minc5534	Buckinghamshire v Hertfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	Ascott Park, Wing on 14th, 15th August 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hertfordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 3; Hertfordshire 10
Umpires	EH Bryant, C Fairservice
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (2) 7/2

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	c Simons b Meadowcroft	4
JR Grout	c Howe b Meadowcroft	0
*PLB Stoddart	c Morley b Meadowcroft	40
G Atkins	st Simons b Francis	55
G Reynolds	c Howe b Francis	8
DR Peppiatt	b Meadowcroft	17
+BA Barnett	b Marques	16
BJ Lucas	b Marques	6
BL Taylor	not out	4
RJ Plested	c Morley b Meadowcroft	0
RC Dickens	run out	5
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-84, 4-101, 5-115, 6-141, 7-151, 8-159, 9-159, 10-164 (50.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marques	11.2	3	33	2	-	-
Meadowcroft	20	3	73	5	-	-
Francis	15	2	41	2	-	-
Higby	4	2	8	0	-	-

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Hertfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Parkin	c Barnett b Reynolds	35
IL Dunn	b Lucas	23
GA Smithson	c Taylor b Reynolds	21
RE Howe	b Plested	9
+RG Simons	c Stoddart b Reynolds	23
A O'Neill	lbw b Plested	1
MJ Francis	b Reynolds	2
*CVL Marques	c Peppiatt b Plested	28
TGA Morley	c Atkins b Reynolds	6
G Meadowcroft	not out	11
CJ Higby	c Peppiatt b Reynolds	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-76, 3-85, 4-93, 5-112, 6-112, 7-114, 8-140, 9-160, 10-163 (65.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	8	1	22	0	-	-
Dickens	6	1	19	0	-	-
Lucas	4	1	6	1	-	-
Plested	25	5	61	3	-	-
Reynolds	22.2	8	52	6	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	lbw b Meadowcroft	0
JR Grout	lbw b Marques	0
*PLB Stoddart	st Simons b Morley	39
G Atkins	b Meadowcroft	3
G Reynolds	c Smithson b Francis	25
DR Peppiatt	c Simons b Morley	19
+BA Barnett	c Simons b Morley	7
BJ Lucas	lbw b Morley	45
BL Taylor	not out	4
RJ Plested	c Smithson b Higby	17
RC Dickens	b Meadowcroft	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-10, 4-59, 5-77, 6-85, 7-110, 8-145, 9-168, 10-168 (68.2 ov)

Hertfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meadowcroft	12.2	7	28	3	-	-
Marques	10	2	22	1	-	-
Francis	17	4	45	1	-	-
Morley	22	6	48	4	-	-
Higby	7	2	16	1	-	-

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Hertfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Parkin	c Stoddart b Reynolds	29
IL Dunn	lbw b Plested	48
GA Smithson	c Stoddart b Reynolds	1
RE Howe	b Reynolds	11
+RG Simons	not out	65
*CVL Marques	c Grout b Plested	7
A O'Neill	not out	8
MJ Francis	did not bat
TGA Morley	did not bat
G Meadowcroft	did not bat
CJ Higby	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 62.5 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-53, 3-73, 4-135, 5-149

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	4	0	16	0	-	-
Dickens	7	2	14	0	-	-
Plested	27.5	8	61	2	-	-
Reynolds	15	3	42	3	-	-
Lucas	2	0	16	0	-	-
Grout	7	2	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RC Dickens made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IL Dunn made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Higby made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BA Barnett (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> RG Simons (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> RJ Plested reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hertfordshire first innings
--> G Reynolds achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Hertfordshire first innings (previous best was 5-35)

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Herts won with 40 minutes to spare. Atkins hit 8 x 4 in his 55; Simons hit 7 x 4 in his 65*.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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