minc7403	Cheshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 28th, 29th July 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 10 wickets
Points	Cheshire 0; Durham 10
Umpires	B Booth, TG Wilson
Scorers	ESS Medlicott (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 216/4 (Amarnath 100*, Crane 10*; 65 overs)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Hughes	c Harland b Amarnath	13	42	61	1	-
SA Murrills	c Harland b Wilkinson	7	26	26	-	-
RMO Cooke	c Harland b Cook	27	67	84	1	1
*D Bailey	c Riddell b Lander	32	36	44	4	-
JRA Cragg	b Lander	12	52	64	1	-
NT O'Brien	b Wilkinson	5	32	24	-	-
PG Wakefield	c Greenshields b Wilkinson	0	5	5	-	-
RG Rodger	c Atkinson b O'Sullivan	2	35	32	-	-
SA Milner	c Amarnath b O'Sullivan	1	13	10	-	-
JS Howarth	b Wilkinson	2	7	10	-	-
+NJ Aston	not out	0	1	3	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 186 minutes, 52.4 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-33, 3-81, 4-87, 5-95, 6-95, 7-112, 8-112, 9-115, 10-115 (52.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	16.4	2	36	4	-	-
Amarnath	10	2	16	1	-	-
Lander	10	3	19	2	-	-
Cook	6	2	19	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	10	4	11	2	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	c Murrills b Milner	10	31	38	-	-
SR Atkinson	c Rodger b Milner	40	64	95	6	-
M Amarnath	not out	100	188	181	15	-
NA Riddell	b O'Brien	7	8	12	1	-
PC Birtwisle	b O'Brien	39	78	88	6	-
PJ Crane	not out	10	21	22	1	-
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
+T Harland	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
R Cook	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 220 minutes, 65 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-78, 3-90, 4-191

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howarth	9	4	13	0	-	-
Milner	16	2	73	2	-	6
O'Brien	24	4	73	2	3	-
Rodger	16	4	47	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Hughes	c Greenshields b Wilkinson	7	17	17	-	-
SA Murrills	lbw b Wilkinson	6	38	36	-	-
RMO Cooke	c Atkinson b O'Sullivan	20	44	60	4	-
*D Bailey	b Wilkinson	45	89	87	3	2
JRA Cragg	c Atkinson b Wilkinson	17	77	78	1	-
NT O'Brien	c Greenshields b O'Sullivan	0	17	19	-	-
PG Wakefield	b O'Sullivan	0	9	8	-	-
RG Rodger	c O'Sullivan b Wilkinson	0	10	11	-	-
SA Milner	retired hurt	6	16	18	1	-
JS Howarth	c Harland b O'Sullivan	12	13	14	1	-
+NJ Aston	not out	0	2	3	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-17, 3-54, 4-97, 5-104, 6-106, 7-108, 8-109, 9-126 (55.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	18	5	42	5	-	-
Amarnath	5	1	7	0	-	-
Cook	5	2	15	0	-	-
O'Sullivan	18.2	11	24	4	-	-
Lander	6	2	14	0	-	-
Crane	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	not out	12		18	2	-
SR Atkinson	not out	5		18	1	-
M Amarnath	did not bat
NA Riddell	did not bat
PC Birtwisle	did not bat
PJ Crane	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
+T Harland	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
R Cook	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(no wicket, 18 minutes, 7 overs)	26

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	4	1	10	0	-	-
Cooke	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 169-3
--> NJ Aston made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NJ Aston made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Amarnath (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Amarnath (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Wilkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 4-21)
--> JS Wilkinson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings
--> SA Milner retired hurt in the Cheshire second innings having scored 6 (team score 126/8)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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