minc4807	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 20th, 21st July 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northumberland won by 8 wickets
Points	Northumberland 10; Cheshire 0
Umpires	JH Elliss, GWF Reeves
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 51/0 (Walton 37*, Davidson 14*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Millett	c Oakes b McKendrick	12
JRL Davies	b Hall	3
JR Cook	c Shaw b McKendrick	18
*BM Lowe	lbw b Smith	75
KE Young	c Henderson b Watson	18
BH Williams	c Henderson b McKendrick	9
+GH Wigglesworth	c Smith b Watson	94
DJ Smith	b Watson	7
BE Jones	c Shaw b Hall	27
RJ Digman	b McKendrick	1
SG Shepherd	not out	14
Extras	(15 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 102.1 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-31, 3-58, 4-92, 5-203, 6-235, 7-256, 8-261, 9-275, 10-298 (102.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKendrick	24	6	62	4
Hall	22.1	8	57	2
Watson	31	7	90	3
Norton	12	5	28	0
Oakes	8	0	29	0
Smith	5	2	12	1

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	st Wigglesworth b Young	119		170	14	1
KG Davidson	c Williams b Smith	126			13	3
KD Smith	c Wigglesworth b Smith	1
PH Shaw	not out	31
JY Oakes	lbw b Smith	0
*LE Liddell	c Lowe b Digman	1
JM Watson	c Wigglesworth b Digman	8
M McKendrick	b Digman	0
+HB Henderson	b Digman	10
K Norton	not out	3
D Hall	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 89.3 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-230, 2-235, 3-248, 4-248, 5-255, 6-268, 7-268, 8-287

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shepherd	19	2	63	0	-	-
Smith	29.3	7	83	3	-	-
Digman	23	7	70	4	-	-
Jones	4	1	19	0	-	-
Young	14	2	64	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BM Lowe	c Shaw b McKendrick	12
JRL Davies	c Liddell b Hall	16
JR Cook	c and b Norton	32
KE Young	b Hall	1
+GH Wigglesworth	c Smith b Norton	35
BH Williams	b Norton	37
BE Jones	not out	5
DJ Smith	not out	4
FW Millett	did not bat
RJ Digman	did not bat
SG Shepherd	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 34 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-56, 3-61, 4-73, 5-131, 6-144

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKendrick	5	1	23	1	-
Watson	6	1	22	0	-
Hall	8	0	40	2	-
Norton	11	1	31	3	-
Smith	4	0	26	0	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	b Digman	8
G Walton	not out	102		51	14	1
KD Smith	c Lowe b Smith	32
JY Oakes	not out	3
PH Shaw	did not bat
*LE Liddell	did not bat
JM Watson	did not bat
M McKendrick	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
D Hall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 17.2 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-116

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	9	0	65	1	-	-
Digman	4	0	32	1	-	-
Shepherd	3	0	26	0	-	-
Jones	1.2	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Walton scored 1 five in the Northumberland first innings
--> D Hall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Wigglesworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GH Wigglesworth (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 78
--> G Walton (1) passed his previous highest score of 116 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KG Davidson (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M McKendrick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 3-20)
--> RJ Digman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 2-118)
--> FW Millett retired hurt in the Cheshire first innings having scored 5 - he returned when the score was 275/9

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Millett had a badly bruised hand and batted one-handed when he returned.

 

 

 

 

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