Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin James	c Sandford b Sher	9	8	6	2	0	112.50
Matthew Evans	c Sandford b White	4	29	54	0	0	13.79
David Ward	c Sandford b White	4	3	6	1	0	133.33
Andrew Griffin †	b Roberts	92	117	156	10	0	78.63
Steve March	lbw b White	53	101	108	4	1	52.47
Nicholas Gilbert (c)	b White	3	7	9	0	0	42.85
Richard Jerome	c Sher b Roberts	4	12	14	0	0	33.33
Simon White	not out	24	24	29	0	2	100.00
Mark Saxby	not out	15	12	17	1	0	125.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 2, w 6)	16
Total	52 Ov (RR: 4.30, 203 Mins)	224/7d
Did not bat: Mark Beard, Steve Sylvester
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Martin James), 2-14 (David Ward), 3-45 (Matthew Evans), 4-171 (Steve March), 5-177 (Andrew Griffin), 6-177 (Nicholas Gilbert), 7-185 (Richard Jerome)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew White	15	1	45	4	3.00	-	-	-	0	1
Bobby Sher	11	1	49	1	4.45	-	-	-	3	0
Richard Dalton	12	2	37	0	3.08	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Roberts	8	0	53	2	6.62	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Bullen	6	2	32	0	5.33	-	-	-	0	0

Bedfordshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Roberts	c †Griffin b Beard	17	17	19	4	0	100.00
Wayne Larkins	lbw b Sylvester	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
David Clarke	b Sylvester	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
David Mercer †	run out	55	104	102	6	0	52.88
Chris Bullen	c Ward b Saxby	62	112	113	7	2	55.35
Richard Dalton	c March b Saxby	1	7	4	0	0	14.28
Bobby Sher	not out	22	55	60	2	0	40.00
Andrew Trott	b Saxby	5	15	12	0	0	33.33
Philip Hoare (c)	not out	10	36	36	0	0	27.77
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 16, w 2)	22
Total	58 Ov (RR: 3.34, 183 Mins)	194/7d
Did not bat: Matthew White, Gary Sandford
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Wayne Larkins), 2-13 (David Clarke), 3-23 (Andrew Roberts), 4-140 (David Mercer), 5-141 (Richard Dalton), 6-161 (Chris Bullen), 7-172 (Andrew Trott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Sylvester	11	1	58	2	5.27	-	-	-	0	7
Mark Beard	5	2	29	1	5.80	-	-	-	0	1
Simon White	5	1	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	1	0
Richard Jerome	18	4	40	0	2.22	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Saxby	19	5	50	3	2.63	-	-	-	0	0

Hertfordshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Steve Sylvester	c sub b Sher	9	16	22	2	0	56.25
Matthew Evans	lbw b Bullen	31	64	98	5	0	48.43
David Ward	c †Mercer b Bullen	107	125	170	14	0	85.60
Martin James	c sub b White	24	62	52	1	1	38.70
Andrew Griffin †	c Clarke b Bullen	24	39	61	0	0	61.53
Steve March	not out	34	33	31	2	1	103.03
Richard Jerome	not out	1	9	11	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 12, lb 4)	16
Total	60.4 Ov (RR: 4.05, 225 Mins)	246/5d
Did not bat: Nicholas Gilbert (c), Simon White, Mark Saxby, Mark Beard
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Steve Sylvester), 2-99 (Matthew Evans), 3-161 (Martin James), 4-198 (David Ward), 5-223 (Andrew Griffin)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Matthew White	16	1	56	1	3.50	-	-	-
Bobby Sher	9	1	30	1	3.33	-	-	-
Richard Dalton	5	1	27	0	5.40	-	-	-
Andrew Trott	6	1	29	0	4.83	-	-	-
Chris Bullen	11.4	3	44	3	3.77	-	-	-
Andrew Roberts	13	0	44	0	3.38	-	-	-

Bedfordshire 2nd Innings (T: 277 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Roberts	c Ward b Jerome	37	57	69	8	0	64.91
Wayne Larkins	lbw b Sylvester	16	24	23	3	0	66.66
David Clarke	not out	114	145	199	7	2	78.62
David Mercer †	run out	47	81	81	3	1	58.02
Richard Dalton	b Sylvester	32	42	39	1	0	76.19
Chris Bullen	c Jerome b Saxby	9	9	12	0	0	100.00
Andrew Trott	c †Griffin b Sylvester	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Bobby Sher	not out	7	6	11	0	0	116.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 6)	15
Total	60.3 Ov (RR: 4.57, 223 Mins)	277/6
Did not bat: Philip Hoare (c), Matthew White, Gary Sandford
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Wayne Larkins), 2-80 (Andrew Roberts), 3-167 (David Mercer), 4-227 (Richard Dalton), 5-246 (Chris Bullen), 6-246 (Andrew Trott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Steve Sylvester	16.3	1	94	3	5.69	-	-	-	3
Mark Beard	3	0	20	0	6.66	-	-	-	0
Simon White	9	4	22	0	2.44	-	-	-	0
Richard Jerome	14	2	48	1	3.42	-	-	-	0
Mark Saxby	18	1	84	1	4.66	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Sun, 27 Jul - day 1 - Herts 2nd innings null/0 (Steve Sylvester null*, Matthew Evans null*)

Mon, 28 Jul - day 2 - Bedfordshire 2nd innings 277/6 (60.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Denis Compton Oval, Shenley
Toss	Bedfordshire, elected to field first
Series	Minor Counties Championship
Season	1997
Match days	day (2-day match)
Umpires	Keith Coburn Paul Adams
Points	Bedfordshire 21, Hertfordshire 6

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Bedfordshire Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SA Sylvester	16.3	1	94	3	5.69 (3 nb)
MA Beard	3	0	20	0	6.66
SP White	9	4	22	0	2.44
RS Jerome	14	2	48	1	3.42
MD Saxby	18	1	84	1	4.66

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