minc7405	Norfolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 28th, 29th July 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Norfolk 3; Buckinghamshire 1
Umpires	RE Barnard, BE Knight
Close of play day 1

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IN Battelley	c Poll b Gooch	4
RW Ormiston	c Edwards b Gillott	55
RDP Huggins	c Gillott b Gooch	10
FLQ Handley	run out	110
*DG Pilch	c Smith b Gillott	40
WJ Elliott	c Poll b Gillott	7
GW Wilton	c Jones b Gillott	9
TI Moore	not out	18
BL Battelley	not out	1
+DE Mattocks	did not bat
E Wright	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-34, 3-119, 4-207, 5-219, 6-227, 7-247

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gooch	13	0	52	2	-	-
Bailey	14	4	65	0	-	-
Gillott	22	4	70	4	-	-
Champniss	12	2	59	0	-	-
Jones	2	0	8	0	1	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Jones	c Moore b Wright	11
WN Slack	c Wright b Ormiston	60
SE York	c IN Battelley b Ormiston	23
DHE Benning	lbw b Ormiston	14
DE Smith	c Handley b BL Battelley	21
JKS Edwards	c IN Battelley b Wilton	8
*+BW Poll	c Mattocks b Wilton	50
RR Bailey	b BL Battelley	1
LJ Champniss	not out	13
EK Gillott	did not bat
PA Gooch	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 83.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-94, 3-101, 4-111, 5-130, 6-157, 7-160, 8-208 (83.3 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	17	5	41	1	-	-
Moore	6	1	13	0	-	-
BL Battelley	25	8	58	2	-	-
Ormiston	20	6	63	3	-	-
Wilton	15.3	7	26	2	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Ormiston	c Poll b Smith	34
FLQ Handley	c Gillott b Jones	5
IN Battelley	b Smith	19
*DG Pilch	c and b Gillott	3
RDP Huggins	not out	48
WJ Elliott	c Slack b Champniss	45
GW Wilton	run out	5
TI Moore	not out	16
BL Battelley	did not bat
+DE Mattocks	did not bat
E Wright	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-65, 3-66, 4-68, 5-133, 6-154

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gooch	6	0	31	0	-	-
Jones	4	0	11	1	1	-
Smith	10	2	15	2	-	-
Gillott	24	11	60	1	-	-
Champniss	12	3	40	1	-	-
York	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Jones	c Pilch b BL Battelley	15
WN Slack	b Wright	0
SE York	st Mattocks b BL Battelley	4
DHE Benning	c Handley b Moore	72
DE Smith	b Wright	75
JKS Edwards	c Ormiston b Moore	0
*+BW Poll	c Mattocks b Moore	13
RR Bailey	not out	7
PA Gooch	run out	0
EK Gillott	c Moore b Ormiston	0
LJ Champniss	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, 54 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-15, 3-19, 4-159, 5-161, 6-173, 7-187, 8-189, 9-189

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	12	3	26	2	1	-
Moore	16	6	33	3	-	-
BL Battelley	13	2	81	2	-	-
Ormiston	11	3	39	1	-	-
Wilton	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FLQ Handley (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DHE Benning (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DE Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Buxks, set to make 238 in 105 minutes plus 20 overs, eventually escaped with a draw. Handley hit
15 x 4 in his 110 and Ormiston 7 x 4 in his 55. Slack's 60 contained 9 x 4 and Poll's 50 also had 9 x 4.
Benning hit 1 x 6 and 9 x 4 in his 72 and Smith 10 x 4 in his 75.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook