minc9373	Cambridgeshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1997 (Eastern Division)
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 8th, 9th July 1997 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Cambridgeshire won by 5 runs
Points	Cambridgeshire 19 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Bedfordshire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DRM Crowson, J Ilott
Scorers	P Finlay (Bedfordshire), R Stilbeck (Cambridgeshire)
Close of play day 1	Cambridgeshire (2) ?/2 (Norman ?, Durant ?)

Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*NT Gadsby	b Bullen	12	37	46	1	-
RAE Martin	c Larkins b Bullen	22	45	52	3	-
SA Kellett	c Sneath b Bullen	50	85	93	3	-
JSG Norman	st Sandford b Roberts	53	89	70	5	-
JDR Benson	c and b Roberts	7	7	4	1	-
BTP Donelan	c Hoare b Fantham	28	33	39	1	-
TS Smith	c Mercer b Roberts	24	15	14	2	1
JPT Latham	lbw b Fantham	9	14	22	-	-
C Clark	not out	4	11	9	-	-
J Sparrow	did not bat
+CD Durant	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 178 minutes, 56 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Gadsby), 2-37 (Martin), 3-127 (Norman), 4-134 (Benson), 5-157 (Kellett), 6-187 (Smith), 7-206 (Donelan), 8-217 (Latham, 56 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Degnan	5	0	14	0	-	-
Fantham	7	2	22	2	-	-
Bullen	21	4	78	3	-	-
Roberts	21	2	89	3	-	-
Trott	2	1	6	0	-	-

Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Roberts	c Benson b Sparrow	62	93	114	5	-
W Larkins	c Sparrow b Donelan	112	137	147	10	4
DJM Mercer	b Donelan	10	30	25	-	-
CK Bullen	not out	22	38	39	3	-
*PDB Hoare	b Donelan	8	10	12	-	-
AJ Trott	not out	8	13	19	1	-
BJ Young	did not bat
CP Degnan	did not bat
+GD Sandford	did not bat
IJ Fantham	did not bat
WE Sneath	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 180 minutes, 53 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-158 (Roberts), 2-194 (Mercer), 3-203 (Larkins), 4-219 (Hoare)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sparrow	11	1	61	1	-	-
Latham	6	0	24	0	-	-
Smith	16	2	62	0	-	-
Donelan	15	2	57	3	-	3
Clark	5	0	24	0	-	-

Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BTP Donelan	lbw b Degnan	3	10	16	-	-
RAE Martin	lbw b Degnan	8	36	34	1	-
JSG Norman	b Roberts	22	53	60	2	-
+CD Durant	b Roberts	13	50	67	-	-
SA Kellett	st Sandford b Roberts	18	32	37	1	-
JDR Benson	c Young b Degnan	45	72	79	2	-
*NT Gadsby	c Mercer b Roberts	0	15	19	-	-
JPT Latham	c Mercer b Degnan	30	54	56	3	-
TS Smith	b Roberts	43	48	60	5	-
C Clark	b Fantham	16	26	28	3	-
J Sparrow	not out	0	9	21	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 243 minutes, 67.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Donelan), 2-21 (Martin), 3-53 (Norman), 4-72 (Durant), 5-81 (Kellett), 6-97 (Gadsby), 7-152 (Benson), 8-163 (Latham), 9-197 (Clark), 10-219 (Smith, 67.3 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Degnan	15	4	54	4	-	1
Fantham	13	6	30	1	1	-
Roberts	24.3	3	73	5	-	-
Bullen	15	2	45	0	-	-

Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Roberts	c Gadsby b Sparrow	12	28	37	1	-
W Larkins	c Latham b Donelan	11	25	24	2	-
DJM Mercer	run out	89	161	200	6	1
CK Bullen	b Latham	21	43	47	3	-
*PDB Hoare	run out	32	81	97	3	-
AJ Trott	b Smith	18	26	28	-	1
BJ Young	c Durant b Benson	0	2	3	-	-
CP Degnan	b Benson	0	1	1	-	-
+GD Sandford	b Benson	1	8	14	-	-
IJ Fantham	b Benson	0	1	3	-	-
WE Sneath	not out	1	1	3	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Larkins), 2-30 (Roberts), 3-61 (Bullen), 4-146 (Hoare), 5-188 (Trott), 6-189 (Young), 7-189 (Degnan), 8-193 (Mercer), 9-193 (Fantham), 10-194 (Sandford, 61.5 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sparrow	10	1	36	1	-	-
Donelan	16	5	55	1	-	3
Smith	23	4	59	1	-	-
Latham	7	2	20	1	-	-
Benson	5.5	0	21	4	-	-

Notes
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 50 in 20.2 overs, 71 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 100 in 32.5 overs, 105 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 150 in 44.4 overs, 138 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 200 in 52.2 overs, 165 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 50 in 8.3 overs, 31 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 21.1 overs, 73 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 150 in 32.2 overs, 107 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 200 in 42.4 overs, 143 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire second innings: 50 in 19.1 overs, 73 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire second innings: 100 in 39.1 overs, 139 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire second innings: 150 in 51.1 overs, 178 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire second innings: 200 in 65.1 overs, 235 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 50 in 20.2 overs, 68 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 100 in 41.4 overs, 147 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 150 in 53.1 overs, 191 minutes
--> JPT Latham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Sparrow made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Sneath made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Sparrow made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SA Kellett (1) 50 in 90 minutes
--> JSG Norman (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JSG Norman (1) 50 in 70 minutes
--> BTP Donelan (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> AR Roberts (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Roberts (1) 50 in 94 minutes
--> W Larkins (1) 50 in 71 minutes
--> W Larkins (1) 100 in 127 minutes
--> C Clark (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJM Mercer (2) 50 in 150 minutes
--> DJM Mercer made his debut for Bedfordshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Roberts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed TS Smith in the Cambridgeshire first innings (previous best was 2-42)
--> AR Roberts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed NT Gadsby in the Cambridgeshire second innings (previous best was 3-89)
--> AR Roberts achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire second innings
--> CP Degnan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire second innings (previous best was 4-78)
--> JDR Benson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed IJ Fantham in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-34)