minc3774	Staffordshire v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1948
Venue	Lichfield Road, Stone on 28th, 29th July 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 45 runs
Points	Staffordshire 10; Buckinghamshire 0
Umpires	BW Bellamy, WR Forster
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (1) 91/3

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Hayhurst	209
DM Haynes	b Tompkins	0
EA Hutton	c RF Baker b Battcock	25
FR Bailey	c Hughes b RF Baker	105
RL Halton	c Bousfield b Hughes	86
E Broderick	not out	25
RH Plant	c and b Hayhurst	12
B Shardlow	not out	27
+ED Dennis	did not bat
F Taylor	did not bat
SJ Norcup	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	505
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-245, 4-403, 5-450, 6-466

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Battcock	23	4	84	1	-	-
Tompkins	13	0	71	1	-	2
Hayhurst	24	3	125	2	-	-
Hughes	14	0	69	1	-	-
RF Baker	19	1	105	1	-	-
Bousfield	3	0	35	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Bousfield	b Norcup	60
TE Busby	b Halton	19
RIH Baker	b Halton	2
RF Baker	b Halton	2
+JFN Mayhew	lbw b Taylor	5
CA Prince	b Halton	5
A Hayhurst	st Dennis b Shardlow	44
RS Tompkins	b Shardlow	1
FCE Whiting	b Shardlow	25
*OG Battcock	not out	14
AJ Hughes	b Broderick	2
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-85, 3-89, 4-92, 5-98, 6-108, 7-115, 8-167, 9-185, 10-198 (78.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	23	7	40	1	-	-
Norcup	18	7	26	1	-	-
Shardlow	20	1	84	3	-	-
Halton	16	7	27	4	-	1
Broderick	1.4	0	2	1	-	1

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Buckinghamshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Bousfield	c and b Taylor	79
TE Busby	c Bailey b Norcup	21
RIH Baker	b Shardlow	21
RF Baker	b Halton	15
CA Prince	c Broderick b Halton	54
A Hayhurst	c Taylor b Shardlow	30
FCE Whiting	lbw b Shardlow	0
RS Tompkins	lbw b Halton	6
+JFN Mayhew	b Shardlow	1
*OG Battcock	b Halton	11
AJ Hughes	not out	14
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-102, 3-132, 4-162, 5-230, 6-230, 7-230, 8-231, 9-241, 10-262 (79 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	15	2	46	1	-	-
Taylor	19	3	55	1	-	-
Halton	25	5	73	4	-	-
Shardlow	20	3	78	4	-	-

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Notes
--> RIH Baker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Hayhurst made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FCE Whiting made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Hughes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RIH Baker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 146 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Bailey (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Bailey (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Halton (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Bousfield (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 67
--> RL Halton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 2-36)

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Staffs' 505 for 6 equalled the highest team total against Bucks - Herts having made 505 for 9 in 1913.
Smith hit 1 x 6, 1 x 5 and 30 x 4 in his 209, Bailey 3 x 6 and 17 x 4, Halton 13 x 4,
Bousfield 1 x 6 and 7 x 4 in his 60; Bousfield 10 x 4 in his 79, Prince 7 x 4.
Sources: Bucks score book; Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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