minc4926	Cheshire v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Gorse Hall Road, Dukinfield on 13th, 14th June 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Lancashire Second XI 3
Umpires	AH Barrett, GWF Reeves
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 51/1 (Millett 18*, Lowe ?*)

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Barcroft	c Seward b Digman	26
BJ Booth	run out	56
JD Bond	c Seward b Digman	15
G Coombe	lbw b Digman	10
G Clayton	c Young b Digman	57
P Whiteley	b Young	21
*MG Rhodes	b Nicholls	17
J Wood	not out	9
+A Wilson	c Fox b Nicholls	0
F Moore	b Nicholls	18
D Bailey	b Digman	7
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-84, 3-95, 4-123, 5-186, 6-209, 7-209, 8-212, 9-230, 10-243 (87.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	25	8	60	3	-	-
Shepherd	14	6	27	0	-	-
Digman	25.3	12	57	5	-	-
Riley	13	3	40	0	-	-
Young	10	0	52	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Fox	c Whiteley b Moore	0
FW Millett	lbw b Moore	18
*BM Lowe	st Wilson b Wood	84
JRG Seward	lbw b Whiteley	17
A Mutch	b Wood	20
KE Young	c Wood b Whiteley	13
+GH Wigglesworth	b Wood	16
MJB Riley	c Booth b Bailey	41
RJ Digman	b Moore	0
EC Nicholls	not out	13
SG Shepherd	c Barcroft b Whiteley	9
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-51, 3-92, 4-135, 5-146, 6-169, 7-191, 8-216, 9-224, 10-242 (99.2 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moore	35	13	67	3	-	-
Bailey	20	9	28	1	-	1
Wood	18	3	69	3	-	-
Whiteley	26.2	8	67	3	-	-

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Notes
--> D Bailey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Bailey made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Clayton (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BM Lowe (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> A Mutch (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJB Riley (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Nicholls reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire Second XI first innings
--> RJ Digman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lancashire Second XI first innings (previous best was 4-48)
--> RJ Digman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lancashire Second XI first innings

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