minc7686	Cheshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 1st, 2nd July 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 97 runs
Points	Cheshire 3; Durham 10
Umpires	SS Hale, TG Wilson
Scorers	CM Davis (Cheshire), B Hunt (Durham), ESS Medlicott (Cheshire)
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 167/3 (Cooke 51*, Kelsall 31*; 61 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Kelsall b Gemmell	19	62	61	1	-
SR Atkinson	lbw b Gemmell	31	58	81	4	-
S Greensword	c O'Brien b Gemmell	0	6	8	-	-
Wasim Raja	b Bailey	92	90	97	13	2
*NA Riddell	not out	40	92	116	5	-
BL Cairns	c Hodson b Gemmell	1	5	4	-	-
PJ Kippax	not out	14	25	24	2	-
PJ Crane	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
SAB Daniels	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 198 minutes, 56 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-52, 3-57, 4-175, 5-176

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	20	6	52	4	-	1
Sutcliffe	13	4	43	0	-	1
O'Brien	8	1	29	0	-	-
Bailey	9.4	2	39	1	-	-
Sutton	5.2	1	34	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	b Cairns	29	63	77	1	-
DK Beckett	b Daniels	31	88	95	3	-
RMO Cooke	not out	72	136	146	10	-
NT O'Brien	lbw b Daniels	14	31	32	2	-
RS Kelsall	lbw b Wasim Raja	45	98	88	6	-
ND Barker	not out	0	2	6	-	-
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
RJ Sutcliffe	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
D Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 224 minutes, 69.1 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-75, 3-95, 4-188

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	28	7	78	1	-	1
Wishart	8	1	20	0	-	1
Daniels	13	7	23	2	-	1
Greensword	13	2	35	0	-	-
Crane	4	0	19	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	3.1	0	16	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Hodson b Rodger	37	61	71	6	-
SR Atkinson	c O'Brien b Rodger	59	90	112	6	1
S Greensword	lbw b Sutton	43	79	77	6	-
Wasim Raja	c Hodson b Gemmell	23	26	30	-	2
*NA Riddell	c Beckett b Sutton	17	40	39	2	-
BL Cairns	lbw b Sutton	25	13	17	3	1
PJ Kippax	not out	5	15	15	-	-
PJ Crane	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
SAB Daniels	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 w)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 183 minutes, 54 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-114, 3-168, 4-169, 5-201, 6-216 (54 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	15	3	48	1	1	-
Sutcliffe	7	1	32	0	-	-
Rodger	15	2	57	2	1	-
O'Brien	5	0	17	0	-	-
Cooke	7	0	28	0	-	-
Sutton	5	0	27	3	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DK Beckett	lbw b Daniels	3	7	10	-	-
*JA Sutton	c Riddell b Daniels	9	15	21	1	-
RMO Cooke	c Mercer b Cairns	14	48	69	2	-
NT O'Brien	lbw b Daniels	10	12	16	2	-
RS Kelsall	c Crane b Cairns	2	31	29	-	-
ND Barker	b Daniels	35	87	92	7	-
RG Rodger	c Kippax b Cairns	0	2	1	-	-
+T Hodson	b Cairns	10	35	26	2	-
IJ Gemmell	lbw b Cairns	0	4	4	-	-
RJ Sutcliffe	b Daniels	22	30	30	2	2
D Bailey	not out	0	9	11	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 157 minutes, 46.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-33, 4-41, 5-54, 6-54, 7-68, 8-68, 9-116, 10-117 (46.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniels	10.3	5	30	5	3	-
Wishart	4	0	16	0	-	1
Kippax	15	8	25	0	-	-
Cairns	14	8	25	5	-	-
Greensword	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SAB Daniels made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Sutcliffe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Hodson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Greensword (2) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> Wasim Raja (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> BL Cairns achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 1-78)
--> BL Cairns achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings
--> SAB Daniels achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings

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

 

 

 

 

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