minc4687	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Kingsley Fields, Nantwich on 4th, 5th August 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Staffordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 10
Umpires	JE Butler, A Mitchison
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Millett	lbw b Shardlow	18
P Hough	c Bailey b Gregory	1
*BM Lowe	c Bailey b Crump	25
FA Jones	b Crump	7
W Wood	c Shardlow b Crump	11
KE Young	b Crump	19
+GH Wigglesworth	c Haynes b Shardlow	4
BE Jones	b Shardlow	4
EC Nicholls	not out	9
SG Shepherd	st Bailey b Shardlow	0
B Machin	st Bailey b Shardlow	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-45, 3-45, 4-61, 5-63, 6-82, 7-92, 8-104, 9-104, 10-104 (66.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	10	6	6	1	-	-
Jolley	6	3	7	0	-	-
Crump	27	15	39	4	-	-
Shardlow	23.1	9	46	5	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c FA Jones b Nicholls	2
GN Thornton	c Shepherd b Machin	7
C Pollard	c Young b Hough	45
S Crump	c Wigglesworth b Shepherd	61
H Boon	b Nicholls	4
*DM Haynes	b Nicholls	22
CG Carter	c BE Jones b Shepherd	3
+J Bailey	not out	7
B Shardlow	did not bat
WT Jolley	did not bat
GJ Gregory	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 62.4 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-102, 4-126, 5-132, 6-135, 7-161 (62.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	16.4	5	29	3	-	-
Machin	5	1	15	1	-	-
BE Jones	4	2	9	0	-	-
Shepherd	23	8	49	2	-	-
Young	2	0	17	0	-	-
Hough	12	3	32	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Millett	b Crump	26
BE Jones	c Pollard b Jolley	0
B Machin	b Jolley	8
*BM Lowe	c Bailey b Jolley	0
W Wood	c Bailey b Jolley	8
P Hough	not out	35
FA Jones	b Shardlow	0
KE Young	c Boon b Crump	2
+GH Wigglesworth	c Crump b Jolley	26
EC Nicholls	b Shardlow	0
SG Shepherd	run out	3
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-14, 4-30, 5-49, 6-54, 7-64, 8-114, 9-115, 10-125 (76.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	9	6	9	0	-	-
Jolley	16	6	26	5	-	-
Crump	20	13	17	2	-	-
Shardlow	29.1	9	50	2	-	-
Butler	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	not out	26
GN Thornton	c Wigglesworth b Machin	2
C Pollard	b Machin	1
H Boon	c Millett b Machin	1
S Crump	not out	33
*DM Haynes	did not bat
CG Carter	did not bat
+J Bailey	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
WT Jolley	did not bat
GJ Gregory	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 26.3 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-16, 3-18

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	10	2	25	0	-	-
Machin	11.3	3	29	3	-	-
Shepherd	5	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FA Jones made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Carter made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Wood made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Machin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BM Lowe (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 25
--> B Machin made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Machin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 1-15)

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