minc5028	Kent Second XI v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 17th, 18th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Kent Second XI 1; Buckinghamshire 3
Umpires	C Fairservice, HW Parks
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (1) 52/1

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PLB Stoddart	c Pretlove b Knight	73
NV Butler	c Pretlove b Smith	57
G Reynolds	b Page	89
*DFV Johns	b Smith	0
+BA Barnett	c Neame b Pretlove	32
JA Cockett	c Catt b Smith	47
KWA Butler	b Smith	3
BJ Lucas	b Page	0
CA Pickett	lbw b Page	4
CW Smith	not out	3
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 8 lb)	22
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-135, 2-145, 3-145, 4-211, 5-317, 6-317, 7-320, 8-320, 9-330 (102 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	25	7	49	4	-	-
Page	22	3	66	3	-	-
Knight	28	9	97	1	-	-
Pretlove	22	5	79	1	-	-
Jones	4	1	13	0	-	-
Neame	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Prodger	b Pickett	23
PH Jones	c KWA Butler b Pickett	28
AF Brazier	c Stoddart b Smith	10
P Hearn	c NV Butler b Pickett	8
*JF Pretlove	c NV Butler b Pickett	82
ARB Neame	c and b Pickett	0
+AW Catt	c Smith b Johns	54
G Smith	not out	14
SD Knight	not out	3
JCT Page	did not bat
BE Disbury	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 89.3 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-57, 3-61, 4-78, 5-81, 6-169, 7-221

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	29	13	58	5	-	-
Smith	28.3	10	74	1	-	2
Hughes	16	2	27	0	-	-
KWA Butler	5	1	15	0	-	-
Johns	11	1	48	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PLB Stoddart	not out	36
NV Butler	c Prodger b Page	24
G Reynolds	b Smith	9
*DFV Johns	did not bat
+BA Barnett	did not bat
JA Cockett	did not bat
KWA Butler	did not bat
BJ Lucas	did not bat
CA Pickett	did not bat
CW Smith	did not bat
AJ Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 14.3 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-73 (14.3 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7.3	1	27	1	-	-
Page	7	1	42	1	-	-

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Kent Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Hearn	not out	70
PH Jones	c Lucas b Hughes	29
*JF Pretlove	lbw b Hughes	0
+AW Catt	c NV Butler b Johns	10
G Smith	c NV Butler b Pickett	12
AF Brazier	c Johns b Pickett	5
JM Prodger	did not bat
ARB Neame	did not bat
SD Knight	did not bat
JCT Page	did not bat
BE Disbury	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 22.3 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-65, 3-96, 4-119, 5-130 (22.3 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pickett	7.3	0	36	2	-	-
Smith	8	0	59	0	-	-
Hughes	4	0	12	2	-	-
Johns	3	0	19	1	-	-

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Kent were set to make 171 in 85 minutes, but a shower at 6.00 that lasted 13 minutes thwarted them.
Stoddart hit 8 x 4 in his 73, N Butler hit 10 x 4, Reynolds 10 x 4; Pretlove 8 x 4, Catt 8 x 4
Hearn hit 1 x 6 and 3 x 4 in his 70.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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