misc31139	Coventry v West
	Other matches in England 1944
Venue	Courtaulds Ground, Coventry on 23rd July 1944 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Coventry won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Coventry won by 88 runs

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Coventry innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	b Nutter	9
J Beresford	c Watson b Davies	59
CS Elliott	b Herman	1
J Buckingham	b Nutter	7
J Hews	b Nutter	4
H Storer	lbw b Davies	51
F Bates	st Yarnold b Beveridge	18
RO Jenkins	b Herman	14
TR Armstrong	c Fagg b Beveridge	3
CWC Grove	c Jones b Beveridge	0
A Steel	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-53, 5-117, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-181 (67 ov)

West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	17	3	53	2	-	-
Nutter	15	3	37	3	-	-
Howorth	12	5	17	0	-	-
Beveridge	9	5	19	3	-	-
Davies	14	2	41	2	-	-

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West innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Fagg	b Grove	13
R Howorth	c Hews b Grove	1
D Davies	b Grove	1
WE Jones	c and b Grove	0
R Beveridge	b Steel	0
AE Nutter	c and b Steel	0
+H Yarnold	c Steel b Armstrong	42
AH Clarke	b Steel	8
A Watson	c Storer b Grove	11
GOJ Elliott	lbw b Grove	3
OW Herman	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-93 (33.2 ov)

Coventry bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	11.2	4	22	6	-	-
Steel	10	2	24	3	-	-
Jenkins	6	0	17	0	-	-
Armstrong	6	1	23	1	-	-

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This match was played on a very dangerous surface, even the spin bowlers getting the ball head high. Grove, who took six wickets, was very dangerous and players were trying to defend themselves rather than hit the ball.

 

 

 

 

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