minc7653	Durham v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees on 20th, 21st August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	S Levison, JH Lowery
Scorers	CM Davis (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 177/5 (C Thomas 4*, MC Thomas 1*; 55 overs)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	b Wilkinson	17		24	3	-
SL Wood	c Wishart b Smare	35		151	3	-
RMO Cooke	b Smare	30		103	5	-
D Bailey	b Wishart	83		89	13	1
NT O'Brien	lbw b Wasim Raja	1		3	-	-
ND Barker	not out	12		55	1	-
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
D Halliwell	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
PA Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 14 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 218 minutes, 63.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-84, 3-105, 4-108, 5-198 (63.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	13	1	53	1	-	1
Wishart	14.2	5	49	1	-	-
Smare	17	6	38	2	-	-
Wasim Raja	19	8	38	1	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	lbw b Cooke	25		70	2	-
PW Romaines	c Hodson b Robinson	0		4	-	-
S Greensword	c O'Brien b Robinson	29		128	3	-
Wasim Raja	st Hodson b Bailey	98		106	11	3
*NA Riddell	c Barker b Bailey	8		32	1	-
C Thomas	not out	13		35	3	-
MC Thomas	run out	14		18	3	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	1		5	-	-
AJ Smare	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 202 minutes, 60 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-48, 3-130, 4-165, 5-172, 6-187

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halliwell	5	0	13	0	-	1
Robinson	11	3	40	2	-	-
Gemmell	8	1	20	0	1	-
Cooke	11	5	32	1	-	-
Bailey	12	1	47	2	-	-
Sutton	6	0	13	0	-	-
Rodger	5	3	6	0	-	-
Barker	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	c Riddell b Wilkinson	0	1	1	-	-
SL Wood	c Mercer b Wilkinson	36		84	3	-
RMO Cooke	b Wishart	5		13	-	-
D Bailey	c and b Wishart	4		14	-	-
NT O'Brien	c Wasim Raja b Greensword	79		142	12	1
ND Barker	c Wilkinson b Smare	39		112	5	-
D Halliwell	b Greensword	8		29	-	-
IJ Gemmell	lbw b Greensword	3		18	-	-
RG Rodger	b Smare	8		8	-	1
PA Robinson	not out	6		9	1	-
+T Hodson	b Smare	1		5	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 222 minutes, 67.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-20, 4-68, 5-158, 6-183, 7-186, 8-197, 9-197, 10-204 (67.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	13	2	37	2	1	-
Wishart	9	1	23	2	1	-
Greensword	27	10	62	3	-	-
Wasim Raja	10	3	42	0	-	-
Smare	8.3	1	25	3	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	b Robinson	7		38	-	-
PW Romaines	c Bailey b Robinson	6		23	-	-
Wasim Raja	c Wood b Bailey	36		79	4	-
S Greensword	b Halliwell	30		68	2	-
*NA Riddell	c Bailey b Rodger	33		57	5	-
C Thomas	c Hodson b Cooke	19		29	3	-
MC Thomas	st Hodson b Rodger	11		15	2	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	9		27	1	-
AJ Smare	c Hodson b Cooke	1		3	-	-
IA Wishart	lbw b Cooke	0		2	-	-
JS Wilkinson	not out	0		12	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 181 minutes, 46 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-21, 3-86, 4-88, 5-122, 6-145, 7-154, 8-158, 9-158

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halliwell	11	2	20	1	-	-
Robinson	9	0	32	2	-	-
Gemmell	2	0	11	0	-	-
Bailey	10	1	42	1	-	-
Sutton	3	1	8	0	-	-
Rodger	5	2	20	2	-	-
Cooke	6	2	19	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Cheshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 147-4
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 177-5
--> AJ Smare made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Smare made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Sutton (1) passed 8500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> Wasim Raja (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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