minc9784	Bedfordshire v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 2002 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Goldington Bury, Bedford on 28th, 29th, 30th July 2002 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lincolnshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Bedfordshire 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Lincolnshire 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	NL Bainton, PW Joy
Scorers	S Clayton (Lincolnshire), RV Heley (Bedfordshire)
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 34/3 (DJ Roberts ?, Shankar ?)
Close of play day 2	Lincolnshire (2) 143/6 (Fell 23, Burford 7; 42 overs)

Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Heath	lbw b AR Roberts	12	45	5	2	-
RWJ Howitt	c Rashid b AR Roberts	61	154	156	10	-
MC Dobson	lbw b AR Roberts	0	7	5	-	-
J Trower	b Rashid	62	133	142	8	-
*J Clarke	b AR Roberts	0	8	11	-	-
S Webb	lbw b AR Roberts	0	2	1	-	-
MA Fell	c and b Pack	42	79	101	7	-
+OE Burford	lbw b AR Roberts	7	9	11	1	-
DJ Pipes	c Mercer b AR Roberts	1	12	8	-	-
SJ Airey	not out	11	61	81	-	-
JR Davies	b Rashid	37	47	34	6	-
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	24
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Heath), 2-33 (Dobson), 3-116 (Howitt), 4-126 (Clarke), 5-126 (Webb), 6-166 (Trower), 7-177 (Burford), 8-181 (Pipes), 9-211 (Fell), 10-257 (Davies)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rashid	15	5	46	2	1	3
MW Patterson	5	1	16	0	1	1
AR Roberts	40	14	85	7	-	-
Green	4	0	17	0	-	2
Pack	27	0	83	1	-	-

Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NA Stanley	c Howitt b Pipes	18	43	44	3	-
DJ Roberts	not out	126	248	281	14	2
DJM Mercer	c Webb b Dobson	2	18	14	-	-
S Rashid	lbw b Dobson	0	1	1	-	-
A Shankar	c Burford b Dobson	37	75	88	4	-
+JA Knott	c Burford b Dobson	64	123	111	6	1
AD Patterson	not out	8	15	19	2	-
*AR Roberts	did not bat
JA Green	did not bat
RJ Pack	did not bat
MW Patterson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	22
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Stanley), 2-33 (Mercer), 3-33 (Rashid), 4-119 (Shankar), 5-260 (Knott)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	12	3	27	0	-	-
Pipes	13	3	45	1	2	-
Dobson	31	8	89	4	-	-
Airey	5	1	15	0	-	-
Fell	7	3	18	0	-	-
Trower	14	2	50	0	-	-
Howitt	7	0	21	0	-	-

Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Heath	b Rashid	10	11	10	2	-
RWJ Howitt	b Rashid	22	35	58	-	-
S Webb	lbw b MW Patterson	32	80	92	5	-
J Trower	b AR Roberts	6	12	17	-	-
MC Dobson	b Rashid	1	7	6	-	-
*J Clarke	lbw b MW Patterson	4	49	41	-	-
MA Fell	c Mercer b MW Patterson	25	56	72	5	-
+OE Burford	lbw b AR Roberts	17	67	72	2	-
DJ Pipes	lbw b AR Roberts	1	10	12	-	-
SJ Airey	not out	3	14	19	-	-
JR Davies	c Stanley b MW Patterson	1	15	13	-	-
Extras	(23 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 8 w)	47
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Heath), 2-73 (Howitt), 3-82 (Trower), 4-87 (Dobson), 5-105 (Webb), 6-112 (Clarke), 7-151 (Fell), 8-157 (Burford), 9-162 (Pipes), 10-169 (Davies)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rashid	13	2	33	3	1	1
MW Patterson	17.1	5	45	4	3	1
AR Roberts	19	5	44	3	-	-
Pack	9	5	12	0	-	-

Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Roberts	lbw b Davies	4	12	11	1	-
NA Stanley	run out (Clarke)	5	5	5	1	-
DJM Mercer	c Dobson b Davies	10	36	46	1	-
A Shankar	c Clarke b Trower	46	85	104	7	-
+JA Knott	not out	43	106	112	6	-
AD Patterson	c Heath b Dobson	20	2	18	4	-
*AR Roberts	not out	8	19	19	1	-
S Rashid	did not bat
JA Green	did not bat
RJ Pack	did not bat
MW Patterson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 9 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 47 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Stanley), 2-11 (DJ Roberts), 3-30 (Mercer), 4-100 (Shankar), 5-129 (AD Patterson)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	13	5	38	2	-	-
Pipes	10	2	37	0	2	1
Dobson	10	3	21	1	-	-
Airey	5	1	11	0	-	-
Trower	8	1	28	1	-	-
Howitt	1	0	12	0	-	-

Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 100 overs
--> S Webb made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJ Airey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Davies (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Roberts (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Roberts (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJM Mercer (2) passed 9000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> AR Roberts achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed DJ Pipes in the Lincolnshire first innings (previous best was 6-48)
--> MC Dobson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed A Shankar in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-24)