minc8571	Cheshire v Berkshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1988 (Western Division)
Venue	Walton Lea Road, Warrington on 19th, 20th July 1988 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Berkshire 3
Umpires	KS Shenton, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Loveday	c Wood b Blackburn	31
MG Lickley	run out	30
PJ Heseltine	b Blackburn	30
KS Murray	b JFM O'Brien	37
GRJ Roope	not out	7
TPJ Dodd	lbw b JFM O'Brien	8
PJ Oxley	not out	0
MG Stear	did not bat
+ME Stevens	did not bat
*JH Jones	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-82, 3-124, 4-149, 5-158

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	7	2	24	0	-	-
Wood	11	4	22	0	-	-
Blackburn	21	6	53	2	-	-
JFM O'Brien	16	1	50	2	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Tansley	c Lewington b Dodd	12
B Wood	lbw b Dodd	10
I Cockbain	c Lewington b Stear	1
DW Varey	run out	17
*NT O'Brien	c Murray b Dodd	52
JJ Hitchmough	b Jones	12
ST Crawley	not out	13
GJ Blackburn	run out	1
+N Smith	not out	4
A Fox	did not bat
JFM O'Brien	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-24, 3-33, 4-77, 5-109, 6-111, 7-114

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	8	2	13	1	-	-
Dodd	16	9	25	3	-	-
Lewington	23	9	45	0	-	-
Stear	12	1	40	1	-	-
Oxley	3	2	1	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Loveday	c Smith b JFM O'Brien	16
MG Lickley	c sub b JFM O'Brien	55
PJ Heseltine	lbw b JFM O'Brien	3
KS Murray	c Smith b Blackburn	3
GRJ Roope	lbw b Blackburn	48
TPJ Dodd	c NT O'Brien b JFM O'Brien	10
PJ Oxley	lbw b Blackburn	0
MG Stear	b JFM O'Brien	1
+ME Stevens	not out	2
*JH Jones	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85.2 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-62, 3-69, 4-102, 5-112, 6-117, 7-133, 8-154 (85.2 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	6	3	9	0	-	-
Blackburn	29.2	11	54	3	-	-
JFM O'Brien	37	19	49	5	-	-
Crawley	13	6	31	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Tansley	b Lewington	31
B Wood	b Lewington	29
I Cockbain	c Murray b Lewington	4
DW Varey	b Dodd	4
*NT O'Brien	b Dodd	22
JJ Hitchmough	b Lewington	0
ST Crawley	b Jones	40
GJ Blackburn	not out	2
+N Smith	not out	2
A Fox	did not bat
JFM O'Brien	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 45 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-58, 3-77, 4-128, 5-130, 6-137, 7-139

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	8	0	13	1	-	-
Dodd	13	2	32	2	-	-
Lewington	16	2	54	4	-	-
Stear	7	0	34	0	-	-
Oxley	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> IJ Tansley (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> JFM O'Brien achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire second innings (previous best was 5-60)
--> PJ Lewington reached 400 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire second innings

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