minc6537	Shropshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1968
Venue	London Road, Shrewsbury on 24th, 25th July 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Shropshire 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	PJ McColl, AM Pullinger
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Wood	b York	0
RA Richardson	b Arch	0
PD Briggs	b York	4
*FW Millett	b Othen	55
PAC Kelly	b York	25
MSR Byrne	st Claffey b Othen	24
NR Halsall	c Marsh b Othen	5
W Blackburn	not out	25
DJ Smith	c York b Othen	10
NW Gamble	lbw b Othen	2
+IE Ferris	c Burton b Othen	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 11 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-23, 4-69, 5-116, 6-124, 7-128, 8-160, 9-165, 10-165 (70.5 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
York	15	4	31	3	-	-
Arch	20	4	47	1	-	-
Bradley	13	2	28	0	-	-
Othen	20.5	6	44	6	-	-
Willetts	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ADT Jones	c Halsall b Smith	2
FT Willetts	c Millett b Gamble	65
HM Winfield	b Gamble	3
E Marsh	run out	4
RL Burton	b Halsall	20
JS Johnson	b Millett	36
GV Othen	lbw b Millett	3
DL York	c Byrne b Blackburn	7
P Bradley	not out	14
*+RM Claffey	b Millett	0
K Arch	not out	5
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 71.2 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-23, 4-64, 5-125, 6-134, 7-147, 8-147, 9-153

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21	6	46	1	-	-
Gamble	11	2	43	2	-	-
Halsall	15	3	31	1	-	-
Millett	14.2	7	18	3	-	-
Blackburn	10	3	21	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Wood	c Winfield b York	15
RA Richardson	lbw b York	2
MSR Byrne	c and b Bradley	16
*FW Millett	not out	49
PAC Kelly	b Othen	23
NR Halsall	c York b Othen	5
W Blackburn	not out	26
PD Briggs	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
NW Gamble	did not bat
+IE Ferris	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-18, 3-42, 4-79, 5-87

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
York	12	4	30	2	-	-
Arch	7	1	27	0	-	-
Bradley	11	2	33	1	-	-
Othen	11	1	44	2	-	-
Willetts	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ADT Jones	c Halsall b Blackburn	47
FT Willetts	c Briggs b Smith	5
HM Winfield	c Ferris b Gamble	7
E Marsh	c Smith b Millett	10
RL Burton	c Smith b Blackburn	13
DL York	st Ferris b Blackburn	3
JS Johnson	st Ferris b Blackburn	15
GV Othen	not out	3
*+RM Claffey	b Smith	0
P Bradley	not out	2
K Arch	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 33 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-36, 3-63, 4-85, 5-90, 6-103, 7-114, 8-115

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	3	32	2	-	-
Gamble	6	1	27	1	-	-
Halsall	5	0	23	0	-	-
Millett	5	0	19	1	-	-
Blackburn	5	2	4	4	-	-

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