minc8536	Cumberland v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1988 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Parkside Road, Kendal on 31st May, 1st June 1988 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Hertfordshire won by 39 runs
Points	Cumberland 3; Hertfordshire 10
Umpires	KS Shenton, TG Wilson
Scorers	RA Duckett (Cumberland), JM Hind (Hertfordshire)
Close of play day 1

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJT Miller	b Scothern	0
NPG Wright	c Moyes b Scothern	15
SP Henderson	c Dutton b Scothern	2
BG Evans	c Clarke b Wall	24
MCG Wright	c Dutton b Wall	18
*EP Neal	b Reidy	27
+MWC Olley	b Woods	8
TS Smith	c Moyes b Woods	1
WG Merry	c Dutton b Ellwood	50
D Surridge	not out	2
RJ Hailey	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 73.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-27, 4-68, 5-70, 6-79, 7-81, 8-137, 9-163 (73.3 ov)

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scothern	19	5	50	3	-	-
Wall	23	4	55	2	-	-
Reidy	17	9	26	1	-	-
Woods	13	6	21	2	-	-
Ellwood	1.3	1	4	1	-	-

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Cumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Sharp	c Smith b Neal	0
CJ Stockdale	c Olley b Neal	1
KA Hayes	lbw b Smith	55
BW Reidy	lbw b Smith	75
GJ Clarke	not out	57
S Wall	c Miller b Smith	3
MG Scothern	not out	0
*JR Moyes	did not bat
MD Woods	did not bat
+SM Dutton	did not bat
R Ellwood	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 41 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-8, 3-104, 4-155, 5-185

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Surridge	10	1	40	0	-	-
Neal	6	2	22	2	-	-
Smith	10	2	45	3	-	-
Merry	6	1	32	0	-	-
Hailey	9	2	52	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NPG Wright	b Woods	0
AJT Miller	c Reidy b Ellwood	61
BG Evans	lbw b Woods	3
SP Henderson	c Wall b Ellwood	39
MCG Wright	st Dutton b Ellwood	4
*EP Neal	b Woods	24
+MWC Olley	b Woods	2
WG Merry	st Dutton b Ellwood	2
TS Smith	c Wall b Ellwood	5
D Surridge	not out	0
RJ Hailey	c Wall b Ellwood	4
Extras	(7 b, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-20, 3-88, 4-115, 5-116, 6-139, 7-142, 8-147, 9-148, 10-152 (67.3 ov)

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scothern	10	5	13	0	-	-
Wall	3	0	10	0	-	-
Woods	24	8	46	4	-	-
Reidy	12	4	28	0	-	-
Ellwood	18.3	6	48	6	-	-

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Cumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Sharp	c MCG Wright b Merry	0
CJ Stockdale	lbw b Merry	18
KA Hayes	lbw b Merry	14
BW Reidy	lbw b Merry	6
GJ Clarke	c Olley b Surridge	5
*JR Moyes	c Evans b Merry	0
MD Woods	c Henderson b Surridge	0
+SM Dutton	b Merry	0
S Wall	c Henderson b Hailey	24
MG Scothern	c MCG Wright b Hailey	11
R Ellwood	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-38, 4-41, 5-43, 6-43, 7-43, 8-43, 9-76, 10-81 (37.3 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merry	13	3	31	6	-	-
Surridge	15	3	30	2	-	-
Hailey	5.3	2	6	2	-	-
Smith	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Merry (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Reidy (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 67
--> GJ Clarke (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 55
--> AJT Miller (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KA Hayes made his debut for Cumberland in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TS Smith reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cumberland first innings
--> R Ellwood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> R Ellwood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire second innings

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