minc7674	Cambridgeshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	The Avenue Sports Club Ground, March on 30th, 31st May 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bedfordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cambridgeshire 3; Bedfordshire 1
Umpires	RH Duckett, WG Tippell
Scorers	WH Cockell (Cambridgeshire), AJ Pearce (Bedfordshire)
Close of play day 1	Cambridgeshire (2) 18/0 (Stephenson 9*, Bates 4*; 16 overs)

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Cambridgeshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Stephenson	c Gear b Abeynaike	10		84	-	-
SG Bates	c Abeynaike b Jones	9		39	-	-
DHJ Baker	b Blott	16		34	-	1
JM Buchanan	c Jones b Blott	0		1	-	-
DR Parry	c Abeynaike b Blott	31		74	1	-
*+AM Ponder	b Blott	12		35	1	-
DJ Smallwood	b Blott	13		24	1	-
PJ Malkin	c August b Abeynaike	16		43	1	-
B King	c Abeynaike b Loft	20		48	1	-
DC Collard	lbw b Loft	1		7	-	-
MEW Brooker	not out	1		2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Bates), 2-41 (Baker), 3-41 (Buchanan), 4-41 (Stephenson), 5-70 (Ponder), 6-96 (Smallwood), 7-99 (Parry), 8-133 (Malkin), 9-138 (Collard), 10-139 (King, 69 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loft	15	3	22	2	-	-
Jones	11	6	15	1	-	-
Blott	22	7	33	5	-	-
Abeynaike	15	3	39	2	1	-
Boyd-Moss	6	1	20	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Daniels	c Baker b Brooker	0		7	-	-
RJ Boyd-Moss	c Ponder b Collard	0		5	-	-
ME Gear	c Ponder b Collard	0		7	-	-
AD Curtis	b Buchanan	8		44	-	-
MG Stedman	c Ponder b Collard	15		34	3	-
A Patel	b Buchanan	0		13	-	-
*KV Jones	c Smallwood b Collard	1		5	-	-
RG Abeynaike	b Collard	4		12	-	-
+PGM August	not out	8		55	2	-
SE Blott	c Ponder b Parry	6		34	-	-
RJ Loft	c Smallwood b Parry	2		11	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 34.2 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Boyd-Moss), 2-0 (Daniels), 3-1 (Gear), 4-26 (Stedman), 5-26 (Curtis), 6-27 (Jones), 7-27 (Patel), 8-31 (Abeynaike), 9-42 (Blott), 10-48 (Loft, 34.2 ov)

Cambridgeshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brooker	7	2	12	1	-	1
Collard	13	8	22	5	-	-
Buchanan	10	6	8	2	-	1
Parry	4.2	3	2	2	-	-

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Cambridgeshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Stephenson	not out	9		48	-	-
SG Bates	not out	4		48	-	-
DHJ Baker	did not bat
JM Buchanan	did not bat
DR Parry	did not bat
*+AM Ponder	did not bat
DJ Smallwood	did not bat
PJ Malkin	did not bat
B King	did not bat
DC Collard	did not bat
MEW Brooker	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(no wicket, 48 minutes, 16 overs)	18

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loft	4	2	3	0	-	-
Jones	2	2	0	0	-	-
Blott	6	4	4	0	-	-
Abeynaike	4	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 50 in 34.3 overs, 100 minutes
--> Cambridgeshire first innings: 100 in 52 overs, 152 minutes
--> DR Parry made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Patel made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Loft made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B King (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SE Blott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed DJ Smallwood in the Cambridgeshire first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> SE Blott achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cambridgeshire first innings

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