minc4910	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 28th, 29th May 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	AH Barrett, RE Rushworth
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 51/1 (Fox 19*, Lowe 12*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Shaw	b Young	155
KG Davidson	c Fox b Digman	126
KD Smith	b Digman	8
C Pearson	b Digman	0
JY Oakes	b Young	46
*LE Liddell	not out	70
PD Brodrick	run out	13
+HB Henderson	not out	7
JB Rowell	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
H Elsdon	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 2 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	445
Fall of wickets:
1-221, 2-240, 3-240, 4-349, 5-354, 6-412

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	21	5	72	0		-
Digman	18	2	100	3		-
Shepherd	36	7	121	0		-
Young	22	3	107	2		-
Millett	4	0	25	0		-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Millett	c Oakes b McGibbon	10
R Fox	lbw b McGibbon	31
*BM Lowe	b McGibbon	13
G Harding	lbw b McGibbon	40
JRG Seward	not out	146
GH Wigglesworth	c Henderson b McGibbon	0
KE Young	c Henderson b Brodrick	16
+A Gilbert	b Elsdon	28
RJ Digman	c Rowell b Oakes	92
AB Jackson	c Smith b McGibbon	0
SG Shepherd	c Henderson b McGibbon	5
Extras	(22 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	34
Total	(all out, 137.5 overs)	415
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-52, 3-75, 4-131, 5-131, 6-160, 7-193, 8-392, 9-401, 10-415 (137.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	48	8	115	1
McGibbon	43.5	10	103	7
Rowell	9	0	56	0
Brodrick	17	9	52	1
Oakes	16	6	39	1
Liddell	4	0	16	0

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Notes
--> PD Brodrick made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Jackson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Elsdon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KG Davidson (1) equalled his previous highest score of 126 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KG Davidson (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 87
--> JRG Seward (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JRG Seward (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Gilbert (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Fox made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches

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