minc7590	Berkshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Courage's Cricket Ground, Reading on 15th, 16th July 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 1; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	DJ Dennis, EM Seneviratne
Close of play day 1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PDM Ashton	c Harvey b Lewington	23
TM Cordaroy	lbw b Lewington	22
IB Feasey	b Richardson	60
JB Turner	b Jones	55
RE Hayward	not out	53
JKS Edwards	not out	39
*+BW Poll	did not bat
RR Bailey	did not bat
RE Bond	did not bat
PA Gooch	did not bat
AW Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 65.2 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-58, 3-155, 4-185

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	17	5	63	1	-	-
Mence	5	0	23	0	-	-
Lewington	16	4	43	2	-	-
Richardson	18	4	61	1	-	-
Watts	5	0	33	0	-	-
Harvey	4.2	0	29	0	-	-

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Johnston	c Cordaroy b Bailey	27
JF Harvey	c Lyon b Gooch	31
AR Day	b Hayward	64
PA Baker	c Bond b Lyon	15
*MD Mence	b Bond	22
FW Neate	c Feasey b Gooch	43
+GEJ Child	not out	13
PW Watts	not out	0
PJ Lewington	did not bat
JH Jones	did not bat
MK Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-76, 3-99, 4-152, 5-184, 6-225

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gooch	14	5	38	2	-	-
Bond	18	4	41	1	-	-
Bailey	19	3	38	1	-	-
Hayward	16	4	37	1	-	-
Lyon	12	3	27	1	-	-
Turner	5	1	30	0	-	-
Ashton	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PDM Ashton	c Richardson b Lewington	50
TM Cordaroy	c Richardson b Watts	44
IB Feasey	c Neate b Lewington	20
JB Turner	c Child b Lewington	37
RE Hayward	c Neate b Watts	39
JKS Edwards	not out	11
*+BW Poll	not out	1
RR Bailey	did not bat
RE Bond	did not bat
PA Gooch	did not bat
AW Lyon	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-121, 3-123, 4-185, 5-201

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	7	0	36	0	-	-
Mence	4	0	13	0	-	-
Lewington	23	6	72	3	-	-
Watts	20	2	81	2	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Johnston	b Bond	2
JF Harvey	c Edwards b Bond	2
AR Day	b Bailey	25
PA Baker	b Bond	13
*MD Mence	not out	27
FW Neate	not out	13
+GEJ Child	did not bat
PW Watts	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
JH Jones	did not bat
MK Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 39 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-11, 3-43, 4-43

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gooch	11	2	21	0	-	-
Bond	8	4	8	3	-	-
Bailey	9	3	22	1	-	-
Hayward	4	1	17	0	-	-
Lyon	7	4	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Turner (1) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> RE Hayward (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Harvey made his debut for Berkshire in Minor Counties Championship matches

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