minc5147	Bedfordshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Wardown Park, Luton on 24th, 25th July 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bedfordshire 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	DC Field, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 63/2

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	b Searle	22
RWL Street	c Bailey b Shardlow	33
F Whittingham	c Bean b Shardlow	0
RD Lowings	b Crump	1
MJ Jordan	b Shardlow	18
+JAR Oliver	c Bailey b Higgs	35
BD Robinson	c Bean b Higgs	11
*MW Crouch	c Bailey b Shardlow	15
M Ashenden	b Higgs	1
IJ Davison	b Higgs	6
DG Jenkins	not out	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-55, 3-57, 4-67, 5-95, 6-112, 7-137, 8-147, 9-155, 10-155 (93.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	21	7	47	4
SB Boon	10	5	10	0
Crump	18	6	31	1
Shardlow	35.5	16	41	4
Searle	8	2	13	1
Butler	1	1	0	0

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	lbw b Ashenden	14
HH Wood	st +Crouch b Oliver	12
DR Bean	b Ashenden	18
*DM Haynes	b Ashenden	9
BS Crump	not out	58
H Boon	b Ashenden	13
SB Boon	not out	32
+J Bailey	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
HG Searle	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
Extras		25
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-42, 3-67, 4-68, 5-96

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	21	5	31	0
Ashenden	17	5	35	4
Jenkins	12	1	38	0
Oliver	16	4	34	1
Street	4	0	18	0

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Haynes b Higgs	8
RWL Street	lbw b Shardlow	12
F Whittingham	b Higgs	45
RD Lowings	c H Boon b Crump	24
MJ Jordan	b SB Boon	2
+JAR Oliver	not out	28
BD Robinson	c Bean b Shardlow	7
*MW Crouch	not out	7
M Ashenden	did not bat
IJ Davison	did not bat
DG Jenkins	did not bat
Extras		13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-32, 3-88, 4-94, 5-103, 6-122

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	20	6	34	2
SB Boon	9	3	17	1
Shardlow	18	5	50	2
Butler	2	0	11	0
Crump	8	1	21	1

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c Lowings b Davison	22
DR Bean	run out	18
BS Crump	c Crouch b Davison	8
H Boon	not out	40
SB Boon	b Ashenden	2
+J Bailey	b Ashenden	0
HH Wood	did not bat
*DM Haynes	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
HG Searle	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(5 wickets, 21.3 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-60, 3-87, 4-92, 5-97

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davison	11	2	39	2
Ashenden	10.3	0	51	2

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Notes
--> RD Lowings made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HG Searle made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HH Wood made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bailey made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Ashenden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-54)

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