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| Venue | The Oval, Wallasey on 25th, 26th July 1951 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Durham won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | H Hughes, Lawrence |
| Scorers | AC Lowerson (Durham), ESS Medlicott (Cheshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 137/4 (Carey 8*, Proud 2*) |
| Cheshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WHR Jones | lbw b Laidlaw | 13 | |||||
| AG Liggins | c Bell b Owen | 67 | |||||
| FW Millett | c Austin b Laidlaw | 17 | |||||
| JRG Seward | lbw b Coxon | 4 | |||||
| A Mutch | st Austin b Laidlaw | 1 | |||||
| BE Jones | b Aspinall | 42 | |||||
| L Blunt | c Clarke b Laidlaw | 16 | |||||
| +DE Watts | c Coxon b Aspinall | 17 | |||||
| AD Lord | not out | 0 | |||||
| AB Wootton | c Austin b Aspinall | 2 | |||||
| HC Rigby | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 6 lb, 8 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 58.5 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-96, 3-110, 4-112, 5-113, 6-161, 7-200, 8-205, 9-207 (58.5 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Coxon | 18 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aspinall | 10.5 | 2 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Owen | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Laidlaw | 20 | 3 | 89 | 4 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HD Bell | c Watts b BE Jones | 5 | |||||
| JH Clarke | c Mutch b Blunt | 31 | |||||
| JG Keeler | c Watts b Wootton | 50 | |||||
| TK Jackson | c Mutch b Lord | 35 | |||||
| PAH Carey | c Wootton b Liggins | 38 | |||||
| *RB Proud | st Watts b Liggins | 25 | |||||
| A Coxon | not out | 17 | |||||
| R Aspinall | not out | 9 | |||||
| NW Owen | did not bat | ||||||
| +AW Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| WK Laidlaw | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 71 overs) | 218 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-88, 3-105, 4-135, 5-177, 6-206 | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blunt | 20 | 4 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| BE Jones | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wootton | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lord | 20 | 5 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Millett | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| WHR Jones | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Liggins | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cheshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WHR Jones | st Austin b Laidlaw | 45 | |||||
| JRG Seward | b Laidlaw | 40 | |||||
| AG Liggins | c Laidlaw b Coxon | 40 | |||||
| FW Millett | b Laidlaw | 0 | |||||
| HC Rigby | c Austin b Laidlaw | 3 | |||||
| A Mutch | b Laidlaw | 1 | |||||
| BE Jones | c Carey b Laidlaw | 3 | |||||
| L Blunt | c Owen b Laidlaw | 0 | |||||
| +DE Watts | not out | 16 | |||||
| AD Lord | hit wkt b Laidlaw | 6 | |||||
| AB Wootton | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 51 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-83, 2-106, 3-114, 4-118, 5-134, 6-138, 7-138, 8-146, 9-161 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Coxon | 17 | 3 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Aspinall | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laidlaw | 18 | 2 | 45 | 8 | - | - | |
| Owen | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HD Bell | not out | 104 | |||||
| JH Clarke | c and b Lord | 33 | |||||
| TK Jackson | not out | 17 | |||||
| JG Keeler | did not bat | ||||||
| PAH Carey | did not bat | ||||||
| *RB Proud | did not bat | ||||||
| A Coxon | did not bat | ||||||
| R Aspinall | did not bat | ||||||
| NW Owen | did not bat | ||||||
| +AW Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| WK Laidlaw | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 29 overs) | 163 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-87 (Clarke) | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blunt | 10 | 1 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| BE Jones | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wootton | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lord | 6 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Millett | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Durham batted on after winning
This friendly was arranged in conjunction with Wallasey Corporation as part of their 'Festival of Britain' celebrations
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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