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Minor Counties Championship Final, 1997Bedfordshire v Devon
 Luton
 7,8 September 1997
 
Result: Devon won on faster run rate 
Toss: BedfordshireUmpires: P Adams and MP Morgan
 
Close of Play:
Day 1: Devon 216/5; Bedfordshire 119/9; Devon 27/0 (Gaywood 20*, Barrett 3*) 
Devon 1st innings
NR Gaywood            run out                                  32
KAO Barrett                              b Dalton              27
NA Folland            c Bullen           b Roberts             58
*PM Roebuck           not out                                  56
GTJ Townsend          c Roberts          b Bullen               4
AJ Pugh               st Sandford        b Roberts             23
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 6, nb 6)                   16
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs)                   213
DNB: CMW Read, RJ Coupe, K Donohue, PM Warren, J Rhodes.
FoW: 1-39, 2-111, 3-163, 4-173, 5-216.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
White                   3       0      21       0
Sher                    5       1      30       0
Dalton                 13       4      39       1
Roberts                20       2      83       2
Bullen                  9       0      39       1
Bedfordshire 1st innings
W Larkins             c Read             b Warren              11
RN Dalton             c Roebuck          b Donohue              6
AR Roberts            c Read             b Donohue             12
DR Clarke             c Read             b Donohue              0
DJM Mercer            lbw                b Rhodes               9
CK Bullen             c Barrett          b Coupe               36
*PDB Hoare                               b Coupe              118
ZA Sher               lbw                b Roebuck              3
KJ Wright             lbw                b Roebuck              2
+GD Sandford          not out                                   5
MR White              not out                                   9
Extras                (lb 4, nb 4)                              8
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   119
FoW: 1-17, 2-17, 3-17, 4-29, 5-65, 6-97, 7-101, 8-101, 9-104.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Donohue                 8       2      17       3
Warren                  4       1      13       1
Roebuck                16       3      27       2
Rhodes                  6       1      20       1
Coupe                  16       2      38       2
Devon 2nd innings
NR Gaywood            lbw                b Sher                34
KAO Barrett                              b Bullen              10
NA Folland            c Bullen           b Dalton               5
GTJ Townsend                             b Roberts             28
*PM Roebuck                          c & b Dalton               4
AJ Pugh               lbw                b Dalton               7
CMW Read              not out                                  30
K Donohue                                b Dalton              45
PM Warren                                b Dalton               0
J Rhodes              not out                                   4
Extras                (b 3, lb 6, nb 4)                        13
Total                 (8 wickets, 67 overs)                   180
DNB: RJ Coupe.
FoW: 1-48, 2-48, 3-79, 4-87, 5-99, 6-99, 7-176, 8-176.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Dalton                 20       6      43       5
Sher                   10       4      27       1
White                   4       1      10       0
Bullen                 16       4      51       1
Roberts                17       7      40       1
Bedfordshire 2nd innings
W Larkins             c Pugh             b Rhodes              51
AR Roberts            lbw                b Roebuck             62
DR Clarke             c Gaywood          b Coupe               36
DJM Mercer            c Warren           b Rhodes              38
CK Bullen             c Pugh             b Roebuck             19
RN Dalton             c Gaywood          b Roebuck              0
*PDB Hoare            not out                                   8
ZA Sher               not out                                  16
Extras                (b 9, lb 10, nb 2)                       21
Total                 (6 wickets, 67 overs)                   251
DNB: KJ Wright, +GD Sandford, MR White.
FoW: 1-92, 2-159, 3-163, 4-220, 5-223, 6-223.
Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Donohue                 9       1      38       0
Warren                  4       0      21       0
Roebuck                27       4      67       3
Coupe                  17       1      69       1
Pugh                    2       0       7       0
Rhodes                  8       0      30       2
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