minc4	Durham v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1895
Venue	Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 24th, 25th June 1895 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 0; Cheshire 0
Umpires	T Hutton, A Smith
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 166/4 (Pointon 74*, Brown 4*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AB Crosby	c Pointon b Brown	15			2	-
J Young	c Smith b Brown	2			-	-
J Dowson	b Brown	12			1	-
CY Adamson	b Smith	5			1	-
WH Wilson	b Smith	16			2	-
JF Whitwell	c Disney b Town	45			6	-
JW Welford	b Brown	5			1	-
+T Lambert	b Smith	7			1	-
*WF Whitwell	b Smith	0			-	-
J Gregory	c Ravenscroft b Smith	9			-	-
D Nichol	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-24, 3-32, 4-42, 5-58, 6-65, 7-92, 8-92, 9-120, 10-122 (55.1 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	27	10	46	4	-	-
Smith	27.1	7	70	5	-	-
Town	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Ravenscroft	lbw b Gregory	13			2	-
C Holden	c Adamson b WF Whitwell	11			1	-
T Pointon	b Nichol	110			17	-
G Davenport	run out	57			9	-
W Hartley	b Gregory	1			-	-
S Brown	c Crosby b Nichol	26			1	-
HJ Fish	b Nichol	1			-	-
JR Bates	b Nichol	24			4	-
E Smith	b Nichol	0			-	-
E Town	b Nichol	6			1	-
+JJ Disney	not out	2			-	-
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-33, 3-140, 4-143, 5-213, 6-216, 7-239, 8-243, 9-252, 10-259 (96.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WF Whitwell	23	4	72	1	-	-
Gregory	37	6	89	2	-	-
Nichol	25.2	10	56	6	-	-
Welford	6	2	22	0	-	-
Wilson	4	2	9	0	-	-
JF Whitwell	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AB Crosby	c Davenport b Brown	103			17	-
J Young	c Fish b Town	36			7	-
J Dowson	b Smith	25			6	-
CY Adamson	c Smith b Hartley	40			6	-
WH Wilson	c Holden b Town	21			3	-
JF Whitwell	c Disney b Brown	8			1	-
JW Welford	c Pointon b Brown	64			11	-
+T Lambert	c Pointon b Town	5			1	-
*WF Whitwell	not out	19			2	-
J Gregory	did not bat
D Nichol	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-142, 2-142, 3-184, 4-223, 5-232, 6-257, 7-275, 8-329 (87 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	31	6	89	3	-	-
Smith	25	7	85	1	-	-
Town	20	3	87	3	-	-
Pointon	1	0	9	0	-	-
Hartley	5	1	22	1	-	1
Holden	5	0	29	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Ravenscroft	st Lambert b Gregory	17			2	-
C Holden	c Welford b Gregory	2			-	-
T Pointon	not out	33			7	-
G Davenport	not out	17			2	-
W Hartley	did not bat
S Brown	did not bat
HJ Fish	did not bat
JR Bates	did not bat
E Smith	did not bat
E Town	did not bat
+JJ Disney	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 34 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-23

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichol	11	3	24	0	-	-
Gregory	12	5	21	2	-	-
WF Whitwell	6	2	13	0	-	-
Adamson	3	1	7	0	-	-
Crosby	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JW Welford scored 1 five in the Durham second innings
--> AB Crosby made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Dowson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Welford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Gregory made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HJ Fish made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Bates made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Town made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Holden made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Hartley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Town made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Pointon (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Pointon (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Davenport (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Crosby (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Young (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CY Adamson (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Wilson (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Ravenscroft (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> E Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-34)
--> E Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings
--> D Nichol achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 5-20)

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Match drawn after the Durham second innings declaration left Cheshire a victory target of 193 runs in 90 minutes.
On the first day the game started two hours late, at 2.30pm, because the Cheshire team missed their connecting train at Leeds.
For the visitors, there were 17 fours, 2 threes and 6 twos in Pointon's 110.
It was the first century scored in a Championship match.
Davenport's 57 included 9 fours.
In the Cheshire first innings, Pointon and Davenport added 107 runs for the third wicket.
For Durham, Crosby's 103 contained 17 fours, 2 threes and 6 twos, coincidentally the same innings breakdown as in Pointon's century.
There was 1 five and 11 fours in Welford's 64.
In the Durham second innings, Crosby and Young put on 142 runs for the first wicket, and Welford and W F Whitwell 54 runs for the eighth wicket.
Durham's second innings total of 329 for 8 wickets was the joint second highest of the season.
The match run aggregate of 779 runs was also the second highest of the year.
[Missing: In Durham 2nd inns duration of Crosby's innings of 103; in Cheshire 1st inns duration of Pointon's innings of 110.]
Sources: Durham Scorebook; Newcastle Daily Chronicle 25 June; Newcastle Daily Journal 25,26 June, 4 July; Northern Echo 25,26 June; North Star 25,26 June; Cheshire County News 28 June; The Sportsman 24,25,26 June.