minc2208	Cheshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1927
Venue	Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 20th, 21st July 1927 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Durham 3
Umpires	S Doughty, FW Lawday
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 85/7 (McEntyre 10*, Beech 15*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LH Weight	c Wilson b Hopwood	21
+HC Ferens	c Steventon b Wilson	12
M Nichol	lbw b LN Jones	42
CL Adamson	c Twemlow b Hopwood	10
JW Cook	b Wilson	7
J Carr	c WE Jones b Hopwood	6
WHR Alderson	c WE Jones b LN Jones	7
*H Brooks	lbw b Steventon	24
TK Dobson	c and b LN Jones	15
EE Molony	not out	3
AL Howell	b LN Jones	3
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-68, 3-80, 4-90, 5-99, 6-103, 7-128, 8-154, 9-156, 10-162 (83.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	25	13	41	2	-	-
LN Jones	15.4	5	36	4	-	-
Steventon	18	4	40	1	-	-
Hopwood	25	9	33	3	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WE Jones	b Carr	11
W Nutter	c Weight b Carr	6
H Wilson	b Dobson	1
JL Hopwood	c Carr b Dobson	17
LN Jones	b Weight	9
H Eyre	c and b Dobson	3
JL Battersby	b Cook	2
KH McEntyre	b Howell	10
H Beech	b Howell	19
EH Steventon	run out	1
+CB Twemlow	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-20, 4-52, 5-52, 6-56, 7-67, 8-87, 9-91, 10-91 (65 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	8	3	14	2	-	-
Cook	15	5	26	1	-	-
Carr	21	12	21	2	-	-
Dobson	17	9	15	3	-	-
Weight	4	3	3	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LH Weight	c WE Jones b Wilson	2
+HC Ferens	c Eyre b Beech	19
M Nichol	c Battersby b LN Jones	5
J Carr	not out	33
JW Cook	not out	4
CL Adamson	did not bat
WHR Alderson	did not bat
*H Brooks	did not bat
TK Dobson	did not bat
EE Molony	did not bat
AL Howell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 18 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-25, 3-40

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	4	0	6	1	-	-
LN Jones	9	0	31	1	-	-
Hopwood	3	0	9	0	-	-
Beech	2	0	17	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WE Jones	not out	5
H Beech	b Dobson	2
W Nutter	not out	4
H Wilson	did not bat
JL Hopwood	did not bat
LN Jones	did not bat
H Eyre	did not bat
JL Battersby	did not bat
KH McEntyre	did not bat
EH Steventon	did not bat
+CB Twemlow	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 14 overs)	17
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Beech)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carr	6	4	3	0	-	-
Dobson	7	3	5	1	-	-
Cook	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Nutter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KH McEntyre made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Beech made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JL Hopwood reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> LH Weight reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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