minc3655	Bedfordshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 4th, 5th August 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 5; Oxfordshire 3
Umpires	EG Canning, C Fairservice
Close of play day 1

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	st Inge b Smith	201			14	-
JAR Oliver	b Smith	123			14	-
JG Owen	lbw b Reynolds	6
AD Panton	c and b Girling	9
ST Morris	b Womersley	29
EC Howard	st Inge b Girling	101			10	2
AB Poole	lbw b Girling	21
AG Coomb	not out	26
RL Hills	did not bat
IC Noble	did not bat
AO Heymeson	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	23
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 140.5 overs)	539
Fall of wickets:
1-225, 2-252, 3-277, 4-336, 5-427, 6-472, 7-539 (140.5 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	44	10	131	2	-	-
Womersley	15	1	70	1	-	-
Reynolds	36	7	127	1	-	-
Girling	31.5	4	118	3	-	3
James	10	0	51	0	-	-
Taylor	2	0	6	0	-	-
Linnett	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	st Hills b Owen	34
A Taylor	b Owen	14
RT Hewitt	c Owen b Noble	1
AH Reynolds	c Panton b Noble	3
JW Linnett	b Noble	0
D Goodey	b Owen	0
WW Inge	c Morris b Noble	7
MA Girling	c Panton b Noble	4
PGB James	b Oliver	32
RCT Smith	not out	34
MTD Womersley	b Oliver	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-46, 3-52, 4-52, 5-53, 6-62, 7-62, 8-68, 9-130, 10-134 (47.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oliver	10.2	2	29	2	1	-
Coomb	8	0	24	0	-	-
Noble	18	8	39	5	-	-
Owen	11	1	39	3	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Mendl	not out	143
A Taylor	st Hills b Owen	16
RT Hewitt	c Poole b Oliver	37
AH Reynolds	c Heymeson b Coomb	70
JW Linnett	b Heymeson	3
D Goodey	not out	5
WW Inge	did not bat
MA Girling	did not bat
PGB James	did not bat
RCT Smith	did not bat
MTD Womersley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 89 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-126, 3-239, 4-254

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oliver	17	2	57	1	-	1
Coomb	16	3	55	1	-	-
Noble	22	6	40	0	-	-
Owen	20	3	91	1	-	-
Heymeson	14	1	31	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GLB August scored 1 five in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> AG Coomb made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Hewitt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Goodey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLB August (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GLB August (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 80
--> ST Morris (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> EC Howard (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Howard (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AH Reynolds (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IC Noble achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> IC Noble achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings

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