minc9964	Staffordshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 2005 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent on 3rd, 4th, 5th July 2005 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Bedfordshire 6 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	DG Tate, J Wilkinson
Scorers	CK Mountain (Bedfordshire), KB O'Connell (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Bedfordshire (1) 49/1 (Knott 25*, Matthews 1*)
Close of play day 2	Bedfordshire (1) 104/3 (Knott 51*, Clayson 1*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Wright	b Rashid	85	144	159	15	1
JR Benstead	c Knott b Rashid	4	4	17	1	-
RD King	c Roberts b Pollard	42	52	77	8	-
*RP Harvey	c Watts b Sneath	25	76	94	2	-
KJ Barnett	not out	112	159	145	16	-
PJ Wilshaw	b Matthews	74	113	111	11	1
+PSJ Goodwin	not out	13	12	16	1	1
SJ Renshaw	did not bat
DJ Edwards	did not bat
D Follett	did not bat
GD Morris	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 17 lb, 40 nb, 11 w)	70
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 90 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Benstead), 2-137 (King), 3-184 (Wright), 4-218 (Harvey), 5-390 (Wilshaw)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rashid	20	2	98	2	3	4
Matthews	10	0	77	1	8	9
Pollard	11	0	79	1	-	7
Sneath	16	6	39	1	-	-
Watts	14	1	52	0	-	-
Roberts	19	3	61	0	-	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Knott	not out	51	93	132	7	-
DNG Myers	c Goodwin b Edwards	10	47	62	1	-
BM Matthews	c Wilshaw b Edwards	14	31	42	2	-
JEP Walford	c Follett b Renshaw	2	8	10	-	-
OJ Clayson	not out	1	19	15	-	-
*AR Roberts	did not bat
CP Stearn	did not bat
LG Pollard	did not bat
SJ Watts	did not bat
WE Sneath	did not bat
S Rashid	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 12 nb)	26
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 32 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Myers), 2-92 (Matthews), 3-97 (Walford)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Follett	12	0	40	0	-	6
Edwards	16	1	44	2	-	-
Renshaw	4	1	6	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Wright	not out	16	37	45	2	-
JR Benstead	lbw b Rashid	11	33	39	1	-
RD King	not out	1	2	5	-	-
*RP Harvey	did not bat
KJ Barnett	did not bat
PJ Wilshaw	did not bat
+PSJ Goodwin	did not bat
SJ Renshaw	did not bat
DJ Edwards	did not bat
D Follett	did not bat
GD Morris	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 12 nb, 7 w)	21
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 11 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Benstead)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	6	0	38	0	7	6
Rashid	5	2	9	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Knott	not out	32	32	52	5	-
DNG Myers	not out	8	43	52	-	-
BM Matthews	did not bat
JEP Walford	did not bat
OJ Clayson	did not bat
*AR Roberts	did not bat
CP Stearn	did not bat
LG Pollard	did not bat
SJ Watts	did not bat
WE Sneath	did not bat
S Rashid	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(no wicket, 52 minutes, 12.3 overs)	45

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edwards	6	0	10	0	-	-
Follett	5	1	22	0	-	-
Renshaw	1.3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 90 overs
--> AS Wright made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Wright made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJ Renshaw made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CP Stearn made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RD King (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 24
--> PJ Wilshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Knott (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26

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