minc4967	Bedfordshire v Leicestershire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 23rd, 24th July 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire Second XI won by 53 runs
Points	Bedfordshire 0; Leicestershire Second XI 10
Umpires	CA Cassie, LWK Martin
Scorers	AWH Poole (Bedfordshire), VR Roulstone (Leicestershire Second XI)
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 18/2 (Comerford 7*)

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Leicestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PT Smith	b Owen	88		165	7	-
GA Smithson	c Comerford b Jenkins	25		30	4	-
EF Phillips	not out	108		303	5	-
FG Foulds	b Jenkins	43		133	1	1
*JE Walsh	c Oliver b Hayhurst	12		25	2	-
JS Savage	b Hayhurst	6		4	1	-
CT Spencer	st Millman b Hayhurst	0		1	-	-
+GA Hickinbottom	not out	7		2	1	-
RC Smith	did not bat
FM Turner	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Smithson), 2-152 (PT Smith), 3-255 (Foulds), 4-281 (Walsh), 5-293 (Savage), 6-293 (Spencer)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	20	3	56	0	-	-
Hayhurst	29	0	68	3	-	-
Jenkins	15	2	65	2	-	-
Owen	23	6	47	1	-	-
Oliver	18	4	53	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+G Millman	hit wkt b Spencer	0		20	-	-
FJ Comerford	b Spencer	23		94	2	-
NS Gunn	c Spencer b Walsh	11		23	-	-
GLB August	lbw b Savage	21		62	4	-
NDH Senior	lbw b Walsh	12		54	1	-
ST Morris	c [unknown] b Boshier	90		136	8	-
*JAR Oliver	c Foulds b Spencer	39		78	5	-
JG Owen	c Foulds b Spencer	2		2	-	-
IJ Davison	not out	4		9	-	-
H Hayhurst	did not bat
DG Jenkins	did not bat
Extras	(21 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	30
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Millman), 2-18 (Gunn), 3-69 (Comerford), 4-77 (August), 5-121 (Senior), 6-208 (Oliver), 7-210 (Owen), 8-232 (Morris, 83 ov)

Leicestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	24	10	67	4	-	6
Boshier	7	2	18	1	-	-
Walsh	17	3	42	2	-	-
Savage	17	4	30	1	-	-
RC Smith	8	3	22	0	-	-
Turner	10	2	23	0	-	-

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Leicestershire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	c Owen b Davison	12			2	-
PT Smith	run out	6			1	-
FG Foulds	c Senior b Davison	9			1	-
+GA Hickinbottom	not out	29			2	-
EF Phillips	not out	8			-	-
*JE Walsh	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
FM Turner	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 23 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (PT Smith), 2-19 (Smithson), 3-28 (Foulds)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	8	4	23	2	-	-
Hayhurst	11	3	25	0	-	-
Jenkins	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+G Millman	c Walsh b Boshier	36			4	-
NS Gunn	c Hickinbottom b Spencer	17			2	-
ST Morris	b Spencer	2			-	-
JG Owen	c Smithson b Boshier	2			-	-
*JAR Oliver	c Walsh b Boshier	10			2	-
FJ Comerford	c Smithson b Boshier	2			-	-
IJ Davison	c Walsh b Spencer	1			-	-
H Hayhurst	b Boshier	3			-	-
GLB August	not out	2			-	-
NDH Senior	c Hickinbottom b Boshier	1			-	-
DG Jenkins	b Spencer	0			-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 18.3 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Gunn), 2-59 (Morris), 3-64 (Millman), 4-64 (Owen), 5-74 (Comerford), 6-77 (Oliver), 7-81 (Hayhurst), 8-81 (Davison), 9-83 (Senior), 10-84 (Jenkins, 18.3 ov)

Leicestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	9.3	1	42	4	-	3
Boshier	9	2	34	6	-	-

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Notes
--> EF Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EF Phillips (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NDH Senior (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Hickinbottom (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CT Spencer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed JAR Oliver in the Bedfordshire first innings (previous best was 2-92)
--> BS Boshier achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed NDH Senior in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 5-49)
--> CT Spencer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 4-67)

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Morris was c Smith but the scorebook does not say which Smith
The scorebook does not record times for batsmen during the second innings.
The Leicestershire Second XI 2nd innings lasted 95 minutes.
Bedfordshire were set to score 138 runs in 90 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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