtis	21	44	48	-	-	47.73
CK Bullen	b Evans	28	39	43	1	-	71.79
*PDB Hoare	not out	38	48	77	1	-	79.17
AJ Trott	c Mustow b Arnold	42	72	74	1	-	58.33
IJ Fantham	did not bat
MR White	did not bat
CP Degnan	did not bat
+GD Sandford	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 6 nb, 20 w)	38
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 211 minutes, 55 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Stanley), 2-107 (Larkins), 3-110 (Clarke), 4-177 (Roberts), 5-177 (Bullen), 6-264 (Trott, 55 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Arnold	11	2	46	1	2	-	66.00	4.18
Laudat	9	0	51	1	4	-	54.00	5.67
Savin	8	0	43	0	2	-	-	5.38
Bellhouse	5	0	40	0	3	3	-	8.00
Curtis	11	0	44	3	7	-	22.00	4.00
Evans	11	2	28	1	1	-	66.00	2.55

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Oxfordshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
KR Mustow	c Stanley b Roberts	27	71	87	2	-	38.03
+SNV Waterton	c Sandford b Fantham	4	30	40	-	-	13.33
SV Laudat	b White	0	2	5	-	-	0.00
RJ Williams	lbw b Degnan	50	90	101	2	-	55.56
BCA Ellison	b Roberts	3	20	38	-	-	15.00
CS Knightley	b Roberts	20	37	33	2	-	54.05
GP Savin	b White	24	25	44	-	1	96.00
MR Bellhouse	not out	10	48	47	-	-	20.83
*RA Evans	not out	5	10	10	-	-	50.00
KA Arnold	did not bat
IJ Curtis	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 12 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 196 minutes, 55 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Waterton), 2-31 (Laudat), 3-56 (Mustow), 4-64 (Ellison), 5-119 (Knightley), 6-127 (Williams), 7-157 (Savin)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
White	11	2	27	2	5	3	33.00	2.45
Fantham	11	2	27	1	4	-	66.00	2.45
Degnan	6	0	20	1	1	-	36.00	3.33
Bullen	11	1	34	0	-	-	-	3.09
Roberts	11	2	33	3	2	-	22.00	3.00
Stanley	5	0	20	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Notes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 50 in 10.3 overs, 62 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 100 in 19.2 overs, 78 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 150 in 29.4 overs, 119 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 200 in 45.3 overs, 172 minutes
--> Bedfordshire innings: 250 in 53.2 overs, 206 minutes
--> Oxfordshire innings: 50 in 19.5 overs, 78 minutes
--> Oxfordshire innings: 100 in 36.2 overs, 126 minutes
--> Oxfordshire innings: 150 in 47.2 overs, 174 minutes
--> AR Roberts made his debut in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> CP Degnan made his debut in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> MR Bellhouse made his debut in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> CP Degnan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> SNV Waterton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> DR Clarke 50 in 50 minutes
--> PDB Hoare passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Trophy matches when he reached 27
--> AJ Trott passed his previous highest score of 26 in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> RJ Williams passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> RJ Williams 50 in 98 minutes
--> IJ Fantham made his debut for Bedfordshire in Minor Counties Trophy matches

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