minc5376	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1958
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 8th, 9th August 1958 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Hertfordshire 1
Umpires	DS Richards, WF Simpson
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 128/1 (Lowings 49*, Dawson 8*)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DE Pratt	c Vine b Morley	66			6	-
RD Lowings	not out	49
G Dawson	not out	8
NS Gunn	did not bat
*JAR Oliver	did not bat
W Chamberlain	did not bat
MJ Jordan	did not bat
JD Heaton	did not bat
+TF McIntyre	did not bat
M Ashenden	did not bat
IJ Davison	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 52 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-109 (Pratt)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	8	0	21	0	-	-
Meadowcroft	14	1	47	0	-	-
Darvell	8	1	22	0	-	-
Vine	13	5	22	0	-	-
Morley	9	2	11	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RG Simons	c Ashenden b Davison	14
TW Tyrwhitt-Drake	c McIntyre b Ashenden	5
GA Smithson	not out	52			5	-
TL Clough	c Ashenden b Davison	9
RE Howe	not out	8
*CVL Marques	did not bat
TGA Morley	did not bat
BS Darvell	did not bat
R Vine	did not bat
G Meadowcroft	did not bat
A O'Neill	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 20 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Tyrwhitt-Drake), 2-44 (Simons), 3-65 (Clough)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	10	0	42	2	-	-
Ashenden	10	0	46	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Lowings	c and b Morley	14
DE Pratt	lbw b Marques	3
G Dawson	c O'Neill b Morley	19
NS Gunn	c Smithson b Marques	0
*JAR Oliver	c Meadowcroft b Marques	25
W Chamberlain	c Clough b Marques	0
MJ Jordan	not out	14
JD Heaton	b Marques	19
+TF McIntyre	not out	3
M Ashenden	did not bat
IJ Davison	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Pratt), 2-31 (Lowings), 3-32 (Gunn), 4-54 (Dawson), 5-57 (Chamberlain), 6-80 (Oliver), 7-102 (Heaton)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	23	6	31	5	-	-
Meadowcroft	8	1	15	0	-	-
Morley	15	2	51	2	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Tyrwhitt-Drake	c McIntyre b Ashenden	25
+RG Simons	st McIntyre b Ashenden	19
GA Smithson	c Chamberlain b Davison	6
TL Clough	st McIntyre b Pratt	30
RE Howe	b Davison	30
*CVL Marques	c Chamberlain b Pratt	4
A O'Neill	not out	12
BS Darvell	c Lowings b Ashenden	5
TGA Morley	not out	1
R Vine	did not bat
G Meadowcroft	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 31 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Tyrwhitt-Drake), 2-52 (Simons), 3-54 (Smithson), 4-98 (Clough), 5-104 (Marques), 6-123 (Howe), 7-140 (Darvell)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	10	0	47	2	-
Ashenden	6	0	42	3	-
Pratt	7	0	27	2	-
Oliver	8	1	16	0	-

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Notes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 50 in 100 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 100 in 140 minutes
--> JD Heaton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JD Heaton (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CVL Marques reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed W Chamberlain, his 3rd wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings

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