minc4489	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	The Oval, Wallasey on 27th, 28th May 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	AH Barrett, GP Deyes
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WHR Jones	b W Boon	45
W Wood	st Dennis b Shardlow	22
LBP Adams	c Charnock b W Boon	32
FW Millett	lbw b Shardlow	1
BM Lowe	b W Boon	8
+GH Wigglesworth	lbw b Norcup	13
G Harding	b Shardlow	20
BH Williams	c W Boon b Shardlow	29
AD Lord	b W Boon	4
AB Wootton	b Shardlow	0
L Blunt	not out	8
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-94, 3-95, 4-104, 5-111, 6-124, 7-168, 8-179, 9-179, 10-190 (78.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	23	9	35	1	-	-
Ellsmore	11	2	38	0	-	-
Shardlow	28	8	67	5	-	-
Butler	3	0	21	0	-	-
W Boon	13.3	4	21	4	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Adams b Blunt	65
FR Bailey	c Wood b Lord	77
JF Butler	c Adams b Wood	4
*DM Haynes	b Lord	4
PHC Charnock	c Lord b Wood	14
H Boon	st Wigglesworth b Lord	18
+ED Dennis	b Lord	1
SJ Norcup	c Adams b Lord	0
JM Ellsmore	c Lowe b Wood	1
B Shardlow	not out	13
W Boon	c and b Wood	16
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-111, 2-116, 3-133, 4-166, 5-184, 6-189, 7-189, 8-191, 9-204, 10-227 (94 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	17	5	23	1	-	-
Williams	8	1	33	0	-	-
Lord	28	7	57	5	-	-
Wootton	11	0	31	0	-	-
Wood	30	8	69	4	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Williams	not out	21
W Wood	not out	10
*WHR Jones	did not bat
LBP Adams	did not bat
FW Millett	did not bat
BM Lowe	did not bat
+GH Wigglesworth	did not bat
G Harding	did not bat
AD Lord	did not bat
AB Wootton	did not bat
L Blunt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 15 overs)	31

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ellsmore	7	3	12	0	-	-
Butler	7	0	19	0	-	-
Smith	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Ellsmore made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Wootton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Boon reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings
--> W Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-46)

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