minc6768	Durham v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1970
Venue	Blackfyne, Blackhill, Consett on 2nd, 3rd August 1970 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 7 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Cheshire 3
Umpires	A Gaskell, S Levison
Scorers	A Coulthard (Durham), J Medlicott (Cheshire)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 64/3 (Scarratt 14*, Bailey 10*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Millett	b Inglis	17		58	2	-
DJ Leigh	lbw b Young	12		21	2	-
RMO Cooke	not out	126		206	21	1
JRA Cragg	c Greensword b Inglis	0		2	-	-
MSR Byrne	not out	101		166	13	1
NR Halsall	did not bat
CG McEntyre	did not bat
DJ Watson	did not bat
AJ Byrne	did not bat
RJ Digman	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 228 minutes, 72 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-49, 3-49

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Young	17	3	43	1	-	2
Old	14	3	61	0	-	-
Bailey	6	0	30	0	-	-
Inglis	8	3	27	2	-	-
Greensword	8	2	17	0	-	-
Weston	5	0	22	0	-	-
Bainbridge	10	1	40	0	-	-
March	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	c Taylor b AJ Byrne	21		41	4	-
JG March	b Cooke	10		63	1	-
S Greensword	c Halsall b AJ Byrne	3		26	-	-
G Scarratt	b Halsall	26		68	4	-
*HJ Bailey	c Cooke b Digman	18		67	2	-
AGB Old	c AJ Byrne b Cooke	19		49	4	-
TB Clish	st Taylor b Cooke	16		40	2	-
MP Weston	c Taylor b Halsall	1		8	-	-
SH Young	c Halsall b Cooke	0	1	1	-	-
C Bainbridge	not out	0		3	-	-
+R Cole	c AJ Byrne b Halsall	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 183 minutes, 56.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-40, 3-40, 4-85, 5-85, 6-116, 7-121, 8-121, 9-121, 10-121 (56.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AJ Byrne	16	7	30	2	-	-
Digman	14	3	29	1	-	-
Cooke	12	4	24	4	-	-
Millett	4	2	6	0	-	-
Watson	2	2	0	0	-	-
Halsall	8.3	1	25	3	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSR Byrne	c Clish b Young	6		44	1	-
DJ Leigh	c Cole b Old	0		14	-	-
RMO Cooke	b Young	12		17	2	-
JRA Cragg	c Weston b Old	22		70	3	-
NR Halsall	b Young	0	2	1	-	-
CG McEntyre	lbw b Young	0		5	-	-
*FW Millett	c March b Old	7		34	1	-
DJ Watson	b Inglis	5		20	1	-
AJ Byrne	not out	14		36	2	-
RJ Digman	b Old	2		23	-	-
+CRV Taylor	b Weston	0		8	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 140 minutes, 40.5 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-25, 4-25, 5-25, 6-41, 7-54, 8-56, 9-62, 10-71 (40.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Young	14	7	19	4	-	1
Old	17	7	36	4	-	-
Inglis	8	4	8	1	-	-
Weston	1.5	0	5	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	c and b Cooke	129		144	15	3
JG March	c AJ Byrne b Cooke	32		79	4	-
S Greensword	c McEntyre b Cooke	19		45	1	-
G Scarratt	not out	27		42	3	-
AGB Old	not out	4		2	1	-
*HJ Bailey	did not bat
TB Clish	did not bat
MP Weston	did not bat
SH Young	did not bat
C Bainbridge	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 168 minutes, 53.2 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-148, 3-212

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AJ Byrne	5	1	19	0	-	-
Digman	7	2	35	0	-	-
Cooke	22	5	83	3	-	-
Halsall	7	0	30	0	-	-
Millett	12.2	0	44	0	1	1

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Notes
--> CG McEntyre made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TB Clish made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Leigh made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG McEntyre made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TB Clish made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RMO Cooke (1) 100 in 163 minutes with 17 fours and 1 six
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed his previous highest score of 119 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 106
--> MSR Byrne (1) passed his previous highest score of 99 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MSR Byrne (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MSR Byrne (1) 100 in 166 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> R Inglis (2) 100 in 128 minutes with 13 fours and 2 sixes
--> R Inglis (2) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 97

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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