minc5211	Hertfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Park Avenue, Watford on 19th, 20th August 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hertfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hertfordshire won by 19 runs
Points	Hertfordshire 10; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	C Fairservice, TM McMurray
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 112/6

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A O'Neill	c Janaway b Hughes	42
RW Smith	b Janes	17
GA Smithson	c Mackinnon b Hughes	55
DV Cooper	c Tilbury b Hughes	0
TL Clough	b Butler	16
+RG Simons	c Avery b Hughes	2
TA Bell	b Butler	1
*CVL Marques	c Janes b Butler	5
TGA Morley	not out	4
D Pratt	b Hughes	0
G Meadowcroft	c Barnett b Hughes	12
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-91, 3-91, 4-118, 5-125, 6-126, 7-150, 8-162, 9-162, 10-174 (87.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Avery	19	8	38	0	1	1
Butler	26	11	34	3	-	-
Hughes	35.3	13	63	6	-	-
Janes	7	2	19	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DMA Steel	st Simons b Pratt	32
RGL Janaway	lbw b Meadowcroft	22
D Mackinnon	lbw b Pratt	11
*+BA Barnett	c Simons b Meadowcroft	7
G Atkins	c Marques b Meadowcroft	22
JA Cockett	c Simons b Morley	6
JMH Tilbury	b Meadowcroft	10
BC Janes	b Meadowcroft	9
KWA Butler	not out	0
RD Avery	c Simons b Meadowcroft	8
AJ Hughes	lbw b Meadowcroft	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-49, 3-70, 4-84, 5-107, 6-112, 7-126, 8-131, 9-139, 10-139 (49.4 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	6	1	29	0	-	-
Meadowcroft	17.4	6	42	7	-	-
Pratt	18	5	38	2	-	-
Morley	8	1	18	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A O'Neill	lbw b Hughes	21
RW Smith	b Avery	14
GA Smithson	run out	9
DV Cooper	c Janaway b Hughes	9
TGA Morley	c Barnett b Butler	0
TL Clough	lbw b Butler	0
+RG Simons	b Butler	3
TA Bell	b Hughes	1
*CVL Marques	lbw b Butler	7
D Pratt	c Tilbury b Hughes	0
G Meadowcroft	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-39, 3-61, 4-61, 5-61, 6-64, 7-65, 8-67, 9-72, 10-77 (44.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Avery	9	4	15	1	-	-
Butler	19.3	9	27	4	-	-
Hughes	16	5	24	4	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DMA Steel	lbw b Marques	2
RGL Janaway	b Marques	1
D Mackinnon	c Clough b Pratt	12
*+BA Barnett	c Bell b Marques	20
G Atkins	c Morley b Marques	11
JA Cockett	c Meadowcroft b Pratt	7
JMH Tilbury	c Smith b Meadowcroft	9
BC Janes	lbw b Meadowcroft	0
KWA Butler	b Meadowcroft	15
RD Avery	c Smithson b Pratt	12
AJ Hughes	not out	1
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-7, 3-26, 4-36, 5-51, 6-64, 7-65, 8-65, 9-90, 10-93 (42.1 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meadowcroft	13.1	2	22	3	-	-
Pratt	12	1	32	4	-	1
Morley	17	7	36	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Buckinghamshire second innings
--> TA Bell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BC Janes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DMA Steel made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Mackinnon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A O'Neill (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> G Meadowcroft achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 3-34)
--> G Meadowcroft achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> AJ Hughes reached 350 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Hertfordshire second innings
--> D Pratt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 3-9)

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The match ended at 5.09 after Bucks had failed to reach a modest fourth innings target.
Smithson hit 5 x 4 in his 55.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook