minc3667	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Tunstall Road, Knypersley on 6th, 7th August 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 10; Cheshire 0
Umpires	JW Franks, TR Nicholson
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WHR Jones	b Taylor	0
G Bull	b Taylor	0
K Dean	b Taylor	1
+DSG Swift	b Taylor	3
RDI Charlesworth	c Shardlow b Taylor	0
CR Barker	c Shardlow b Taylor	3
PN Smith	lbw b Taylor	18
W Winstanley	b Shardlow	9
H Robinson	lbw b Shardlow	5
AD Lord	not out	1
L Wilson	b Taylor	1
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 24.1 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-8, 4-8, 5-11, 6-14, 7-37, 8-48, 9-49, 10-50 (24.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	12.1	7	10	8	-	-
Norcup	7	1	24	0	-	-
Shardlow	5	0	7	2	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Winstanley	23
FR Bailey	b Winstanley	1
EA Hutton	c Wilson b Winstanley	6
S Crump	c Dean b Winstanley	1
MC Harvatt	b Winstanley	18
*RH Plant	lbw b Winstanley	16
B Shardlow	lbw b Lord	22
PHC Charnock	b Dean	30
+ED Dennis	c Barker b Lord	5
F Taylor	lbw b Lord	3
SJ Norcup	not out	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-19, 4-44, 5-55, 6-76, 7-113, 8-123, 9-125, 10-127 (55.2 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Winstanley	27	5	63	6	-	-
Dean	14	3	28	1	-	-
Lord	14.2	2	35	3	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WHR Jones	c Hutton b Norcup	8
G Bull	b Taylor	5
K Dean	b Taylor	0
+DSG Swift	lbw b Taylor	4
RDI Charlesworth	b Norcup	0
CR Barker	lbw b Crump	30
PN Smith	c Hutton b Shardlow	29
W Winstanley	lbw b Crump	0
H Robinson	lbw b Shardlow	4
AD Lord	not out	5
L Wilson	st Dennis b Shardlow	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 35.1 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-17, 4-18, 5-19, 6-73, 7-73, 8-80, 9-81, 10-90 (35.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	12	4	27	3	-	-
Norcup	9	0	24	2	-	-
Shardlow	11.1	1	23	3	-	-
Crump	3	2	12	2	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	not out	9
FR Bailey	not out	5
EA Hutton	did not bat
S Crump	did not bat
MC Harvatt	did not bat
*RH Plant	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
PHC Charnock	did not bat
+ED Dennis	did not bat
F Taylor	did not bat
SJ Norcup	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	14

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Winstanley	3	0	10	0	-	-
Dean	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RDI Charlesworth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Robinson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PHC Charnock (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PN Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Taylor reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Cheshire first innings
--> F Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 7-72)
--> W Winstanley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 6-74)

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