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| Venue | Lancot Park, Totternhoe on 11th, 12th August 1996 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cumberland won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Bedfordshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Cumberland 0 |
| Umpires | J Ilott, JM Tythcott |
| Scorers | CB Bland (Cumberland), P Finlay (Bedfordshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Cumberland (1) ?/7 (Knox ?*, Scothern ?*) |
| Bedfordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Larkins | not out | 101 | 165 | 173 | 11 | 1 | |
| GP Swann | c O'Shaughnessy b Beech | 86 | 73 | 91 | 14 | 1 | |
| CK Bullen | b Fielding | 12 | 16 | 16 | 2 | - | |
| AJ Trott | not out | 31 | 43 | 64 | 5 | - | |
| *RN Dalton | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| SDL Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| ZA Sher | did not bat | ||||||
| MR White | did not bat | ||||||
| +AC Garratt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 173 minutes, 49.3 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-129 (Swann), 2-146 (Bullen) | |||||||
| Cumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sharp | 16 | 1 | 67 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scothern | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Parkinson | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fielding | 17.3 | 1 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beech | 9 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cumberland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AD Mawson | c Dalton b Williams | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| DJ Pearson | c Swann b White | 9 | 11 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| JR Moyes | b White | 7 | 31 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| SJ O'Shaughnessy | c Garratt b White | 8 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| ST Knox | c White b Sher | 41 | 137 | 5 | - | ||
| *+SM Dutton | c Williams b Dalton | 18 | 34 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| P Beech | b Dalton | 1 | 15 | - | - | ||
| JM Fielding | b Dalton | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| MG Scothern | not out | 35 | 95 | 4 | - | ||
| MA Sharp | b Sher | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| MJ Parkinson | not out | 2 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb, 6 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 60.3 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Mawson), 2-11 (Pearson), 3-24 (O'Shaughnessy), 4-29 (Moyes), 5-72 (Dutton), 6-84 (Beech), 7-84 (Fielding), 8-112 (Knox), 9-114 (Sharp) | |||||||
| Bedfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| White | 12 | 5 | 24 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Williams | 12 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dalton | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sher | 12.3 | 3 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bullen | 14 | 3 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedfordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Larkins | lbw b Scothern | 7 | 23 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| GP Swann | lbw b Sharp | 15 | 29 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| CK Bullen | c Dutton b Sharp | 9 | 41 | 54 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Trott | c O'Shaughnessy b Fielding | 44 | 78 | 104 | 3 | 2 | |
| *RN Dalton | c and b Fielding | 26 | 30 | 37 | 4 | - | |
| RC Williams | not out | 30 | 34 | 43 | - | 1 | |
| ZA Sher | not out | 9 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| SDL Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| MR White | did not bat | ||||||
| +AC Garratt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 160 minutes, 41 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Larkins), 2-25 (Swann), 3-48 (Bullen), 4-94 (Dalton), 5-123 (Trott) | |||||||
| Cumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sharp | 13 | 4 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Scothern | 14 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Beech | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fielding | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cumberland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AD Mawson | c Garratt b White | 10 | 21 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Pearson | not out | 29 | 100 | 116 | 4 | - | |
| ST Knox | c and b Trott | 40 | 85 | 89 | 4 | - | |
| MJ Parkinson | not out | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| JR Moyes | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ O'Shaughnessy | did not bat | ||||||
| *+SM Dutton | did not bat | ||||||
| P Beech | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Fielding | did not bat | ||||||
| MG Scothern | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Sharp | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 116 minutes, 35 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Mawson), 2-82 (Knox) | |||||||
| Bedfordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| White | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Dalton | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swann | 8 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bullen | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Trott | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sher | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |