minc4015	Buckinghamshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1949
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 31st August, 1st September 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Bedfordshire 10
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 326/5

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TE Busby	c Meyer b Coomb	13
P Isherwood	b Chisholm	0
CA Prince	c Meyer b Oliver	25
JA Cockett	c Hills b Coomb	0
JH Hastie	c Morris b Meyer	20
A Hayhurst	c August b Owen	66
+W Yates	c Poole b Owen	32
*OG Battcock	c Poole b Owen	4
JJ Birrell	b Owen	0
CA Pickett	b Coomb	3
AJ Hughes	not out	2
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-28, 3-28, 4-60, 5-70, 6-136, 7-144, 8-159, 9-179, 10-179 (55 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chisholm	10	2	28	1	-	-
Meyer	9	4	13	1	-	-
Coomb	15	2	49	3	-	-
Oliver	11	3	35	1	-	-
Owen	10	2	40	4	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	not out	126
JAR Oliver	b Hayhurst	22
+RL Hills	c Cockett b Battcock	29
ST Morris	c Yates b Hughes	16
JG Owen	lbw b Hayhurst	20
RJO Meyer	c Yates b Battcock	60
EC Howard	not out	41
BE Disbury	did not bat
*AB Poole	did not bat
JR Chisholm	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-81, 3-121, 4-150, 5-253

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	28	14	46	2	-	-
Pickett	9	1	31	0	-	-
Isherwood	5	0	24	0	-	-
Hughes	28	8	86	1	-	-
Hayhurst	22	3	62	2	-	-
Hastie	15	7	20	0	-	-
Birrell	10	0	45	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TE Busby	c Hills b Chisholm	3
P Isherwood	b Chisholm	4
CA Prince	c August b Meyer	5
JA Cockett	lbw b Oliver	44
JH Hastie	c August b Coomb	60
A Hayhurst	b Chisholm	13
+W Yates	c August b Chisholm	0
JJ Birrell	c Coomb b Meyer	13
*OG Battcock	c Oliver b Chisholm	0
CA Pickett	st Hills b Meyer	10
AJ Hughes	not out	4
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-12, 4-89, 5-131, 6-131, 7-131, 8-131, 9-154, 10-159 (51.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chisholm	20	9	53	5	-	-
Meyer	16.4	2	47	3	-	-
Oliver	6	0	28	1	-	-
Coomb	9	1	28	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BE Disbury	not out	5
AG Coomb	b Battcock	2
*AB Poole	not out	5
GLB August	did not bat
JAR Oliver	did not bat
+RL Hills	did not bat
ST Morris	did not bat
JG Owen	did not bat
RJO Meyer	did not bat
EC Howard	did not bat
JR Chisholm	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 6 overs)	14
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Coomb)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	3	1	4	1	-	-
Hastie	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CA Prince made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJ Birrell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Yates (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 29
--> JAR Oliver (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 13
--> RL Hills (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> RJO Meyer (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 25
--> RJO Meyer reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> OG Battcock reached 300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Bedfordshire second innings

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Bucks entered the match looking for a win to take them into the Challenge Match.
Hayhurst 1 x 6 and 8 x 4; Oliver 12 x 4, Meyer 1 x 6 and 8 x 4; Hastie 1 x 6 and 9 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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