minc7218	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1974
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 11th, 12th August 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	JE Lawton, GD Newport
Close of play day 1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	c O'Brien b Milner	58
PN Gill	c O'Brien b Milner	48
TA Pearsall	b Sutton	36
MJ Ikin	b Milner	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani	c Hodson b Milner	16
JD Moore	c Sutton b Riley	58
MP Marcus	not out	20
L Lowe	did not bat
KH Stride	did not bat
MR Green	did not bat
R Boothroyd	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-114, 3-120, 4-158, 5-172, 6-251 (72 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milner	15	2	49	4	-	-
Mumford	11	0	51	0	-	-
Sutton	23	7	53	1	-	-
Barkass-Williamson	5	0	22	0	-	-
Riley	15	4	55	1	-	-
O'Brien	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Stride b Nasim-ul-Ghani	33
SL Wood	b Stride	9
R Pearman	c Green b Stride	0
D Bailey	b Lowe	40
NT O'Brien	c Gill b Nasim-ul-Ghani	15
T Hodson	c Marcus b Nasim-ul-Ghani	4
JRA Cragg	not out	38
JG Barkass-Williamson	c Marcus b Nasim-ul-Ghani	8
SA Milner	st Green b Ikin	8
AJ Mumford	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	0
MS Riley	b Boothroyd	3
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27, 3-83, 4-95, 5-106, 6-110, 7-120, 8-138, 9-139, 10-169 (77 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stride	9	2	21	2	-	-
Boothroyd	12	4	38	1	-	-
Lowe	7	1	15	1	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	28	9	50	5	-	-
Ikin	21	10	34	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	c O'Brien b Milner	17
PN Gill	b Barkass-Williamson	47
TA Pearsall	c and b Milner	0
MJ Ikin	run out	11
Nasim-ul-Ghani	not out	8
JD Moore	c Bailey b Mumford	12
MP Marcus	c Hodson b Barkass-Williamson	0
L Lowe	did not bat
KH Stride	did not bat
MR Green	did not bat
R Boothroyd	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 25.5 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-27, 3-70, 4-87, 5-102, 6-102 (25.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milner	9	3	31	2	-	-
Mumford	11	3	33	1	-	-
Barkass-Williamson	5.5	0	31	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Gill b Stride	13
SL Wood	run out	7
R Pearman	c Green b Nasim-ul-Ghani	11
D Bailey	lbw b Nasim-ul-Ghani	10
NT O'Brien	c and b Gill	7
T Hodson	c Green b Boothroyd	0
JRA Cragg	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	1
JG Barkass-Williamson	not out	0
SA Milner	not out	0
AJ Mumford	did not bat
MS Riley	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, 46 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-45, 3-45, 4-59, 5-61, 6-67, 7-67

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stride	9	0	12	1	-	-
Boothroyd	16	9	11	1	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	14	8	18	3	-	-
Ikin	3	2	4	0	-	-
Gill	4	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JG Barkass-Williamson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MP Marcus (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Hancock (2) passed 6000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> SA Milner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-46)

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