minc6848	Cheshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1971
Venue	The Oval, Wallasey on 11th, 12th July 1971 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Cheshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Cheshire 10; Shropshire 0
Umpires	B Booth, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Halsall	15
E Marsh	c O'Brien b Kelsall	8
AL Mann	lbw b Halsall	0
PW Gough	c Halsall b Kelsall	8
RL Burton	c Millett b Halsall	8
GV Othen	b Halsall	13
H Banks	c Cragg b Riley	23
DJ Humphries	lbw b Sutton	5
HJ Phillips	b Riley	8
DL York	c Wood b Riley	1
BG Davies	not out	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-24, 4-38, 5-44, 6-73, 7-84, 8-92, 9-92, 10-93 (40.2 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Brien	5	1	9	0	-	-
Kelsall	11	3	29	2	-	-
Halsall	11	2	32	4	-	-
Cooke	2	0	5	0	-	-
Sutton	7	4	6	1	-	-
Riley	4.2	3	8	3	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Banks b Othen	9
SL Wood	b Davies	39
NT O'Brien	c Johnson b Othen	0
RMO Cooke	c Humphries b Mann	1
FW Millett	c Johnson b Mann	15
GC Hardstaff	c Gough b Othen	46
RS Kelsall	b Othen	8
JRA Cragg	not out	27
NR Halsall	c Humphries b York	31
T Hodson	run out	0
MS Riley	b York	3
Extras		24
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-29, 4-59, 5-83, 6-116, 7-141, 8-200, 9-201, 10-205 (65 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
York	9	1	36	2	-	-
Phillips	7	2	20	0	-	-
Othen	22	9	55	4	-	-
Mann	24	8	58	2	-	-
Davies	3	0	12	1	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	lbw b Sutton	87
E Marsh	hit wkt b Millett	15
AL Mann	b Millett	20
PW Gough	run out	0
RL Burton	c Kelsall b Riley	6
GV Othen	b Riley	23
H Banks	c Millett b Riley	18
DJ Humphries	not out	10
HJ Phillips	b Sutton	0
DL York	c Cooke b Sutton	0
BG Davies	c Kelsall b Riley	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-29, 4-59, 5-83, 6-116, 7-184, 8-184, 9-184, 10-189 (84.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Brien	4	1	10	0	-	-
Kelsall	14	5	42	0	-	-
Halsall	4	2	8	0	-	-
Cooke	7	0	18	0	-	-
Sutton	17	10	15	3	-	-
Riley	21.5	4	59	4	-	-
Millett	17	7	28	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	not out	34
SL Wood	lbw b Mann	44
NT O'Brien	c Humphries b Mann	0
RMO Cooke	not out	0
FW Millett	did not bat
GC Hardstaff	did not bat
RS Kelsall	did not bat
JRA Cragg	did not bat
NR Halsall	did not bat
T Hodson	did not bat
MS Riley	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(2 wickets, 25.3 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-65

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
York	7	2	10	0	-	-
Phillips	2	0	11	0	-	-
Mann	10	2	23	2	-	-
Davies	6.3	0	34	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Cheshire first innings batting adds 2 runs under
--> AL Mann made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BG Davies made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Banks made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Hardstaff (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 32
--> JRA Cragg (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> JS Johnson (2) equalled his previous highest score of 87 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Sutton reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Shropshire second innings

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