minc3604	Buckinghamshire v Suffolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1946 (Challenge Match)
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 9th, 10th, 11th September 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Suffolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Suffolk won by 70 runs
Umpires	WE Brown, DH Tregear
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (1) 132/6 (Corke 36*, Gray 16*)
Close of play day 2	Buckinghamshire (2) 11/0 (Isherwood 5*, Tompkins 2*)

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HL Porter	b Lund	1
JM Sangster	b Battcock	6
BH Belle	c and b O'Connor	40
W Duckham	c Isherwood b Battcock	0
*+AG Powell	lbw b Battcock	0
DF Henley	c Franklin b Tompkins	22
MD Corke	c and b Lund	41
JLF Gray	c Tompkins b Lund	16
DTM Birks	c and b Battcock	2
GC Perkins	not out	13
M Crannis	b Lund	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-17, 3-19, 4-25, 5-65, 6-93, 7-132, 8-134, 9-151, 10-155 (75.2 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	32	18	48	4	-	-
Lund	27.2	9	44	4	-	1
O'Connor	5	0	33	1	-	-
Tompkins	7	3	8	1	-	1
Isherwood	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Baker	lbw b Duckham	0
CH Taylor	b Perkins	20
J O'Connor	c Gray b Henley	13
P Isherwood	b Henley	4
CA Prince	b Duckham	4
SS Peters	c Porter b Perkins	2
W Yates	run out	11
*+WB Franklin	c Porter b Duckham	6
OG Battcock	hit wkt b Perkins	0
RS Tompkins	c Perkins b Duckham	1
EV Lund	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-29, 3-37, 4-49, 5-49, 6-62, 7-62, 8-64, 9-69, 10-70 (43 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henley	14	3	28	2	-	-
Duckham	13	4	24	4	-	1
Perkins	16	10	10	3	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HL Porter	b Battcock	16
JM Sangster	b Battcock	0
BH Belle	lbw b Battcock	9
W Duckham	c Isherwood b Battcock	15
*+AG Powell	b Lund	5
DF Henley	c and b Battcock	4
MD Corke	b Battcock	2
JLF Gray	b Battcock	0
DTM Birks	lbw b Lund	2
GC Perkins	not out	12
M Crannis	c Franklin b Lund	6
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-25, 3-28, 4-37, 5-46, 6-48, 7-49, 8-55, 9-59, 10-79 (49.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	25	9	37	7	-	2
Lund	24.4	10	34	3	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Isherwood	b Duckham	21
RS Tompkins	c Porter b Perkins	16
CH Taylor	b Perkins	18
J O'Connor	lbw b Perkins	0
W Yates	c Henley b Perkins	23
LG Baker	not out	7
SS Peters	b Perkins	4
CA Prince	c and b Duckham	0
*+WB Franklin	lbw b Duckham	0
OG Battcock	c Belle b Duckham	0
EV Lund	c Perkins b Duckham	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-56, 3-58, 4-64, 5-86, 6-90, 7-91, 8-91, 9-91, 10-94 (48.5 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henley	3	1	10	0	-	-
Duckham	23.5	5	52	5	-	-
Perkins	22	13	28	5	-	-

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Notes
--> SS Peters made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WB Franklin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MD Corke (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> OG Battcock reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Suffolk first innings
--> EV Lund reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Suffolk first innings
--> GC Perkins reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Buckinghamshire second innings

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Play began at 3.15 on the first day following heavy rain over the previous three days.
On the third day play was not possible until 3.30
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Yearbook, Suffolk ledger

 

 

 

 

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