minc7877	Cheshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Moss Lane, Alderley Edge on 27th, 28th May 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 2; Durham 2
Umpires	D Fawkner-Corbett, JE Lawton
Scorers	KF Holding (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 73/5 (Gemmell 1*, Pickup 2*; 29 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Dunkley b Iqbal Qasim	20	71	85	3	-
SR Atkinson	b Mudassar Nazar	17	31	36	3	-
S Greensword	c O'Brien b Lawrence	20	92	85	1	-
*NA Riddell	not out	95	106	112	7	9
PC Birtwisle	b Lawrence	0	1	1	-	-
G Hurst	c O'Brien b Iqbal Qasim	0	9	10	-	-
PJ Kippax	not out	23	62	63	2	1
BL Cairns	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-55, 3-83, 4-83, 5-92

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	8	2	16	0	-	-
Mudassar Nazar	9	2	21	1	-	-
Iqbal Qasim	21	10	28	2	-	-
Bailey	4	1	10	0	-	-
Lawrence	12	3	67	2	-	-
Sutton	7	2	33	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Lawrence	run out	4	7	12	1	-
*JA Sutton	c Cairns b Wilkinson	3	6	11	-	-
Mudassar Nazar	c Cairns b Johnston	25	78	84	2	-
D Bailey	lbw b Cairns	14	47	45	1	-
NT O'Brien	c Atkinson b Johnston	13	32	40	2	-
IJ Gemmell	not out	1	2	6	-	-
+JK Pickup	not out	2	9	3	-	-
PJ Dunkley	did not bat
I Cowap	did not bat
GM Taylor	did not bat
Iqbal Qasim	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 103 minutes, 29 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-39, 4-67, 5-68

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	15	3	31	1	-	-
Wilkinson	6	1	14	1	-	-
Kippax	5	0	14	0	-	-
Johnston	3	1	3	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 146-5
--> ST Lawrence made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> Iqbal Qasim made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Romaines (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
First day: rain stopped play from 1.55pm to 2.53pm, from 5.16m to 5.53pm and from 6.06pm to 6.20pm
Second day: there was no play due to heavy overnight rain and the match was abandoned at 1.15pm

 

 

 

 

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