minc6640	Shropshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1969
Venue	St Georges Recreation Ground, Oakengates on 27th, 28th July 1969 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Shropshire 2; Cheshire 2
Umpires	A Gaskell, AM Pullinger
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MSR Byrne	lbw b Watts	34
SL Wood	c Winfield b Bradley	27
RMO Cooke	b Watts	35
GC Hardstaff	c Burton b York	9
*FW Millett	run out	35
DW Sharp	not out	49
W Blackburn	c Othen b Bradley	10
NR Halsall	did not bat
AL Shillinglaw	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
JH Walker	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 11 nb)	31
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 64.4 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-79, 3-104, 4-133, 5-179, 6-230 (64.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
York	13	2	39	1	-	-
Breakwell	12	3	42	0	-	-
Watts	22	5	72	2	-	-
Bradley	14.4	3	34	2	-	-
Othen	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Walker	10
GV Othen	run out	0
HM Winfield	c Walker b Cooke	4
PW Gough	c Taylor b Walker	27
RL Burton	not out	7
*PH Bromley	not out	7
+P Mucklow	did not bat
PD Watts	did not bat
P Bradley	did not bat
DL York	did not bat
DH Breakwell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 26 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-11, 3-33, 4-41

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	11	2	26	2	-	-
Halsall	5	0	22	0	-	-
Cooke	7	4	7	1	-	-
Shillinglaw	2	2	0	0	-	-
Blackburn	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> DW Sharp (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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