minc3558	Bedfordshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1946
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 5th, 6th August 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Oxfordshire 1
Close of play day 1

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	b Wakefield	3
TH Clark	c and b Miller	139
JG Owen	c Edwards b Wakefield	13
JAR Oliver	run out	29
AD Panton	b Miller	53
*AB Poole	c Senior b Wakefield	33
+RL Hills	c Senior b Merritt	3
BE Disbury	c Inge b Wakefield	17
GA Miles	not out	9
K McCanlis	c Inge b Wakefield	0
TD Matthews	st Inge b Merritt	3
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-42, 3-116, 4-248, 5-?, 6-?, 7-304, 8-?, 9-?, 10-318 (106 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Toynbee	6	0	16	0	-	-
Wakefield	39	7	94	5	-	-
Merritt	28	4	84	2	-	-
Senior	11	1	44	0	-	-
Miller	20	1	55	2	-	-
Woodward	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Taylor	lbw b McCanlis	17
DE Edwards	c Hills b McCanlis	48
J Garne	c Hills b Owen	28
EM Senior	lbw b Owen	2
WH Miller	lbw b Owen	58
DG Woodward	c Poole b Owen	82
*+WW Inge	b Owen	15
MJ Wakefield	not out	18
DC Money	c Poole b Owen	0
LL Toynbee	b Oliver	4
DA Merritt	b Owen	3
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-?, 3-83, 4-121, 5-189, 6-237, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-280 (114.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miles	21	3	59	0	-	-
Matthews	27	11	46	0	-	-
McCanlis	23	3	52	2	-	-
Owen	28.2	4	73	7	-	-
Oliver	11	5	20	1	-	-
Disbury	4	0	25	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Inge b Merritt	1
TH Clark	b Miller	10
JG Owen	c Woodward b Toynbee	47
JAR Oliver	not out	69
AD Panton	not out	12
*AB Poole	did not bat
+RL Hills	did not bat
BE Disbury	did not bat
GA Miles	did not bat
K McCanlis	did not bat
TD Matthews	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(3 wickets, 54 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Toynbee	15	2	44	1	-	-
Wakefield	7	1	25	0	-	-
Merritt	13	5	17	1	-	-
Senior	7	1	13	0	-	-
Miller	5	1	15	1	-	-
Woodward	1	0	8	0	-	-
Taylor	6	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AD Panton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BE Disbury made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Miles made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Garne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Miller made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Woodward made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LL Toynbee made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Merritt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TH Clark (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Poole (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 25
--> MJ Wakefield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-111)
--> JG Owen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-46)

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