minc6817	Bedfordshire v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1970 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Goldington Bury, Bedford on 11th, 12th, 13th September 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Bedfordshire won on better record in qualifying)
Umpires	GC Wilson, RT Wilson
Scorers	AJ Pearce (Bedfordshire), C Stainsby (Lincolnshire)
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 170/9
Close of play day 2	No play

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Cox	run out	29
PJ Webley	c Fearnley b Ramadhin	11
DJF Hoare	b Ramadhin	67
WJ Bushby	b Ramadhin	2
AD Curtis	b Ramadhin	0
TC Thomas	c Robinson b Ramadhin	7
+AW Durley	b Price	24
BD Robinson	b Ramadhin	11
GM Jarrett	b Ramadhin	0
*J Smith	not out	18
TGA Morley	c Robinson b Barnes	12
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 129.3 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Webley), 2-80 (Cox), 3-92 (Bushby), 4-106 (Curtis), 5-117 (Hoare), 6-126 (Thomas), 7-142 (Robinson), 8-142 (Jarrett), 9-160 (Durley), 10-192 (Morley, 129.3 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plaskitt	20	6	36	0	-	-
Evans	35	19	35	0	-	-
Ramadhin	43	2	55	7	-	-
Barnes	27.3	11	54	1	-	-
Price	4	3	1	1	-	-

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Fearnley	not out	24
+G Robinson	c Smith b Morley	0
T Johnson	c and b Bushby	5
HM Winfield	b Smith	4
DA Buckthorpe	b Smith	0
H Pougher	not out	9
*HJ Price	did not bat
JB Evans	did not bat
G Plaskitt	did not bat
S Ramadhin	did not bat
TH Barnes	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 24 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Fearnley), 2-7 (Johnson), 3-24 (Winfield), 4-25 (Buckthorpe)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morley	10	7	5	1	-	-
Bushby	5	1	16	1	-	-
Smith	7	2	16	2	-	-
Jarrett	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Cox	not out	5
PJ Webley	not out	3
DJF Hoare	did not bat
WJ Bushby	did not bat
AD Curtis	did not bat
TC Thomas	did not bat
+AW Durley	did not bat
BD Robinson	did not bat
GM Jarrett	did not bat
*J Smith	did not bat
TGA Morley	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 4 overs)	9

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plaskitt	2	1	3	0	-	1
Evans	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 50 in 36.5 overs, 100 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 65.3 overs, 187 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 150 in 107 overs, 298 minutes
--> AW Durley (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> S Ramadhin reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when he dismissed WJ Bushby, his 2nd wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings

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