minc4499	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 10th, 11th June 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	AH Barrett, A Mitchison
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 23/2 (Atkinson 8*, Lawrence 5*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Millett	b Earl	16
W Wood	c Atkinson b Earl	14
+G Bull	c Earl b Atkinson	2
BH Williams	b Elsdon	21
*BM Lowe	b Elsdon	8
G Harding	st Henderson b Atkinson	48
MJB Riley	b Earl	1
LBP Adams	b Elsdon	26
JR Cook	c Oswald b Atkinson	20
EC Nicholls	c Elsdon b Earl	35
L Blunt	not out	8
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-38, 3-46, 4-63, 5-77, 6-80, 7-123, 8-162, 9-192, 10-216 (107 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	27	12	40	3
Earl	28	9	45	4
Oswald	14	4	31	0
Atkinson	23	8	53	3
Watson	15	6	30	0

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Routledge	c Bull b Blunt	2
KG Davidson	c Blunt b Nicholls	6
CRM Atkinson	b Nicholls	133		245	19	-
C Lawrence	c and b Williams	56			7	1
R Jowsey	c Lowe b Blunt	3
*LE Liddell	c Harding b Nicholls	107			9	4
JM Watson	c Williams b Wood	16
JS Oswald	not out	22
+HB Henderson	run out	0
KJ Earl	c Bull b Wood	2
H Elsdon	c Harding b Millett	26
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-11, 3-135, 4-138, 5-306, 6-326, 7-347, 8-349, 9-353, 10-390 (95.2 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	28	7	69	2
Nicholls	33	8	94	3
Riley	8	0	66	0
Wood	11	1	59	2
Williams	13	1	74	1
Millett	2.2	0	11	1

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Millett	not out	15
W Wood	run out	19
G Harding	not out	2
+G Bull	did not bat
BH Williams	did not bat
*BM Lowe	did not bat
MJB Riley	did not bat
LBP Adams	did not bat
JR Cook	did not bat
EC Nicholls	did not bat
L Blunt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 22 overs)	36
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Wood)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	9	3	16	0	-	-
Earl	9	4	13	0	-	-
Oswald	2	0	6	0	-	-
Jowsey	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JS Oswald made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 83 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CRM Atkinson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 132
--> C Lawrence (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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For Cheshire Adams batted down the order because of lumbago

 

 

 

 

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