minc6721	Cheshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1970
Venue	Victoria Road, Macclesfield on 21st, 22nd June 1970 (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	B Booth, RT Wilson
Scorers	J Medlicott (Cheshire), MC Thomas (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 94/3 (Byrne 38*, Millett 0*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	c Kelly b Millett	160		209	20	6
JG March	c Kelly b Millett	69		189	12	-
AJ Burridge	c Walker b Millett	10		24	1	-
*HJ Bailey	not out	16		8	2	1
S Greensword	not out	0		3	-	-
KB Turnbull	did not bat
AGB Old	did not bat
FE Allen	did not bat
CJ Storey	did not bat
HB McLaren	did not bat
+R Hornby	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 218 minutes, 74 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-208, 2-234, 3-245

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	11	3	42	0	-	-
Halsall	10	4	18	0	-	-
PG Taylor	6	3	13	0	-	-
Sutton	20	4	80	0	-	-
Millett	19	4	69	3	-	-
Watson	8	2	33	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Greensword b March	50		72	9	-
MSR Byrne	c Burridge b Storey	98		210	12	-
JRA Cragg	b Storey	2		19	-	-
DW Sharp	b Storey	0		12	-	-
*FW Millett	b Old	8		21	2	-
PAC Kelly	lbw b Allen	5		33	-	-
NR Halsall	b Allen	2		10	-	-
DJ Watson	lbw b Greensword	0		5	-	-
PG Taylor	b Greensword	0		12	-	-
JH Walker	c Hornby b Greensword	0		4	-	-
+CRV Taylor	not out	9		21	1	-
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 210 minutes, 72.1 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-88, 3-93, 4-106, 5-132, 6-148, 7-149, 8-151, 9-151, 10-181 (72.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Storey	16.1	4	44	3	-	-
Old	13	2	41	1	-	-
McLaren	9	1	20	0	-	-
Greensword	16	5	42	3	-	-
March	11	3	22	1	-	-
Allen	7	3	5	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	b Halsall	10		11	2	-
JG March	c Watson b Halsall	18		39	4	-
FE Allen	retired hurt	8		32	-	-
S Greensword	c Halsall b PG Taylor	28		64	2	-
AJ Burridge	not out	60		84	6	2
KB Turnbull	run out	15		19	2	-
AGB Old	not out	6		5	1	-
*HJ Bailey	did not bat
CJ Storey	did not bat
+R Hornby	did not bat
HB McLaren	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-37, 3-144, 4-147

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	8	0	44	0	-	-
Halsall	12	1	43	2	-	-
Sutton	10	2	19	0	-	-
Millett	4	0	10	0	-	-
PG Taylor	5	0	29	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Hornby b Old	3		10	-	-
MSR Byrne	b Inglis	55		90	9	-
JRA Cragg	c and b March	29		63	2	-
*FW Millett	b March	0	2	1	-	-
NR Halsall	c Storey b March	14		9	1	1
PAC Kelly	not out	6		40	1	-
DW Sharp	not out	15		34	3	-
DJ Watson	did not bat
PG Taylor	did not bat
JH Walker	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 125 minutes, 45.3 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-72, 3-72, 4-105, 5-105

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Storey	4	1	8	0	-	-
Old	7.3	4	10	1	-	-
McLaren	2	0	2	0	-	-
Greensword	9	3	18	0	-	-
March	13	3	48	3	-	-
Allen	1	0	1	0	-	-
Inglis	9	2	35	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Inglis (1) 100 in 155 minutes with 16 fours and 4 sixes
--> R Inglis (1) passed his previous highest score of 156 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FW Millett reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> S Greensword reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cheshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
The start was delayed until 1.30pm on the first day
Rain stopped play for 36 minutes on the second day and when rain came again at 5.40pm the match was abandoned as a draw.

 

 

 

 

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