minc5699	Bedfordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 19th, 20th July 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 1; Cambridgeshire 3
Umpires	CA Cassie, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 43/3 (Lowings ?*, Crouch ?*)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RF Hawes	lbw b Meakin	4			-	-
DHR Fairey	c Smith b Meakin	5			1	-
CA Morris	c and b Oliver	31			1	-
E Davis	st Crouch b Smith	120			11	-
RA Gautrey	b Morley	33			5	-
J Hoyles	c and b Smith	4			-	-
TS Hale	b Oliver	7			1	-
MA Crouch	b Oliver	1			-	-
CB Gadsby	not out	25			3	-
R Nunn	not out	10			1	-
AR Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 305 minutes, 97 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-10, 3-56, 4-135, 5-152, 6-176, 7-180, 8-220

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meakin	19	8	48	2	-	-
Morley	24	8	51	1	-	-
Johnson	11	0	48	0	-	-
Oliver	18	5	33	3	-	-
Smith	25	3	60	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Lowings	c Nunn b Fairey	60			6	-
AW Durley	b Hoyles	7			1	-
BD Robinson	lbw b Hoyles	0			-	-
W Chamberlain	lbw b Gadsby	20			3	-
+MW Crouch	c Gautrey b Gadsby	4		50	-	-
KRG Williams	c Gautrey b Gadsby	6			-	-
*JAR Oliver	not out	50			4	-
J Smith	b Hoyles	22			3	-
TGA Morley	c Hawes b Hoyles	8			-	-
D Meakin	did not bat
BN Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 88.5 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Durley), 2-9 (Robinson), 3-37 (Chamberlain), 4-61 (Crouch), 5-87 (Williams), 6-119 (Lowings), 7-161 (Smith), 8-184 (Morley, 88.5 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoyles	23.5	9	46	4	-	-
Wilson	29	10	40	0	-	-
Fairey	13	3	31	1	-	-
Gadsby	23	6	60	3	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RF Hawes	c Smith b Chamberlain	9			1	-
DHR Fairey	not out	63			7	1
CA Morris	c Johnson b Williams	13			-	1
E Davis	not out	23			-	-
RA Gautrey	did not bat
J Hoyles	did not bat
TS Hale	did not bat
MA Crouch	did not bat
CB Gadsby	did not bat
R Nunn	did not bat
AR Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 67 minutes, 25 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Hawes), 2-44 (Morris)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meakin	2	0	5	0	-	-
Johnson	4	2	10	0	-	-
Chamberlain	7	1	27	1	-	-
Williams	9	0	49	1	-	-
Durley	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Durley	not out	39			2	-
BD Robinson	c Crouch b Wilson	0			-	-
J Smith	c Gadsby b Hoyles	9			-	-
W Chamberlain	c Nunn b Gadsby	3			-	-
D Meakin	b Hoyles	42		50	4	-
KRG Williams	not out	0			-	-
RD Lowings	did not bat
*JAR Oliver	did not bat
TGA Morley	did not bat
+MW Crouch	did not bat
BN Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 29 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Robinson), 2-16 (Smith), 3-19 (Chamberlain), 4-94 (Meakin)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoyles	9	1	24	2	-	-
Wilson	6	0	11	1	-	-
Gadsby	8	0	26	1	-	-
Morris	5	0	29	0	-	-
Crouch	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 50 in 52 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 190 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire second innings: 50 in 41 minutes
--> E Davis (1) 100 in 241 minutes
--> RD Lowings (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> JAR Oliver (1) passed 6000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 46
--> E Davis (2) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> D Meakin (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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