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| Venue | Tunstall Road, Knypersley on 9th, 10th July 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Cheshire won by 92 runs |
| Points | Staffordshire 0; Cheshire 10 |
| Umpires | PSG Stevens, RT Wilson |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Cheshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Bailey | b Gessner | 4 | |||||
| SL Wood | c Pearsall b Gessner | 11 | |||||
| M Bissex | lbw b Gessner | 11 | |||||
| NT O'Brien | c Stride b Gessner | 23 | |||||
| RMO Cooke | not out | 37 | |||||
| JA Sutton | c Gessner b Ikin | 16 | |||||
| DK Beckett | c Hancock b Ikin | 10 | |||||
| IJ Gemmell | not out | 4 | |||||
| RG Rodger | did not bat | ||||||
| T Hodson | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Carpenter | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 42 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-24, 3-39, 4-56, 5-86, 6-106 | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stride | 15 | 6 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gessner | 13 | 2 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Nicholls | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Hancock | b Carpenter | 2 | |||||
| PN Gill | c Carpenter b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| TA Pearsall | c Wood b Carpenter | 6 | |||||
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | c Hodson b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| MR Hill | c Sutton b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| GS Warner | c Hodson b Gemmell | 32 | |||||
| MJ Ikin | b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| DG Nicholls | c Bissex b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| MR Green | c Cooke b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| BD Gessner | b Gemmell | 0 | |||||
| KH Stride | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 32.5 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-19, 6-30, 7-30, 8-30, 9-36, 10-41 (32.5 ov) | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gemmell | 16.5 | 6 | 21 | 8 | - | - | |
| Carpenter | 15 | 7 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rodger | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cheshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Bailey | c Warner b Stride | 6 | |||||
| SL Wood | c Green b Gessner | 8 | |||||
| M Bissex | c and b Gessner | 2 | |||||
| NT O'Brien | b Gessner | 14 | |||||
| RMO Cooke | lbw b Nicholls | 5 | |||||
| JA Sutton | c Hancock b Gessner | 22 | |||||
| DK Beckett | c Ikin b Nicholls | 3 | |||||
| IJ Gemmell | c Nicholls b Gessner | 26 | |||||
| RG Rodger | lbw b Stride | 6 | |||||
| T Hodson | lbw b Nicholls | 5 | |||||
| JD Carpenter | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 32.1 overs) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-16, 3-28, 4-41, 5-41, 6-50, 7-59, 8-97, 9-108, 10-108 (32.1 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stride | 8 | 1 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gessner | 15.1 | 2 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Nicholls | 9 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Hancock | c Bailey b Gemmell | 5 | |||||
| PN Gill | lbw b O'Brien | 34 | |||||
| TA Pearsall | c Bailey b Sutton | 7 | |||||
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | st Hodson b Rodger | 4 | |||||
| MR Hill | b Gemmell | 6 | |||||
| GS Warner | c Sutton b Rodger | 1 | |||||
| MJ Ikin | c Rodger b Gemmell | 5 | |||||
| DG Nicholls | c Cooke b Gemmell | 15 | |||||
| MR Green | c Cooke b O'Brien | 5 | |||||
| BD Gessner | not out | 8 | |||||
| KH Stride | c Hodson b O'Brien | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 55.3 overs) | 97 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-38, 3-55, 4-55, 5-59, 6-68, 7-71, 8-82, 9-88, 10-97 (55.3 ov) | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gemmell | 16 | 4 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Carpenter | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rodger | 12 | 4 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 13.3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DK Beckett made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BD Gessner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> IJ Gemmell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 0-15)
--> IJ Gemmell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> BD Gessner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 4-39)
--> BD Gessner achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings
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