minc5717	Norfolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 2nd, 3rd August 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Norfolk 0; Buckinghamshire 10
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 68/3

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Blofeld	c NV Butler b Smith	20
ER Hall	b Smith	15
EG Witherden	lbw b Harris	10
*WJ Edrich	b KWA Butler	17
AEH Rutter	c Hawkins b Mills	3
GG Fiddler	b Huntley	5
CT Radley	c Hardy b Smith	23
DG Pilch	not out	27
AG Coomb	st Hawkins b Smith	35
TI Moore	c and b Smith	0
WD Hancock	c Johns b Smith	3
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-38, 3-63, 4-63, 5-71, 6-75, 7-114, 8-155, 9-155, 10-165 (79.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	19	9	39	1	-	1
Mills	17	4	36	1	-	-
Smith	23.2	10	45	6	-	-
Huntley	8	3	19	1	-	-
KWA Butler	12	7	19	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Huntley	c Coomb b Hancock	39
NV Butler	c Edrich b Hancock	14
G Atkins	lbw b Moore	11
DFV Johns	lbw b Coomb	39
FW Harris	c Hall b Edrich	15
*PLB Stoddart	c Moore b Edrich	0
MJ Hardy	c Blofeld b Coomb	18
KWA Butler	not out	15
CW Smith	c Coomb b Edrich	2
+FEJ Hawkins	not out	4
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 48.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-60, 3-68, 4-116, 5-116, 6-136, 7-149, 8-156

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	14.4	2	60	2	-	-
Hancock	15	5	34	2	-	-
Moore	10	4	27	1	-	-
Edrich	9	1	36	3	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Blofeld	c Mills b Harris	21
ER Hall	c Atkins b Mills	19
EG Witherden	run out	16
*WJ Edrich	c Hardy b Mills	1
AEH Rutter	c Huntley b Smith	11
GG Fiddler	c Hardy b KWA Butler	31
CT Radley	c Hawkins b Atkins	33
DG Pilch	not out	32
AG Coomb	c Johns b Smith	4
TI Moore	not out	1
WD Hancock	did not bat
Extras	(17 b)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-41, 3-47, 4-69, 5-70, 6-118, 7-156, 8-177

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	9	3	27	1	-	-
Mills	10	3	29	2	-	-
Smith	11	1	44	2	-	-
Huntley	7	3	13	0	-	-
Johns	4	0	16	0	-	-
KWA Butler	13	3	21	1	-	-
Atkins	5	0	19	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Huntley	lbw b Edrich	40
NV Butler	c Coomb b Hancock	3
G Atkins	c Blofeld b Edrich	45
FW Harris	not out	43
MJ Hardy	b Edrich	12
*PLB Stoddart	c Coomb b Moore	16
DFV Johns	not out	25
KWA Butler	did not bat
CW Smith	did not bat
+FEJ Hawkins	did not bat
JWC Mills	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 42 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-77, 3-90, 4-110, 5-137

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coomb	6	0	20	0	-	-
Hancock	4	0	22	1	-	-
Moore	17	0	94	1	-	-
Edrich	15	2	48	3	-	-

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Notes
--> CT Radley (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Pilch (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WD Hancock reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings

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Bucks, set 186 to win, won with eight minutes to spare.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook