minc5512	Bedfordshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 7th, 8th August 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Hertfordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 0; Hertfordshire 10
Umpires	CA Cassie, LAC D'Arcy
Close of play day 1	Hertfordshire (1) 158/5

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Lowings	c and b Sutcliffe	33
W Chamberlain	c Dunn b Marques	0
NS Gunn	b Sutcliffe	84			6	-
DE Pratt	c Parkin b Sutcliffe	0
*JAR Oliver	lbw b Sutcliffe	22
BD Robinson	c Marques b Sutcliffe	10
J Smith	c and b Sutcliffe	13
PR Carlisle	c Simons b Francis	0
+TF McIntyre	c Parkin b Sutcliffe	6
D Meakin	lbw b Sutcliffe	6
BN Johnson	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Chamberlain), 2-91 (Lowings), 3-91 (Pratt), 4-135 (Oliver), 5-155 (Robinson), 6-161 (Gunn), 7-162, 8-176, 9-179, 10-188 (69.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	15	1	38	1	-	-
Meadowcroft	20	4	50	0	-	-
Morley	8	2	13	0	-	-
Sutcliffe	19.2	2	54	8	-	-
Francis	7	1	25	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A O'Neill	lbw b Pratt	29
DB Parkin	c McIntyre b Johnson	7
GA Smithson	c Oliver b Pratt	40
RE Howe	c and b Smith	24
PW Sutcliffe	b Smith	41
IL Dunn	st McIntyre b Smith	31
+RG Simons	run out	11
TGA Morley	not out	16
*CVL Marques	b Smith	6
MJ Francis	not out	6
G Meadowcroft	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Parkin), 2-69 (Smithson), 3-82 (O'Neill), 4-134 (Howe), 5-149 (Sutcliffe), 6-167 (Simons), 7-201 (Dunn), 8-211 (Marques)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meakin	23	4	62	0	-	-
Johnson	12	4	41	1	-	-
Smith	28	9	72	4	-	-
Pratt	11	4	36	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Lowings	b Francis	88			11	-
W Chamberlain	b Sutcliffe	18
+TF McIntyre	c Simons b Francis	9
NS Gunn	c Simons b Francis	12
DE Pratt	c Smithson b Francis	0
*JAR Oliver	c Simons b Francis	1
BD Robinson	c O'Neill b Sutcliffe	0
J Smith	c Sutcliffe b Francis	4
PR Carlisle	c Simons b Francis	11
D Meakin	c Marques b Francis	23
BN Johnson	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Chamberlain), 2-65 (McIntyre), 3-81 (Gunn), 4-81 (Pratt), 5-89 (Oliver), 6-92 (Robinson), 7-111 (Smith), 8-133 (Carlisle), 9-167 (Meakin), 10-172 (Lowings, 51.5 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	4	1	11	0		-
Meadowcroft	7	0	29	0		-
Sutcliffe	22	4	66	2		-
Francis	18.5	5	60	8		-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Parkin	not out	79			6	1
A O'Neill	c Chamberlain b Pratt	13
GA Smithson	b Oliver	0
RE Howe	lbw b Oliver	11
PW Sutcliffe	c and b Smith	30
IL Dunn	c and b Smith	5
+RG Simons	not out	0
TGA Morley	did not bat
*CVL Marques	did not bat
MJ Francis	did not bat
G Meadowcroft	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, 50.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (O'Neill), 2-23 (Smithson), 3-55 (Howe), 4-124 (Sutcliffe), 5-136 (Dunn)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meakin	4	0	23	0	-	-
Johnson	2	0	5	0	-	-
Pratt	8	0	24	1	-	-
Oliver	21.1	7	49	2	-	-
Smith	15	0	37	2	-	-

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Notes
--> PR Carlisle made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Sutcliffe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-37)
--> J Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed IL Dunn in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> MJ Francis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed PR Carlisle in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 5-68)

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