minc7480	Cheshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Vicarage Road, Northwich on 3rd, 4th July 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 8 wickets
Points	Cheshire 3; Durham 10
Umpires	DB Harrison, JE Lawton
Scorers	KF Holding (Cheshire), B Hunt (Durham), ESS Medlicott (Cheshire)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 151 all out

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Hughes	lbw b Lander	5	36	38	-	-
D Bailey	c Greenshields b Amarnath	91	157	174	12	2
*RMO Cooke	c Mercer b Amarnath	39	99	119	5	-
NT O'Brien	not out	56	68	70	9	1
I Cowap	b Amarnath	0	2	1	-	-
SA Murrills	c Mercer b Wilkinson	12	26	42	1	-
GC Hardstaff	not out	13	9	9	1	-
RG Rodger	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
AJ Good	did not bat
G Cooke	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 229 minutes, 66 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-136, 3-156, 4-156, 5-217

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	14	3	46	1	-	-
Johnston	8	3	26	0	-	-
Lander	7	0	38	1	-	-
Amarnath	19	9	40	3	-	1
O'Sullivan	18	4	66	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	c Hodson b Good	14	21	20	2	-
SR Atkinson	c Rodger b Good	30	53	63	5	-
+T Harland	b Good	1	5	6	-	-
M Amarnath	c Hodson b Good	13	38	53	2	-
NA Riddell	b G Cooke	1	9	15	-	-
RAD Mercer	c O'Brien b Good	1	5	11	-	-
PJ Crane	c Hodson b Good	0	5	4	-	-
DR O'Sullivan	b Cowap	20	39	44	3	-
*BR Lander	c Good b O'Brien	56	78	85	6	3
JS Wilkinson	c Hardstaff b Rodger	0	20	24	-	-
J Johnston	not out	0	12	19	-	-
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 276 minutes, 45.2 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-25, 3-64, 4-67, 5-67, 6-68, 7-71, 8-101, 9-112, 10-151 (45.2 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Good	15	5	38	6	-	4
Cowap	12	4	41	1	-	8
G Cooke	14	5	23	1	-	1
Rodger	3	1	29	1	-	-
O'Brien	1.2	0	5	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Hughes	b Lander	12	43	51	1	-
D Bailey	c Wilkinson b Amarnath	37	42	53	6	-
*RMO Cooke	c Atkinson b O'Sullivan	44	58	57	8	1
NT O'Brien	b Amarnath	4	13	16	-	-
SA Murrills	c Lander b O'Sullivan	32	87	99	3	-
GC Hardstaff	c Harland b O'Sullivan	0	8	6	-	-
I Cowap	c Amarnath b O'Sullivan	17	34	29	3	-
RG Rodger	c Amarnath b Wilkinson	10	14	21	2	-
+T Hodson	b Johnston	4	22	15	1	-
AJ Good	run out	4	6	14	-	-
G Cooke	not out	8	3	2	2	-
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 189 minutes, 55 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-49, 3-61, 4-107, 5-110, 6-138, 7-158, 8-158, 9-166, 10-174 (55 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	12	3	46	1	-	-
Johnston	7	1	31	1	-	-
Amarnath	15	5	31	2	-	-
Lander	5	0	20	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	16	5	44	4	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	not out	137	199	223	18	2
TF Greenshields	c G Cooke b O'Brien	50	90	124	5	-
M Amarnath	c and b RMO Cooke	17	20	28	3	-
NA Riddell	not out	44	65	69	5	1
+T Harland	did not bat
RAD Mercer	did not bat
PJ Crane	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 223 minutes, 61.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-170

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Good	19	2	72	0	1	4
Cowap	5	0	20	0	-	2
G Cooke	9	3	34	0	-	-
Bailey	6	0	27	0	-	-
Rodger	7	2	22	0	-	-
O'Brien	9	0	45	1	-	-
RMO Cooke	6	1	24	1	-	-
Hughes	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 175-4
--> G Cooke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Bailey (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 64
--> BR Lander (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 90 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) 100 in 158 balls, 163 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 122
--> AJ Good achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 6-40)
--> JS Wilkinson reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
For Cheshire, Holding scored on the first day and Medlicott on the second day.

 

 

 

 

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