minc6551	Suffolk v Buckinghamshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1968
Venue	Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich on 2nd, 3rd August 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Buckinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Buckinghamshire won by 25 runs
Points	Suffolk 0; Buckinghamshire 10
Umpires	WL Budd, WH Wignall
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (1) 41/2 (Warrington 18*, RE Cunnell 21*)

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Buckinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Turner	lbw b Layne	0
NV Butler	c Prior b Hargreaves	17
CW Leach	c Howlett b Layne	15
RH Huntley	c English b Witham	7
DA Janes	c RE Cunnell b Hargreaves	18
B Tustian	c Howlett b Layne	7
*JKE Slack	not out	74
BG Sidaway	b Layne	1
+BW Poll	b Layne	0
RE Bond	c English b RE Cunnell	12
AC Waite	not out	15
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-25, 3-39, 4-43, 5-58, 6-69, 7-80, 8-80, 9-108

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hargreaves	30	16	52	2	-	-
Layne	24	11	51	5	-	-
Witham	12	3	36	1	-	-
English	10	4	15	0	-	-
RE Cunnell	10	5	12	1	-	-

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+ID Prior	b Waite	0
AG Warrington	c Janes b Huntley	36
CJ Cunnell	c Leach b Waite	1
RE Cunnell	b Waite	39
RJ English	c Butler b Huntley	7
JE Hall	st Poll b Sidaway	22
AL Webb	not out	21
RF Howlett	did not bat
JM Hargreaves	did not bat
DC Witham	did not bat
CR Layne	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 41.4 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-77, 4-77, 5-89, 6-127 (41.4 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bond	10	3	29	0	-	-
Waite	18	4	59	3	-	-
Huntley	11	4	30	2	-	-
Sidaway	2.4	0	8	1	-	-

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Buckinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Turner	c Prior b Layne	3
NV Butler	c Prior b Layne	14
CW Leach	c CJ Cunnell b Hargreaves	17
RH Huntley	c Witham b Hargreaves	0
DA Janes	c Prior b English	8
B Tustian	b English	12
*JKE Slack	c Layne b English	13
BG Sidaway	c CJ Cunnell b English	2
+BW Poll	not out	22
AC Waite	c Warrington b Layne	6
RE Bond	not out	15
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-34, 3-34, 4-34, 5-51, 6-60, 7-64, 8-77, 9-85

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hargreaves	21	4	44	2	-	-
Layne	17	4	33	3	-	-
English	12	3	35	4	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+ID Prior	lbw b Waite	16
AG Warrington	c Leach b Huntley	14
CJ Cunnell	c Poll b Waite	8
RE Cunnell	c Tustian b Turner	25
RJ English	c Sidaway b Turner	13
JE Hall	c Butler b Turner	3
AL Webb	b Sidaway	13
RF Howlett	c Janes b Sidaway	21
JM Hargreaves	b Turner	20
DC Witham	c Butler b Sidaway	3
CR Layne	not out	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-35, 3-46, 4-62, 5-79, 6-85, 7-101, 8-122, 9-137, 10-137 (47.1 ov)

Buckinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Waite	8	2	24	2	-	-
Huntley	6	1	23	1	-	-
Sidaway	17.1	4	43	3	-	-
Turner	14	4	35	4	-	-
Slack	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JKE Slack (1) equalled his previous highest score of 74 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Bond (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JE Hall (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RE Bond (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CR Layne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-19)
--> CR Layne achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Buckinghamshire first innings
--> JB Turner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Suffolk second innings (previous best was 1-30)

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Bucks won off the first ball of what would have been the final over. Suffolk had been set to score 163
in 146 minutes. The best innings of the match came from Slack, whose 74* contained 10 x 4.
Play was called off at 5.27 on the first day because of rain and bad light.
Sources: Bucks score book, Bucks Yearbook, Suffolk comments

 

 

 

 

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