minc4213	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1951
Venue	Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 13th, 14th June 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	AH Barrett, A Hardy
Close of play day 1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Hall	3
FR Bailey	c Blunt b Hall	8
G Sedgwick	run out	57
HH Wood	lbw b BE Jones	18
*DM Haynes	b Blunt	0
H Boon	c Harding b Lord	63
+ED Dennis	c Cross b Lord	7
SJ Norcup	st Mills b BE Jones	0
B Shardlow	b Hall	22
WT Jolley	not out	22
FT Boulton	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 6 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	37
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102.3 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-74, 4-77, 5-160, 6-187, 7-187, 8-187, 9-237 (102.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	20	5	36	1	-	-
Hall	26.3	10	54	3	-	-
Lord	26	11	45	2	-	-
BE Jones	30	6	65	2	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WHR Jones	c Boon b Norcup	2
AG Liggins	c Wood b Jolley	25
BM Lowe	b Norcup	0
AC Cross	b Boulton	9
BE Jones	lbw b Norcup	8
JA Hall	b Shardlow	19
G Harding	b Shardlow	2
HC Rigby	lbw b Shardlow	12
AD Lord	c Boon b Boulton	0
+JB Mills	not out	7
L Blunt	b Shardlow	18
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-32, 4-43, 5-55, 6-57, 7-76, 8-79, 9-79, 10-105 (62.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	18	8	29	3	-	-
Jolley	16	5	29	1	-	-
Shardlow	17.4	8	24	4	-	-
Boulton	11	4	20	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WHR Jones	b Jolley	111
AG Liggins	b Jolley	0
BM Lowe	b Norcup	3
AC Cross	lbw b Norcup	7
HC Rigby	c Bailey b Shardlow	36
BE Jones	lbw b Shardlow	1
G Harding	not out	65
JA Hall	not out	4
AD Lord	did not bat
+JB Mills	did not bat
L Blunt	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 71.3 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-35, 4-85, 5-88, 6-232

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	19.3	4	50	2	-	-
Jolley	18	4	54	2	-	-
Shardlow	23	5	93	2	-	-
Boulton	11	1	30	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	b Hall	7
R Smith	b BE Jones	31
*DM Haynes	run out	52
H Boon	not out	8
SJ Norcup	run out	0
G Sedgwick	did not bat
HH Wood	did not bat
+ED Dennis	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
WT Jolley	did not bat
FT Boulton	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 22 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-86, 3-95, 4-100 (22 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	11	0	53	0	-	-
Hall	6	0	17	1	-	-
BE Jones	5	0	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Mills made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FT Boulton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Sedgwick (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WT Jolley (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Hall (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WHR Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WHR Jones (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Harding (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Hall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 1-22)

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