minc6626	Cheshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1969
Venue	Vicarage Road, Northwich on 13th, 14th July 1969 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Cheshire won by 168 runs
Points	Cheshire 10; Shropshire 0
Umpires	T Drinkwater, K Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	not out	147
DJ Leigh	c Johnson b York	2
MSR Byrne	c Mucklow b York	2
*FW Millett	c Mucklow b York	0
PAC Kelly	c Mucklow b York	0
GC Hardstaff	not out	143
W Blackburn	did not bat
AL Shillinglaw	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
AJ Byrne	did not bat
AB Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 52.4 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-26, 3-26, 4-29

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
York	12	1	60	4	-	-
Breakwell	8.4	0	85	0	-	-
Bradley	13	3	38	0	-	-
Othen	8	1	42	0	-	-
Watts	11	2	69	0	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GV Othen	c Taylor b Jackson	0
JS Johnson	c Taylor b Jackson	0
HM Winfield	c Sutton b AJ Byrne	0
PW Gough	b AJ Byrne	6
RL Burton	c Hardstaff b Jackson	19
PD Watts	b Jackson	10
*PH Bromley	c Taylor b Shillinglaw	1
+P Mucklow	c AJ Byrne b Shillinglaw	10
P Bradley	not out	30
DL York	c AJ Byrne b Shillinglaw	6
DH Breakwell	b Blackburn	2
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-7, 5-27, 6-36, 7-44, 8-48, 9-60, 10-93 (66.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	21	13	14	4	-	-
AJ Byrne	10	4	22	2	-	-
Shillinglaw	20	12	22	3	-	-
Sutton	10	5	22	0	-	-
Blackburn	5.5	4	4	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	not out	59
DJ Leigh	c Mucklow b Breakwell	6
MSR Byrne	c sub b Breakwell	16
GC Hardstaff	not out	10
*FW Millett	did not bat
PAC Kelly	did not bat
W Blackburn	did not bat
AL Shillinglaw	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
AJ Byrne	did not bat
AB Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 18.1 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-63

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	9.1	2	48	2	-	-
Othen	8	3	36	0	-	-
Johnson	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Jackson	4
GV Othen	lbw b Blackburn	28
+P Mucklow	st Taylor b Jackson	12
PW Gough	c Leigh b Jackson	32
HM Winfield	b Jackson	12
PD Watts	c Blackburn b AJ Byrne	19
RL Burton	c Blackburn b Jackson	1
*PH Bromley	b Jackson	0
P Bradley	b Sutton	17
DL York	c Kelly b AJ Byrne	0
DH Breakwell	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-25, 3-59, 4-89, 5-93, 6-103, 7-103, 8-116, 9-116, 10-132 (47.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	13	7	19	6	-	-
AJ Byrne	11	5	28	2	-	-
Shillinglaw	6	0	28	0	-	-
Sutton	7.4	3	22	1	-	-
Blackburn	9	3	24	1	-	-
Kelly	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CRV Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Hardstaff (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Hardstaff (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Gough (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> PD Watts made his debut for Shropshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AB Jackson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire second innings (previous best was 6-38)

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