minc6285	Bedfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1966
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 13th, 14th July 1966 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	MJ Downer, SH Moore
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 113/2 (Hoare 41*, Dawson 16*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	b Beck	30
P Tunnicliffe	lbw b Beck	23
M Perkins	b Beck	5
PA Brown	lbw b Smith	2
*JT Ikin	c Smith b Brown	36
PM Shardlow	c Hoare b Smith	2
NGW Banks	c Smith b Brown	17
CV Lindo	c Brown b Smith	5
RH Downend	c Millman b Brown	32
+LJ Rolinson	c Chamberlain b Beck	72
PR Harvey	not out	4
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-59, 3-62, 4-64, 5-67, 6-105, 7-113, 8-129, 9-182, 10-238 (96.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beck	23.1	4	68	4
Mordue	13	0	44	0
Smith	33	15	44	3
Brown	27	6	72	3

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+G Millman	b Banks	52
PM Taylor	c Ikin b Harvey	2
DJF Hoare	c Ikin b Downend	72
G Dawson	b Harvey	18
W Chamberlain	not out	61
BD Robinson	c and b Downend	1
FL Moore	not out	32
*J Smith	did not bat
JM Mordue	did not bat
TJ Brown	did not bat
TWH Beck	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-86, 3-116, 4-166, 5-168

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harvey	18	2	63	2
Lindo	23	0	51	0
Downend	17	2	39	2
Ikin	15	3	40	0
Banks	12	2	40	1
Tunnicliffe	2	0	5	0

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	run out	30
P Tunnicliffe	c Robinson b Brown	60
M Perkins	run out	41
CV Lindo	c Chamberlain b Brown	37
+LJ Rolinson	lbw b Smith	12
NGW Banks	not out	15
RH Downend	c Beck b Smith	8
PA Brown	did not bat
*JT Ikin	did not bat
PM Shardlow	did not bat
PR Harvey	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 45.1 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-95, 3-167, 4-174, 5-186, 6-210 (45.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beck	10	2	44	0
Mordue	11	2	38	0
Brown	13	1	69	2
Smith	11.1	2	52	2

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PM Taylor	not out	73
+G Millman	c Ikin b Harvey	12
G Dawson	b Lindo	15
BD Robinson	c Ikin b Banks	12
*J Smith	not out	5
DJF Hoare	did not bat
W Chamberlain	did not bat
FL Moore	did not bat
JM Mordue	did not bat
TJ Brown	did not bat
TWH Beck	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(3 wickets, 26 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-67, 3-103

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindo	11	2	44	1
Harvey	4	0	26	1
Downend	6	0	36	0
Banks	4	1	11	1
Ikin	1	1	0	0

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Notes
--> PM Shardlow made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JM Mordue made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Downend (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LJ Rolinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LJ Rolinson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> P Tunnicliffe (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Perkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CV Lindo (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PM Taylor (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TWH Beck achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-83)

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