minc4538	Bedfordshire v Cambridgeshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 29th, 30th July 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 3; Cambridgeshire 1
Umpires	AE Bradford, SH Moore
Close of play day 1	Cambridgeshire (1) 62/2

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	lbw b Godfrey	38			3	-
BE Disbury	run out	40			5	-
LF Brantom	b Godfrey	0			-	-
JG Owen	st Nunn b Godfrey	101			12	-
JAR Oliver	c Harrisson b Morris	52			6	-
KRG Williams	c Crouch b Royston	20			-	-
RK Costin	c Godfrey b Morris	12			-	-
RA Davies	b Thomas	20			2	1
RWL Street	not out	0			-	-
+AR Webster	did not bat
TD Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Disbury), 2-67 (Brantom), 3-108 (August), 4-215 (Oliver), 5-219 (Williams), 6-247, 7-283, 8-289 (110 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Godfrey	36	9	86	3	-	1
Thomas	11	4	28	1	-	-
Royston	24	7	72	1	-	-
Morris	39	7	97	2	-	-

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Crouch	b Davies	27			3	-
CJ Harrisson	c Webster b Davies	29			1	-
MAH Holloway	st Webster b Owen	19			1	-
GL Thomas	c August b Matthews	14			-	-
WB Morris	c Owen b Matthews	5			1	-
RA Gautrey	c Disbury b Owen	2			-	-
REG Jeeps	c August b Owen	45			4	-
PG Bond	c Costin b Owen	0			-	-
SRC Royston	st Webster b Owen	5			-	-
+R Nunn	b Davies	9			-	-
JF Godfrey	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-59, 3-82, 4-94, 5-94, 6-96, 7-96, 8-103, 9-156, 10-156 (68.1 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	24	4	49	3	-	-
Matthews	27	4	68	2	-	-
Owen	15.1	4	29	5	-	-
Oliver	2	0	9	0	-	1

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Cambridgeshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Crouch	not out	108			12	2
CJ Harrisson	c Webster b Oliver	26			4	-
MAH Holloway	c Costin b Owen	1			-	-
REG Jeeps	c Webster b Davies	7			-	-
WB Morris	not out	52			8	1
GL Thomas	did not bat
RA Gautrey	did not bat
PG Bond	did not bat
SRC Royston	did not bat
+R Nunn	did not bat
JF Godfrey	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 50 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Harrisson), 2-54 (Holloway), 3-81 (Jeeps)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	11	4	30	1	-	-
Brantom	2	0	5	0	-	-
Matthews	5	0	18	0	-	-
Owen	13	2	51	1	-	-
Oliver	9	1	20	1	-	-
Disbury	2	0	5	0	-	-
Williams	4	0	34	0	-	-
Street	2	0	20	0	-	-
August	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PG Bond made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SRC Royston made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WB Morris reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> JG Owen retired hurt in the Bedfordshire first innings (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 219/5

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