minc7491	Berkshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Courage's Cricket Ground, Reading on 16th, 17th July 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Berkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Berkshire 3; Buckinghamshire 10
Umpires	VM Blunt, TW Higginson
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Johnston	not out	119
EHW Heape	b Gooch	30
DCR Hall	c Poll b Parry	35
FW Neate	b Lyon	11
*MD Mence	c Parry b Lyon	9
ML Simmons	b Lyon	6
+GEJ Child	did not bat
FC Baines	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
JH Jones	did not bat
FR Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 85.2 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-159, 3-188, 4-202, 5-218 (85.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bond	14	4	24	0	-	-
Gooch	15	4	39	1	-	-
Parry	30	11	70	1	-	-
Lyon	24.2	4	72	3	-	-
Feasey	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Cordaroy	not out	84
JB Turner	b Lewington	15
IB Feasey	c Child b Matthews	6
DE Smith	c Johnston b Lewington	7
MD Sear	c Jones b Lewington	15
JKS Edwards	c Child b Jones	21
*+BW Poll	b Jones	10
CJ Parry	hit wkt b Matthews	6
RE Bond	b Baines	7
PA Gooch	b Baines	0
AW Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 78.3 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-46, 3-55, 4-98, 5-129, 6-141, 7-166, 8-179, 9-179 (78.3 ov)

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	13	2	40	2	-	-
Baines	10.3	2	18	2	-	-
Lewington	31	10	71	3	-	-
Matthews	24	11	42	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Johnston	lbw b Bond	5
EHW Heape	c Parry b Gooch	7
DCR Hall	b Gooch	0
FW Neate	c Smith b Bond	2
*MD Mence	b Lyon	11
ML Simmons	c Turner b Gooch	8
+GEJ Child	c Smith b Bond	16
FC Baines	not out	21
PJ Lewington	b Bond	9
JH Jones	c Turner b Lyon	1
FR Matthews	b Gooch	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-12, 4-16, 5-30, 6-51, 7-75, 8-87, 9-88, 10-89 (45 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bond	16	4	29	4	-	-
Gooch	18	8	35	4	-	-
Parry	4	2	5	0	-	-
Lyon	7	2	12	2	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TM Cordaroy	lbw b Baines	7
JB Turner	b Lewington	34
DE Smith	b Lewington	37
JKS Edwards	c Matthews b Lewington	29
MD Sear	c Simmons b Lewington	11
IB Feasey	b Matthews	3
*+BW Poll	c Heape b Lewington	0
CJ Parry	not out	4
RE Bond	not out	0
PA Gooch	did not bat
AW Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 40.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-76, 3-85, 4-116, 5-120, 6-121, 7-124

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	6	1	37	0	-	-
Baines	7	1	23	1	-	-
Lewington	14	3	31	5	-	-
Matthews	9.2	3	24	1	-	-
Mence	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FR Matthews made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Parry made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Johnston (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TM Cordaroy (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Lyon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 1-19)

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