minc7057	Cheshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1973
Venue	Vicarage Road, Northwich on 27th, 28th June 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northumberland won by 10 wickets
Points	Cheshire 0; Northumberland 10
Umpires	B Booth, JE Lawton
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 166/1 (Pearson 66*, Waiton 49*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Rutherford b Brown	27
SL Wood	c Robson b Rutherford	9
D Bailey	b Rutherford	0
NT O'Brien	c Pearson b Semmence	43
R Collins	lbw b Brown	8
*FW Millett	c Brown b Halfyard	19
SA Murrills	c Turnbull b Douglas	19
AJ Mumford	c and b Brown	10
RG Rodger	b Halfyard	0
+T Hodson	not out	0
NW Gamble	c Semmence b Brown	0
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-24, 3-62, 4-76, 5-98, 6-132, 7-132, 8-142, 9-142, 10-142 (66.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	23	8	49	2	-
Rutherford	12	6	28	2	-
Brown	21.5	11	36	4	-
Semmence	8	3	11	1	-
Douglas	2	0	11	1	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Semmence	c Wood b Sutton	41
K Pearson	c and b Sutton	66
T Waiton	c Rodger b Sutton	62
*JM Crawhall	lbw b Sutton	14
A Brown	c O'Brien b Mumford	0
JR Jeffreys	b Sutton	1
M Rutherford	b Gamble	10
DJ Halfyard	c O'Brien b Sutton	1
G Turnbull	not out	3
+WG Robson	not out	6
JM Douglas	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 5 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-169, 3-189, 4-194, 5-194, 6-204, 7-206, 8-208

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gamble	16	3	48	1		-
Mumford	11	3	32	1		-
Rodger	16	8	26	0		-
Sutton	33	14	68	6		-
Millett	4	0	18	0		-
O'Brien	4	1	12	0		-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Douglas b Halfyard	39
SL Wood	c Robson b Rutherford	5
D Bailey	c Douglas b Brown	25
NT O'Brien	c and b Halfyard	5
R Collins	c Douglas b Brown	44
*FW Millett	b Brown	8
SA Murrills	lbw b Brown	4
+T Hodson	c Douglas b Brown	1
RG Rodger	lbw b Halfyard	2
AJ Mumford	b Brown	7
NW Gamble	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-67, 3-69, 4-74, 5-85, 6-98, 7-108, 8-123, 9-142, 10-149 (61 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halfyard	25	10	48	3
Rutherford	9	3	32	1
Brown	23	7	43	6
Semmence	4	0	18	0

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Semmence	not out	43
K Pearson	not out	26
T Waiton	did not bat
*JM Crawhall	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
JR Jeffreys	did not bat
M Rutherford	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
G Turnbull	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
JM Douglas	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 w)	8
Total	(no wicket, 32.2 overs)	77

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	11	4	22	0		-
Rodger	8	2	19	0		-
Millett	3	0	10	0		-
Collins	5	2	8	0		-
Murrills	5.2	1	10	0		-

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Notes
--> Cheshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 115-5
--> Northumberland score at 55 overs in the first innings was 137-1
--> JA Sutton (1) passed 6000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> NT O'Brien (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 37
--> K Pearson (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 6-67)

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