minc5994	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1963
Venue	Sandwell Park, West Bromwich on 21st, 22nd August 1963 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bedfordshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 0; Bedfordshire 10
Umpires	R Alderson, H Mellows
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 145/4 (Hoare 68*, Smith 17*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	c Dawson b Oakley	52
HG Searle	lbw b Smith	28
PJK Gibbs	c Oakley b Smith	20
F Colclough	c and b Smith	13
*JT Ikin	c and b Smith	14
AH Squire	not out	32
GW Hartley	b Smith	7
+R Walton	b Smith	8
RT Browne	c Hoare b Morley	22
BG James	not out	1
A Burgess	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-84, 3-108, 4-127, 5-134, 6-142, 7-158, 8-200

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morley	21	10	37	1
Wills	11	3	37	0
Oakley	30	9	61	1
Smith	28	8	62	6

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Theobald	c Walton b James	1
DJF Hoare	c Hancock b Ikin	95
G Dawson	lbw b Ikin	38
W Chamberlain	c Ikin b Searle	9
BD Robinson	lbw b James	2
*J Smith	c Ikin b James	27
DE Pratt	c Walton b Ikin	6
TGA Morley	not out	22
PJ Oakley	c Gibbs b Ikin	3
+MW Crouch	not out	9
JA Wills	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-61, 3-95, 4-100, 5-162, 6-185, 7-190, 8-200

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	19	6	35	3
Browne	17	2	46	0
Burgess	23	2	49	0
Ikin	21	2	60	4
Searle	5	0	12	1
Gibbs	3	0	10	0

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	c Robinson b Morley	8
HG Searle	c Robinson b Morley	3
PJK Gibbs	b Wills	0
F Colclough	lbw b Wills	2
*JT Ikin	c Hoare b Wills	2
AH Squire	not out	15
GW Hartley	c Oakley b Smith	4
+R Walton	c Crouch b Morley	0
RT Browne	c Crouch b Morley	2
BG James	c Smith b Morley	9
A Burgess	b Smith	11
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 32 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-15, 4-15, 5-17, 6-28, 7-30, 8-34, 9-46, 10-60 (32 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morley	14	5	21	5
Wills	13	2	20	3
Smith	5	1	15	2

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJF Hoare	run out	9
G Dawson	not out	13
W Chamberlain	not out	13
MR Theobald	did not bat
BD Robinson	did not bat
*J Smith	did not bat
DE Pratt	did not bat
TGA Morley	did not bat
PJ Oakley	did not bat
+MW Crouch	did not bat
JA Wills	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(1 wicket, 16.1 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Hoare)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	7	1	13	0
Browne	6	2	8	0
Burgess	2	0	8	0
Ikin	1.1	0	6	0

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Notes
--> AH Squire made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Browne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Colclough made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GW Hartley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Browne made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Burgess made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MR Theobald made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DE Pratt made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Wills made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Hancock (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> TGA Morley reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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