minc5001	Staffordshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter on 8th, 9th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	A Crawshaw, JH Elliss
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRL Davies	lbw b Norcup	1
FW Millett	c H Boon b S Crump	26
*BM Lowe	c SB Boon b BS Crump	105
R Fox	st Giles b Shardlow	29
WA Bardsley	c Haynes b BS Crump	3
KE Young	c Haynes b Shardlow	0
MJB Riley	c Haynes b Shardlow	8
DJ Smith	c Shardlow b S Crump	36
+WG Allen	b Shardlow	6
RJ Kenyon	lbw b Shardlow	0
EC Nicholls	not out	3
Extras	(11 b, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-64, 3-148, 4-151, 5-156, 6-174, 7-200, 8-217, 9-217, 10-229 (97.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SB Boon	21	9	38	0	-	-
Norcup	16	6	40	1	-	-
BS Crump	17	3	43	2	-	-
S Crump	17.4	4	27	2	-	-
Shardlow	26	5	69	5	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Hall	c Allen b Nicholls	4
JF Butler	st Allen b Young	90
*DM Haynes	c Smith b Young	53
S Crump	not out	25
H Boon	c Smith b Young	0
B Shardlow	c Riley b Young	27
BS Crump	not out	21
SB Boon	did not bat
EJ Shaw	did not bat
JC Norcup	did not bat
+AD Giles	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 89.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-122, 3-155, 4-155, 5-189

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	20	13	57	1	-	-
Smith	15	6	25	0	-	-
Riley	4	0	11	0	-	-
Young	29.2	7	71	4	-	-
Kenyon	21	3	56	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JRL Davies	c Shaw b Norcup	2
FW Millett	c Giles b SB Boon	17
*BM Lowe	c Haynes b Shardlow	8
R Fox	not out	52
MJB Riley	c H Boon b Shardlow	14
WA Bardsley	not out	23
KE Young	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
+WG Allen	did not bat
RJ Kenyon	did not bat
EC Nicholls	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 51 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-39, 4-56

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SB Boon	9	2	28	1	-	-
Norcup	5	2	11	1	-	-
BS Crump	11	6	10	0	-	-
S Crump	5	0	14	0	-	-
Shardlow	10	3	23	2	-	-
H Boon	7	2	20	0	-	-
Shaw	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	not out	12
H Boon	c Fox b Kenyon	13
EJ Shaw	b Kenyon	0
BS Crump	not out	1
JS Hall	did not bat
*DM Haynes	did not bat
S Crump	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
SB Boon	did not bat
JC Norcup	did not bat
+AD Giles	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 10 overs)	26
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	5	2	10	0	-	-
Smith	2	1	5	0	-	-
Young	1	0	7	0	-	-
Kenyon	2	0	4	2	-	-

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Notes
--> BM Lowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Fox (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> WA Bardsley (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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