minc4708	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter on 11th, 12th August 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Cheshire 3
Umpires	J Buckingham, JH Elliss
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRL Davies	b Shardlow	30
FW Millett	b Smith	29
G Harding	c Dennis b Smith	7
*BM Lowe	b Shardlow	27
N Beecroft	b Smith	0
A Vickery	c Banks b Smith	74
DJ Smith	c Bailey b Shardlow	14
+GH Wigglesworth	lbw b Gregory	18
KE Young	lbw b Smith	1
BE Jones	not out	0
SG Shepherd	c Thornton b Smith	4
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-73, 3-76, 4-76, 5-117, 6-181, 7-214, 8-215, 9-218, 10-222 (83.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	11	6	46	1	-	-
Smith	22.1	9	58	6	-	-
Shardlow	31	7	57	3	-	-
Banks	8	0	26	0	-	-
Butler	11	4	17	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	b Smith	16
GN Thornton	lbw b Smith	6
JF Butler	st Wigglesworth b Shepherd	0
C Pollard	c Millett b Shepherd	0
H Boon	c Wigglesworth b Shepherd	0
*DM Haynes	c Millett b Smith	16
NGW Banks	b Smith	8
+ED Dennis	b Shepherd	14
B Shardlow	c Beecroft b Smith	14
GJ Gregory	b Smith	4
EG Smith	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 58.4 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-22, 3-22, 4-24, 5-24, 6-42, 7-61, 8-82, 9-85, 10-91 (58.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	29.4	10	46	6	-	-
Shepherd	26	12	33	4	-	-
Jones	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	c and b Vickery	11
GN Thornton	c Smith b Shepherd	14
JF Butler	b Vickery	16
C Pollard	not out	33
H Boon	b Vickery	5
*DM Haynes	not out	2
NGW Banks	did not bat
+ED Dennis	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
GJ Gregory	did not bat
EG Smith	did not bat
Extras	(16 b)	16
Total	(4 wickets, 38 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-47, 3-78, 4-95

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	4	20	0	-	-
Shepherd	8	1	21	1	-	-
Jones	8	1	26	0	-	-
Vickery	10	3	14	3	-	-

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Notes
--> N Beecroft made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NGW Banks made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Smith made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Beecroft made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ED Dennis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JRL Davies (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 20
--> ED Dennis (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> EG Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings
--> DJ Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 5-61)

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