minc4483	Lancashire Second XI v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 18th, 19th May 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire Second XI 2; Cheshire 2
Umpires	JH Elliss, A Mitchison
Scorers	WA Glendinning (Lancashire Second XI), ESS Medlicott (Cheshire)
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 62/6

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Smith b Lord	162			23	4
S Smith	c Cook b Blunt	65
JG Lomax	b Smith	9
P Barcroft	b Smith	27
*JF Blackledge	c Smith b Williams	86
DJ Smith	c Williams b Lord	31
+A Wilson	not out	4
J Ingham	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
GO Ashfield	did not bat
P Whiteley	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 97.3 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-172, 3-270, 4-270, 5-352, 6-394 (97.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	23	3	107	1	-	-
Smith	15	1	49	2	-	-
Wood	10	1	44	0	-	-
Lord	32	5	100	2	-	-
Williams	17.3	1	84	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Wood	c Lomax b Wharton	12
+GH Wigglesworth	b Ashfield	9
LBP Adams	lbw b Ashfield	1
FW Millett	not out	14
*WHR Jones	c Barcroft b Ingham	4
JR Cook	c Wilson b DJ Smith	6
G Harding	c Wilson b DJ Smith	1
BH Williams	not out	7
DJ Smith	did not bat
AD Lord	did not bat
L Blunt	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 33 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-27, 4-36, 5-50, 6-53

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DJ Smith	12	7	15	2	-	2
Ashfield	12	3	27	2	-	1
Wharton	2	1	2	1	-	-
Greenhough	3	0	7	0	-	-
Ingham	4	2	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> BH Williams made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Wharton (1) passed his previous highest score of 154 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Blackledge (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> LBP Adams made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Smith reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings

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