minc3544	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1946
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 26th, 27th June 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 8 runs
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 6
Close of play day 1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Rogers b Boucher	26
AB Hollowood	b Lord	8
TH Stanley	b GA McEntyre	23
EH Perry	c Little b Boucher	0
E Hawley	run out	4
*RH Plant	lbw b Swift	14
B Shardlow	c Crooke b Swift	63
+ED Dennis	st Crooke b Little	9
F Taylor	c and b Little	1
JR Fisher	lbw b Lord	9
A Pickard	not out	15
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-35, 3-35, 4-42, 5-71, 6-92, 7-142, 8-154, 9-160, 10-182 (79.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Swift	27	7	63	2	-	-
Little	10	3	16	2	-	-
Lord	24.4	10	33	2	-	-
Boucher	13	0	49	2	-	-
GA McEntyre	5	2	11	1	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA McEntyre	c Dennis b Perry	5
DDL Little	lbw b Perry	15
*AM Wolstenholme	c Dennis b Fisher	0
BJ Rogers	b Perry	6
AL McEntyre	b Perry	4
JA Boucher	lbw b Fisher	4
HN Nuttall	c Dennis b Perry	19
A Dale	c Dennis b Taylor	14
JM Swift	lbw b Taylor	0
+AR Crooke	not out	7
AD Lord	b Perry	2
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-21, 3-25, 4-28, 5-35, 6-37, 7-70, 8-70, 9-70, 10-80 (51.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	12	6	13	2	-	-
Perry	25.2	7	35	6	-	-
Shardlow	2	1	1	0	-	-
Fisher	12	1	27	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA McEntyre	b Perry	10
DDL Little	b Perry	12
*AM Wolstenholme	lbw b Fisher	14
BJ Rogers	b Shardlow	2
AL McEntyre	b Fisher	0
JA Boucher	b Fisher	16
HN Nuttall	b Fisher	7
A Dale	c and b Perry	17
JM Swift	lbw b Fisher	0
+AR Crooke	lbw b Fisher	1
AD Lord	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 3 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-28, 3-44, 4-45, 5-53, 6-66, 7-71, 8-71, 9-82, 10-94 (46.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	7	3	9	0	-	-
Perry	9.3	2	24	3	-	-
Shardlow	14	8	12	1	-	-
Fisher	16	2	40	6	-	-

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Notes
--> JR Fisher made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Dale made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Hawley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Pickard made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Boucher made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AR Crooke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RH Plant (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> B Shardlow (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HN Nuttall (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DDL Little made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EH Perry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 1-2)
--> EH Perry achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings
--> JR Fisher achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings

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