minc6783	Cheshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1970
Venue	Queensgate, Bramhall on 10th, 11th August 1970 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northumberland won by 3 wickets
Points	Cheshire 0; Northumberland 10
Umpires	AM Pullinger, K Wilson
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 80/7 (Atkinson 33*, Brown 2*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Platford b Johnson	18
SL Wood	c Henderson b van Geloven	1
RMO Cooke	c Henderson b van Geloven	2
GC Hardstaff	c Balsillie b van Geloven	8
*FW Millett	b Johnson	9
R Collins	b van Geloven	25
JRA Cragg	c Henderson b van Geloven	1
NR Halsall	c Atkinson b van Geloven	17
DJ Watson	c Balsillie b Johnson	3
AB Jackson	not out	2
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 30 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-14, 4-37, 5-42, 6-45, 7-71, 8-79, 9-86 (30 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	15	3	38	3	-	-
van Geloven	15	1	48	6	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Balsillie	c Taylor b Jackson	12
P Atkinson	not out	36
RA Platford	run out	7
C Cairns	c Collins b Jackson	0
*J Thewlis	b Halsall	0
R Swann	b Halsall	1
AA Johnson	c Sutton b Jackson	18
J van Geloven	b Jackson	4
A Brown	not out	5
K Norton	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 27 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-36, 3-43, 4-44, 5-46, 6-73, 7-77

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	14	2	42	4	-
Halsall	11	2	35	2	-
Sutton	2	0	6	0	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Balsillie b Johnson	12
SL Wood	c sub b Johnson	12
RMO Cooke	c Swann b van Geloven	0
GC Hardstaff	c Thewlis b Norton	55
*FW Millett	c Brown b Norton	8
R Collins	b van Geloven	28
JRA Cragg	b Brown	1
NR Halsall	c Thewlis b Norton	4
DJ Watson	lbw b Brown	12
AB Jackson	run out	2
+CRV Taylor	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-54, 4-75, 5-98, 6-105, 7-110, 8-133, 9-140, 10-140 (63.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	10	3	30	2	-
van Geloven	8.1	1	29	2	-
Brown	25	8	30	2	-
Norton	20	5	45	3	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Balsillie	c Hardstaff b Millett	15
RA Platford	c Wood b Cooke	23
C Cairns	run out	12
*J Thewlis	b Sutton	16
R Swann	b Millett	8
AA Johnson	b Jackson	24				4
J van Geloven	not out	33
A Brown	c and b Jackson	0
+HB Henderson	not out	1
P Atkinson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 54.5 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-50, 3-66, 4-75, 5-113, 6-139, 7-139

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	10.5	3	34	2	-
Halsall	2	0	6	0	-
Collins	4	1	6	0	-
Millett	14	3	32	2	-
Sutton	18	7	41	1	-
Cooke	6	2	13	1	-

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Notes
--> NR Halsall reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northumberland first innings

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The start of play on the first day was delayed by three and a quarter hours due to a wet outfield
P Atkinson was not able to bat in the second innings due to a strained back

 

 

 

 

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