minc3662	Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Bedford School Ground, Bedford on 6th, 7th August 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 5; Buckinghamshire 3
Close of play day 1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Bousfield	c Owen b Oliver	46
P Isherwood	b Oliver	3
TE Busby	not out	136
J O'Connor	not out	165
*CH Taylor	did not bat
CA Prince	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
G Reynolds	did not bat
DH Macindoe	did not bat
OG Battcock	did not bat
RS Tompkins	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-71

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oliver	26	5	78	2	-	-
Gardiner	33	7	98	0	1	-
Heymeson	13	3	48	0	-	-
Noble	21	2	93	0	1	-
Morris	6	0	33	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Bousfield b Taylor	167
JAR Oliver	b Battcock	10
JG Owen	lbw b Reynolds	24
AD Panton	b Battcock	4
ST Morris	b Reynolds	21
EC Howard	lbw b Taylor	16
*AB Poole	b Taylor	69
+RL Hills	c James b Battcock	17
IC Noble	c Busby b Taylor	28
AO Heymeson	not out	8
RD Gardiner	c Reynolds b Bousfield	0
Extras	(20 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 5 w)	33
Total	(all out, 153.5 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-73, 3-79, 4-123, 5-152, 6-285, 7-320, 8-372, 9-395, 10-397 (153.5 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	40	15	81	3	-	2
Macindoe	24	3	54	0	1	3
Tompkins	14	2	44	0	1	-
Reynolds	30	10	61	2	-	-
Taylor	32	9	94	4	3	-
James	10	5	10	0	-	-
O'Connor	1	0	9	0	-	-
Bousfield	2.5	0	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AE James made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Reynolds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RD Gardiner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TE Busby (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TE Busby (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J O'Connor (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 112
--> CH Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 1-20)

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The Bucks scorebook gives the Beds total as 395 but the crossing off and crosscasts indicate 397.
Busby and O'Connor added 298, a record for Bucks for any wicket that stood until 1998.
Busby 17 x 4, O'Connor 21 x 4. August, who batted seven and a half hours, hit 14 x 4. Poole 1 x 6 and 9 x 4
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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