minc5672	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
Venue	Victoria Road, Macclesfield on 17th, 18th May 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Staffordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Cheshire 0; Staffordshire 10
Umpires	WW Rennison, RE Rushworth
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Millett	c Ashwell b Davies	58
JA Sutton	c Searle b Davies	8
DF Cox	b Williamson	1
SD Cooke	b Williamson	2
PAC Kelly	c Searle b Ikin	16
GC Hardstaff	c Searle b Davies	3
RT Robbins	not out	36
CDR Barker	b Davies	10
MJ Davis	c Ashwell b Davies	0
+KF Holding	c Bailey b Ikin	5
S Davies	c Ikin b Davies	3
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-23, 4-61, 5-86, 6-89, 7-109, 8-125, 9-140, 10-143 (59.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williamson	17	4	41	2	-	-
Davies	18.4	2	44	6	-	-
Steele	11	1	38	0	-	-
Ikin	13	3	19	2	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	lbw b Davies	42
HG Searle	c Holding b Davis	2
DS Steele	b Davis	0
CG Carter	b Davis	3
*JT Ikin	run out	84
PM Shardlow	b Davis	2
H Boon	c Holding b Davies	0
PJK Gibbs	not out	7
+JC Ashwell	b Davis	1
D Williamson	b Davis	0
RC Davies	c Kelly b Barker	10
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-17, 4-129, 5-137, 6-137, 7-137, 8-139, 9-139, 10-155 (56 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	18	2	50	6	-	-
Barker	11	2	41	1	-	-
Millett	6	0	19	0	-	-
Cox	5	1	12	0	-	-
Davies	16	7	29	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FW Millett	lbw b Williamson	0
JA Sutton	c Shardlow b Williamson	14
DF Cox	c Shardlow b Williamson	10
RT Robbins	c Ikin b Davies	4
SD Cooke	c Searle b Steele	29
PAC Kelly	b Davies	39
GC Hardstaff	b Davies	12
CDR Barker	lbw b Williamson	8
MJ Davis	c and b Ikin	1
+KF Holding	b Ikin	0
S Davies	not out	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-25, 3-26, 4-30, 5-81, 6-108, 7-109, 8-114, 9-114, 10-118 (60.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williamson	15.3	5	26	4	-	-
Davies	18	8	41	3	-	-
Steele	14	5	29	1	-	-
Ikin	13	2	21	2	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	b Davis	14
HG Searle	c Holding b Cox	28
DS Steele	c Holding b Davis	3
CG Carter	not out	22
*JT Ikin	not out	38
PM Shardlow	did not bat
H Boon	did not bat
PJK Gibbs	did not bat
+JC Ashwell	did not bat
D Williamson	did not bat
RC Davies	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 45.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-48, 3-49

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	16	2	42	2	-	-
Barker	11	4	21	0	-	-
Millett	4	0	10	0	-	-
Cox	5	2	14	1	-	-
Davies	9.1	6	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Davis made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJK Gibbs made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RT Robbins (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SD Cooke (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> DF Cox made his debut for Cheshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RC Davies achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 5-43)
--> MJ Davis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings

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