minc8459	Hertfordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1987 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Lucas Lane, Hitchin on 5th, 6th July 1987 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Bedfordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Hertfordshire 3; Bedfordshire 10
Umpires	BE Knight, MK Reed
Close of play day 1

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Herbert	c Hoare b Lester	1
NPG Wright	c Moulding b Earl	83
SP Henderson	c and b Lester	6
BG Evans	b Morgan	25
EP Neal	c Fordham b Earl	53
MCG Wright	st Randall b Earl	30
TS Smith	b Morgan	3
MWC Olley	not out	3
WG Merry	not out	12
RJ Hailey	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-98, 4-158, 5-197, 6-213, 7-217

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Renshaw	6	2	11	0	-	-
Lester	7	2	30	2	-	-
Standring	8	3	26	0	-	-
Moulding	5	2	10	0	-	-
Earl	15	1	63	3	-	-
Morgan	14	0	78	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Fordham	c Smith b Hailey	56
NA Stanley	b Ilott	14
PDB Hoare	st Olley b Hailey	52
M Morgan	c Olley b Merry	1
TC Thomas	c NPG Wright b Merry	56
AJ Moulding	c MCG Wright b Hailey	22
RDO Earl	not out	8
SJ Renshaw	not out	0
MR Lester	did not bat
K Standring	did not bat
NS Randall	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-108, 3-112, 4-142, 5-192, 6-220

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	8	3	14	1	-	-
Merry	11	2	41	2	-	-
Neal	3	0	9	0	-	-
Hailey	20	4	87	3	-	-
Herbert	13	2	59	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Herbert	c Moulding b Standring	13
NPG Wright	st Randall b Morgan	53
SP Henderson	c Morgan b Standring	6
BG Evans	c Standring b Renshaw	93
EP Neal	c Stanley b Morgan	3
MCG Wright	c Fordham b Renshaw	51
TS Smith	b Renshaw	5
MWC Olley	not out	2
WG Merry	did not bat
RJ Hailey	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 70.4 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-39, 3-117, 4-121, 5-208, 6-232, 7-237 (70.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Renshaw	18.4	4	43	3	-	-
Lester	11	4	33	0	-	-
Earl	16	3	58	0	-	-
Standring	13	1	57	2	-	-
Morgan	12	3	38	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Fordham	not out	126
NS Randall	b Merry	6
NA Stanley	c Smith b Hailey	50
PDB Hoare	c MCG Wright b Smith	6
TC Thomas	not out	48
M Morgan	did not bat
AJ Moulding	did not bat
RDO Earl	did not bat
SJ Renshaw	did not bat
MR Lester	did not bat
K Standring	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 54.3 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-49, 3-134

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	7	0	41	0	-	-
Merry	5	2	11	1	-	-
Smith	12	1	41	1	-	-
Herbert	11	0	62	0	-	-
Hailey	19	2	75	1	-	-
NPG Wright	0.3	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Hertfordshire first innings adds 2 runs over
--> MR Lester made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SP Henderson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> PDB Hoare (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BG Evans (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MCG Wright (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Fordham (2) passed his previous highest score of 123 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Fordham (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 32
--> NA Stanley (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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