minc4506	Cambridgeshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March on 23rd, 24th June 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cambridgeshire 1; Bedfordshire 3
Umpires	SH Moore, CH Welch
Scorers	Fox, AWH Poole
Close of play day 1

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Nunn b Gambrell	0			-	-
LF Brantom	b Morris	19			1	-
GA Longworth	b Gambrell	13			-	-
JAR Oliver	c Hoyles b Godfrey	1			-	-
JG Owen	c Nunn b Godfrey	4			-	-
KRG Williams	c Nunn b Gambrell	5			-	-
RK Costin	c Bond b Gambrell	69			7	1
GHJ Brice	lbw b Morris	9			1	-
+AR Webster	c Jeeps b Morris	3			-	-
DG Jenkins	b Godfrey	3			-	-
RD Gardiner	not out	1			-	-
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-18, 3-22, 4-30, 5-37, 6-54, 7-70, 8-80, 9-129, 10-137 (66.2 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gambrell	32.2	9	50	4	-	1
Godfrey	23	11	38	3	-	-
Morris	11	2	39	3	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Harrisson	c Longworth b Jenkins	0			-	-
MA Crouch	b Jenkins	9			1	-
MAH Holloway	lbw b Oliver	21			-	-
PG Bond	b Oliver	16			-	-
WB Morris	c Brantom b Oliver	10			-	-
RA Gautrey	c August b Jenkins	22			1	-
J Hoyles	c Gardiner b Owen	0			-	-
REG Jeeps	c Williams b Gardiner	18			-	-
+R Nunn	c August b Gardiner	3			-	-
BJ Gambrell	not out	3			-	-
JF Godfrey	st Webster b Gardiner	2			-	-
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, ? nb, ? w)	20
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-45, 4-70, 5-85, 6-88, 7-114, 8-118, 9-120, 10-124 (68 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jenkins	18	7	25	3	-	-
Brice	9	0	20	0	-	-
Oliver	17	3	24	3	-	-
Owen	10	3	21	1	-	-
Gardiner	14	6	14	3	-	-

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Notes
--> LF Brantom made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Longworth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Webster made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MAH Holloway made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Bond made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Longworth made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RK Costin (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GHJ Brice made his debut for Bedfordshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Godfrey reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> RD Gardiner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings (previous best was 2-34)

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