minc5549	Buckinghamshire v Norfolk
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	London Road, High Wycombe on 24th, 25th August 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to field
Result	Norfolk won by 8 wickets
Points	Buckinghamshire 0; Norfolk 10
Umpires	GE Hart, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Buckinghamshire (2) 97/4

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ERJ Clifford	b Corran	2
GLT Scott	c Schofield b Coomb	2
JR Grout	b Coomb	18
LE Hitchings	c Moore b Coomb	5
MJ Hardy	b Coomb	19
BJ Lucas	b Coomb	14
*+BA Barnett	b Coomb	0
PF Jackson	not out	11
RJ Plested	c and b Coomb	0
RC Dickens	b Corran	0
GR Irving	b Corran	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 26.2 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-26, 3-28, 4-36, 5-54, 6-54, 7-67, 8-67, 9-67, 10-77 (26.2 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corran	13.2	6	31	3	-	-
Coomb	13	3	40	7	-	-

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Powell	c Hardy b Dickens	3
GG Fiddler	b Clifford	25
EG Witherden	c Hitchings b Dickens	126
NH Moore	b Dickens	100
CM Kenyon	not out	5
R Fellowes	run out	4
*WJ Edrich	did not bat
IM Watts	did not bat
AJ Corran	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
R Schofield	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-62, 3-260, 4-263, 5-272 (81 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dickens	18	1	55	3	-	-
Irving	20	3	66	0	-	-
Plested	15	2	47	0	-	-
Clifford	17	2	50	1	-	-
Hardy	7	1	35	0	-	-
Grout	4	0	10	0	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Hitchings	c Corran b Coomb	15
GLT Scott	c Kenyon b Corran	6
JR Grout	c Kenyon b Corran	21
MJ Hardy	c Witherden b Coomb	19
PF Jackson	c Watts b Corran	20
BJ Lucas	c Witherden b Corran	21
*+BA Barnett	c Kenyon b Coomb	4
ERJ Clifford	b Corran	60
RJ Plested	b Corran	57
RC Dickens	not out	14
GR Irving	lbw b Coomb	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-59, 4-67, 5-103, 6-108, 7-108, 8-219, 9-240, 10-241 (79.5 ov)

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corran	27	4	103	6	-	1
Coomb	32.5	8	85	4	-	-
Schofield	13	4	26	0	-	-
Edrich	7	3	23	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EG Witherden	not out	35
CM Kenyon	b Clifford	4
IM Watts	b Plested	0
R Fellowes	not out	5
PG Powell	did not bat
GG Fiddler	did not bat
NH Moore	did not bat
*WJ Edrich	did not bat
AJ Corran	did not bat
AG Coomb	did not bat
R Schofield	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 14 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dickens	4	0	21	0	-	-
Irving	3	2	3	0	-	-
Clifford	4	0	17	1	-	-
Plested	3	1	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CM Kenyon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Fellowes made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Witherden (1) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 41
--> NH Moore (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 39
--> RJ Plested (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Witherden (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> AG Coomb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 6-38)
--> RC Dickens achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> AJ Corran achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> AJ Corran achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire second innings

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Bucks suffered on a spiteful wicket that later eased. Witherden had 12 x 4 in his 126 and Moore 11 x 4.
Clifford hit 1 x 6 and 7 x 4 in his 60, Plested 7 x 4 in his 57. They added 111, still a Bucks record for the 8th wicket.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook

 

 

 

 

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