minc5205	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter on 14th, 15th August 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 2; Bedfordshire 2
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 12/2 (Gunn 9*, Crouch 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c Davison b Oliver	30
FR Bailey	b Oliver	39
DR Bean	lbw b Oliver	5
BS Crump	b Oliver	14
H Boon	b Davison	0
S Crump	c Lowings b Davison	3
SB Boon	c Dawson b Oliver	0
*DM Haynes	not out	26
B Shardlow	run out	28
EJ Lowell	c and b Legate	20
+GM Lawton	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-60, 3-90, 4-93, 5-93, 6-95, 7-98, 8-146, 9-177 (80 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	21	5	41	2
Ashenden	16	3	45	0
Oliver	25	10	43	5
Legate	18	5	36	1

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NS Gunn	not out	9
RD Lowings	c Lawton b Lowell	2
BD Robinson	c Bean b Shardlow	1
+MW Crouch	not out	0
G Dawson	did not bat
J Legate	did not bat
IJ Davison	did not bat
M Ashenden	did not bat
*JAR Oliver	did not bat
MS Meeson	did not bat
MJ Jordan	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	12
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lowell	4	0	6	1	-	-
SB Boon	2	0	6	0	-	-
Shardlow	3	3	0	1	-	-
S Crump	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> EJ Lowell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GM Lawton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Legate made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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