minc6738	Cheshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1970
Venue	Boughton Hall Avenue, Chester on 12th, 13th July 1970 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Cheshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Cheshire 10; Shropshire 3
Umpires	R Naylor, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ADT Jones	lbw b Sutton	23
JS Johnson	st Taylor b Sutton	38
PW Gough	c Hardstaff b Sutton	63
RL Burton	run out	14
MJ Hayward	c Taylor b Cooke	27
BJ Perry	b Cooke	0
H Banks	c and b Cooke	10
*GV Othen	lbw b Millett	9
+RM Claffey	hit wkt b Cooke	0
P Bradley	not out	4
HJ Phillips	c AJ Byrne b Cooke	3
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-126, 3-126, 4-158, 5-158, 6-170, 7-179, 8-185, 9-191, 10-195 (88.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AJ Byrne	4	1	12	0	-	-
Smith	10	2	26	0	-	-
Cooke	20.4	7	51	5	-	-
Sutton	28	13	41	3	-	-
Millett	23	7	47	1	-	-
Watson	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Phillips b Othen	24
MSR Byrne	b Bradley	0
RMO Cooke	b Bradley	0
GC Hardstaff	b Phillips	75
SL Wood	c Hayward b Phillips	4
*FW Millett	c Banks b Othen	33
PAC Kelly	not out	13
DJ Watson	not out	8
AJ Byrne	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-14, 3-39, 4-46, 5-140, 6-156

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	18	7	43	2	-	-
Bradley	19	7	33	2	-	-
Othen	17	4	55	2	-	-
Banks	2	0	7	0	-	-
Perry	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ADT Jones	b Smith	3
JS Johnson	st Taylor b Sutton	54
PW Gough	c MSR Byrne b Smith	12
RL Burton	run out	45
MJ Hayward	b Sutton	3
BJ Perry	lbw b Sutton	2
H Banks	c Kelly b Cooke	17
*GV Othen	b Smith	1
+RM Claffey	b Smith	1
P Bradley	not out	0
HJ Phillips	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 53.1 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-20, 3-95, 4-119, 5-120, 6-125, 7-143, 8-143, 9-148

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AJ Byrne	7	2	14	0	-	-
Smith	11.1	3	30	4	-	-
Cooke	13	3	43	1	-	-
Sutton	14	5	23	3	-	-
Millett	8	0	32	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Othen b Bradley	7
SL Wood	b Phillips	60
RMO Cooke	b Othen	33
GC Hardstaff	c Burton b Othen	34
MSR Byrne	c Othen b Bradley	3
PAC Kelly	not out	32
*FW Millett	not out	1
DJ Watson	did not bat
AJ Byrne	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
+CRV Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 39.2 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-51, 3-117, 4-125, 5-171

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillips	12.2	1	63	1	-	-
Bradley	10	1	32	2	-	-
Othen	10	2	42	2	-	-
Banks	7	0	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Banks (2) equalled his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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