minc4319	Cheshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1951
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 20th, 21st August 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northumberland won by 123 runs
Points	Cheshire 0; Northumberland 10
Umpires	GE Hart, JH Mills
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 112/7 (Seward 1*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	b Blunt	12
WE Phillipson	b Blunt	41
CL Routledge	b Blunt	69
N Graham	b Blunt	6
CRM Atkinson	c Hall b Vickery	16
KG Davidson	c Allen b Blunt	3
*LE Liddell	b Vickery	4
WH Golightly	c Jones b Vickery	2
JM Watson	not out	16
+HB Henderson	c Mutch b Vickery	9
H Elsdon	b Vickery	4
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 77.5 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-121, 3-132, 4-147, 5-159, 6-163, 7-165, 8-169, 9-193, 10-197 (77.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	21	9	33	5
Hall	22	6	48	0
Vickery	25.5	9	66	5
McKinna	9	0	35	0

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRL Davies	b Elsdon	0
*WHR Jones	c Henderson b Elsdon	8
AG Liggins	c Liddell b Elsdon	9
BM Lowe	c Henderson b Phillipson	12
A Vickery	not out	118
A Mutch	b Phillipson	0
+WG Allen	c Golightly b Watson	31
JRG Seward	b Atkinson	9
JA Hall	c and b Atkinson	0
GH McKinna	c Liddell b Atkinson	3
L Blunt	not out	2
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-17, 4-37, 5-37, 6-87, 7-112, 8-136, 9-144

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	29	9	48	3	-	-
Phillipson	17	6	35	2	-	-
Atkinson	25	5	67	3	-	-
Watson	18	7	42	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	c Allen b Blunt	3
WE Phillipson	c Seward b McKinna	50
CL Routledge	c McKinna b Jones	97
N Graham	b Hall	24
*LE Liddell	b Hall	8
KG Davidson	b McKinna	14
CRM Atkinson	not out	5
WH Golightly	b Hall	7
+HB Henderson	st Allen b Hall	7
JM Watson	did not bat
H Elsdon	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 53.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-94, 3-133, 4-163, 5-188, 6-202, 7-210, 8-220 (53.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	3	1	9	1		-
Hall	18.5	0	67	4		-
Vickery	15	2	59	0		-
McKinna	16	0	79	2		-
Jones	1	0	1	1		-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRG Seward	c Phillipson b Elsdon	5
*WHR Jones	b Elsdon	19
JRL Davies	c Routledge b Atkinson	27
BM Lowe	c Henderson b Atkinson	4
A Vickery	c Henderson b Atkinson	2
AG Liggins	c Liddell b Watson	4
+WG Allen	c Henderson b Atkinson	7
A Mutch	not out	14
JA Hall	c and b Watson	1
GH McKinna	c Henderson b Watson	0
L Blunt	c Liddell b Atkinson	3
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-29, 3-47, 4-63, 5-68, 6-75, 7-90, 8-91, 9-91, 10-96 (31 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	6	0	20	2	-	-
Phillipson	5	1	11	0	-	-
Watson	10	1	31	3	-	-
Atkinson	10	2	24	5	-	-

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Notes
--> CL Routledge (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Mutch (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Hall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 3-54)
--> CRM Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 5-45)

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