minc6811	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1970
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 26th, 27th August 1970 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northumberland won by 5 wickets
Points	Northumberland 10; Cheshire 3
Umpires	C Petrie, K Wilson
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 127/2 (Balsillie 67*, Thewlis 7*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Swann b Norton	76
SL Wood	lbw b van Geloven	10
JRA Cragg	c Henderson b van Geloven	9
GC Hardstaff	c Swann b Johnson	56
MSR Byrne	run out	38
RS Kelsall	run out	2
NR Halsall	b Johnson	9
*FW Millett	not out	2
RMO Cooke	not out	2
JH Walker	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-47, 3-134, 4-169, 5-170, 6-202, 7-209

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	16	3	42	2	-
van Geloven	16	4	43	2	-
Brown	15	1	50	0	-
Inchmore	11	2	31	0	-
Norton	14	4	38	1	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Atkinson	c Kelsall b Cooke	11
R Balsillie	c Taylor b Cooke	78			5	3
*JM Crawhall	c Halsall b Kelsall	37
J Thewlis	c Byrne b Cooke	7
AA Johnson	b Halsall	32
R Swann	st Taylor b Cooke	16
J van Geloven	run out	10
JD Inchmore	not out	0
A Brown	c Wood b Cooke	0
+HB Henderson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-99, 3-138, 4-181, 5-181, 6-198, 7-208, 8-208 (66 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	9	2	24	0
Halsall	8	1	21	1
Cooke	16	5	67	5
Millett	16	6	29	0
Sutton	13	6	26	0
Kelsall	4	0	24	1

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	run out	61
SL Wood	c Crawhall b Brown	18
JRA Cragg	st Henderson b Norton	13
NR Halsall	b Inchmore	28
GC Hardstaff	c Swann b Norton	24
MSR Byrne	c and b Atkinson	16
RS Kelsall	st Henderson b Norton	11
*FW Millett	not out	4
RMO Cooke	did not bat
JH Walker	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 56.5 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-91, 3-120, 4-136, 5-174, 6-175, 7-193 (56.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	6	1	16	0	-
van Geloven	8	2	12	0	-
Norton	22.5	4	80	3	-
Brown	10	1	43	1	-
Inchmore	8	1	20	1	-
Atkinson	2	0	4	1	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Balsillie	c Halsall b Millett	38
P Atkinson	c Kelsall b Millett	86
*JM Crawhall	c Wood b Sutton	0
AA Johnson	c Hardstaff b Millett	6
J Thewlis	not out	50
J van Geloven	c Hardstaff b Millett	1
R Swann	not out	14
JD Inchmore	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 43 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-111, 3-133, 4-146, 5-152

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	7	2	14	0	-
Halsall	3	0	17	0	-
Cooke	11	1	55	0	-
Sutton	14	1	51	1	-
Millett	8	0	58	4	-

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Notes
--> JH Walker made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Sutton (1) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 56
--> R Balsillie (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 65 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Thewlis (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> RMO Cooke reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland first innings

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Match televised by Tyne/Tees Television

 

 

 

 

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