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| Venue | Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 18th, 19th May 1980 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Cheshire 3; Durham 1 |
| Umpires | D Fawkner-Corbett, DB Harrison |
| Scorers | KF Holding (Cheshire), B Hunt (Durham), ESS Medlicott (Cheshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Cheshire (1) 157/3 (Dunkley 33*, Cooke 13*; 54 overs) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Hurst | c GM Taylor b Gemmell | 28 | 66 | 70 | 4 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | b TJ Taylor | 36 | 94 | 123 | 5 | 1 | |
| S Greensword | c Tipton b TJ Taylor | 41 | 162 | 154 | 5 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | c TJ Taylor b Cooke | 54 | 95 | 84 | 6 | 3 | |
| A Maitra | c Dunkley b TJ Taylor | 13 | 24 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Crane | not out | 4 | 11 | 17 | - | - | |
| MC Thomas | c GM Taylor b TJ Taylor | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| DD Parsana | did not bat | ||||||
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 243 minutes, 77.4 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-81, 3-170, 4-176, 5-187, 6-194 (77.4 ov) | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gemmell | 13 | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Milner | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| TJ Taylor | 24.4 | 8 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 20 | 7 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cooke | 9 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cheshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JA Sutton | b Cairns | 58 | 106 | 120 | 9 | - | |
| PA Tipton | lbw b Cairns | 29 | 82 | 90 | 4 | - | |
| NT O'Brien | c Thomas b Greensword | 16 | 48 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| PJ Dunkley | c Cairns b Greensword | 63 | 101 | 114 | 8 | 2 | |
| RMO Cooke | c Cairns b Wilkinson | 28 | 71 | 69 | 2 | 2 | |
| GM Taylor | c and b Crane | 1 | 19 | 21 | - | - | |
| I Cowap | c Riddell b Cairns | 14 | 20 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| SL Milner | not out | 10 | 22 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| IJ Gemmell | did not bat | ||||||
| +KJ McCullagh | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 259 minutes, 78.1 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-83, 2-102, 3-126, 4-189, 5-205, 6-205, 7-231 (78.1 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 18 | 8 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 20.1 | 6 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parsana | 20 | 7 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 16 | 5 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crane | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | lbw b Cooke | 27 | 67 | 64 | 3 | - | |
| G Hurst | b Gemmell | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| S Greensword | c McCullagh b Cooke | 6 | 28 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Crane | lbw b Cooke | 8 | 47 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | c O'Brien b TJ Taylor | 8 | 19 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| A Maitra | c Milner b TJ Taylor | 9 | 25 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| MC Thomas | c and b TJ Taylor | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| BL Cairns | c Milner b Gemmell | 47 | 47 | 43 | 6 | 2 | |
| +RAD Mercer | c O'Brien b Gemmell | 36 | 119 | 99 | 6 | - | |
| JS Wilkinson | b TJ Taylor | 5 | 32 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| DD Parsana | not out | 1 | 31 | 30 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 199 minutes, 70 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-26, 3-45, 4-46, 5-58, 6-58, 7-73, 8-114, 9-141, 10-153 (70 ov) | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gemmell | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Milner | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| TJ Taylor | 23 | 14 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cooke | 28 | 11 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cheshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JA Sutton | c Greensword b Cairns | 50 | 80 | 124 | 6 | - | |
| PA Tipton | lbw b Cairns | 20 | 68 | 92 | 1 | - | |
| NT O'Brien | lbw b Cairns | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| PJ Dunkley | lbw b Greensword | 3 | 15 | 12 | - | - | |
| RMO Cooke | c Thomas b Greensword | 2 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| GM Taylor | c Atkinson b Cairns | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| I Cowap | not out | 8 | 11 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| SL Milner | not out | 3 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| IJ Gemmell | did not bat | ||||||
| +KJ McCullagh | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 2 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 145 minutes, 35 overs) | 106 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-71, 2-83, 3-88, 4-92, 5-94, 6-98 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 10 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 17 | 6 | 34 | 4 | - | - | |
| Parsana | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 124-2
--> Cheshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 159-3
--> GM Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SL Milner made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TJ Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MC Thomas made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Dunkley (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Dunkley made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Tipton made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Cairns reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cheshire first innings
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Holding scored for Cheshire on the first day and Medlicott on the second
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