minc6592	Buckinghamshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1968
Venue	Shardeloes, Amersham on 25th, 26th August 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 11 runs
Points	Buckinghamshire 10; Bedfordshire 3
Umpires	TC Burrell, SH Moore
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 197 all out

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KPWJ McAdam	b Bushby	3
NV Butler	c Durley b Davison	9
JB Turner	c Davison b Bushby	2
G Atkins	b Jarrett	27
CH Hirst	c Taylor b Jarrett	7
*JKE Slack	lbw b Smith	21
CJ Parry	c Darlow b Jarrett	5
FW Harris	c Taylor b Jarrett	50
+BW Poll	c and b Smith	6
AC Waite	not out	13
BG Sidaway	c and b Jarrett	1
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-17, 4-35, 5-58, 6-66, 7-90, 8-120, 9-143, 10-150 (62.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	8	1	18	1	-	5
Bushby	9	3	18	2	-	-
Jarrett	23.4	6	69	5	-	-
Smith	22	7	39	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJF Hoare	lbw b Harris	16
PM Taylor	lbw b Parry	4
FL Moore	c Butler b Parry	7
R Cox	c Poll b Harris	5
+AW Durley	c Turner b Waite	23
BD Robinson	b Parry	28
GD Darlow	not out	31
WJ Bushby	lbw b Parry	14
*J Smith	b Harris	29
IJ Davison	b Harris	16
GM Jarrett	b Waite	6
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-35, 3-39, 4-54, 5-74, 6-101, 7-129, 8-168, 9-186, 10-197 (66.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	15	2	51	4	-	4
Waite	18.2	2	45	2	-	-
Parry	15	7	42	4	-	-
Sidaway	18	8	41	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KPWJ McAdam	c Durley b Bushby	20
NV Butler	c Durley b Davison	5
JB Turner	c Jarrett b Davison	14
G Atkins	b Davison	45
CH Hirst	c Taylor b Davison	1
*JKE Slack	lbw b Smith	56
CJ Parry	b Jarrett	30
FW Harris	st Durley b Jarrett	16
+BW Poll	c Durley b Smith	3
AC Waite	c Bushby b Jarrett	2
BG Sidaway	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-29, 3-42, 4-50, 5-121, 6-175, 7-195, 8-200, 9-203, 10-206 (75.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	13	1	51	4	-	-
Bushby	12	3	37	1	-	-
Smith	27	16	32	2	-	-
Jarrett	23.3	5	72	3	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJF Hoare	c Slack b Parry	55
PM Taylor	c Parry b Harris	5
BD Robinson	b Harris	19
FL Moore	c Turner b Harris	15
R Cox	lbw b Parry	6
WJ Bushby	c Poll b Harris	24
+AW Durley	b Harris	2
*J Smith	c Waite b Parry	10
IJ Davison	c Poll b Parry	2
GD Darlow	run out	1
GM Jarrett	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-77, 3-81, 4-94, 5-120, 6-130, 7-131, 8-143, 9-143, 10-148 (47.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waite	8	0	37	0	-	-
Harris	17.4	5	33	5	-	2
Parry	16	2	53	4	-	-
Sidaway	6	2	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NV Butler made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CH Hirst made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Bucks won this match with four minutes to spare when Atkins secured a run out with a direct hit after
Bedfordshire had been left 150 minutes to score 160. Harris hit 8 x 4 in his 50; Slack's 56 contained 4 x 4
Hoare hit 1 x 6 and 7 x 4 in his 56. This was the first championship match to be played at Amersham.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook