mint51	Durham v Cheshire
	English Estates Trophy 1985 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on 30th June 1985 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 6 wickets
Umpires	GI McLean, D Norton
Scorers	CM Davis (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham)

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Cheshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
IJ Tansley	b Wilkinson	4	7	7	1	-	57.14
JJ Hitchmough	c Mercer b Johnston	18	48	59	1	-	37.50
I Cockbain	c Patel b Greensword	64	131	133	10	-	48.85
NT O'Brien	lbw b Johnston	4	13	13	-	-	30.77
SC Yates	c Jackson b Johnston	3	11	12	-	-	27.27
K Teasdale	b Scott	22	74	73	3	-	29.73
*JA Sutton	c Greensword b Scott	13	23	35	1	-	56.52
WKM Benjamin	b Scott	7	5	8	1	-	140.00
+JK Pickup	c Patel b Scott	7	12	18	-	-	58.33
PJ Hacker	not out	5	7	10	-	-	71.43
AJ Murphy	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 188 minutes, 55 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-44, 3-65, 4-71, 5-120, 6-133, 7-143, 8-146, 9-158 (55 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Scott	11	2	31	4	1	-	16.50	2.82
Wilkinson	11	2	28	1	1	-	66.00	2.55
Johnston	11	1	27	3	1	-	22.00	2.45
Johnson	8	1	36	0	1	1	-	4.50
Greensword	8	1	16	1	-	-	48.00	2.00
Patel	6	2	14	0	-	-	-	2.33

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Durham innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JW Lister	not out	54	145	163	7	-	37.24
DC Jackson	c Hitchmough b Murphy	5	6	15	1	-	83.33
*S Greensword	c Tansley b O'Brien	36	39	46	5	1	92.31
MA Roseberry	c Cockbain b O'Brien	0	2	4	-	-	0.00
AS Patel	c Pickup b Benjamin	29	70	74	4	-	41.43
G Hurst	not out	4	13	20	-	-	30.77
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
G Johnson	did not bat
AW Scott	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 11 w)	32
Total	(4 wickets, 163 minutes, 45.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-81, 3-81, 4-140

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Benjamin	9.3	2	28	1	3	1	57.00	2.95
Hacker	7	0	45	0	4	1	-	6.43
Murphy	7	1	35	1	4	-	42.00	5.00
O'Brien	11	5	23	2	-	-	33.00	2.09
Sutton	11	5	10	0	-	-	-	0.91

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Notes
--> WKM Benjamin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> JK Pickup made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> MA Roseberry made his last appearance in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> JW Lister passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> PJ Hacker made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Trophy matches
--> J Johnston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Trophy matches in the Cheshire innings (previous best was 2-30)
--> AW Scott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Trophy matches in the Cheshire innings (previous best was 3-37)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Bad light delayed the start by 12 minutes and also stopped play from 2.24pm to 2.41pm on the first day.