minc7389	Cheshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	Victoria Road, Macclesfield on 19th, 20th July 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Northumberland 3
Umpires	GD Newport, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 27/0 (Pearson 12*, Crawhall 12*; 9 overs)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Pearson	not out	12
*JM Crawhall	not out	12
JD Woodford	did not bat
PJ Kippax	did not bat
J Thewlis	did not bat
E Bell	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
AA Johnson	did not bat
Asif Masood	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 2 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, declared, 35 minutes, 9 overs)	27

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howarth	5	2	6	0
Milner	4	0	18	0

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Johnson b Brown	13
SL Wood	c Johnson b Asif Masood	0
RMO Cooke	not out	5
*D Bailey	did not bat
NT O'Brien	did not bat
JA Hughes	did not bat
I Cowap	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
+JK Pickup	did not bat
SA Milner	did not bat
JS Howarth	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 4.4 overs)	18
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-18 (4.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Asif Masood	1	0	2	1	-	-
Johnson	2	1	4	0	-	-
Brown	1.4	0	12	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Pearson	c Pickup b O'Brien	21
*JM Crawhall	c Wood b Howarth	16
JD Woodford	b O'Brien	38
PJ Kippax	c Milner b O'Brien	28
J Thewlis	lbw b Howarth	11
E Bell	b O'Brien	0
A Brown	c Bailey b Sutton	20
AA Johnson	c Milner b Howarth	1
Asif Masood	b Milner	14
+WG Robson	c O'Brien b Milner	2
K Norton	not out	3
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-38, 3-89, 4-114, 5-116, 6-116, 7-117, 8-148, 9-150, 10-160 (68.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howarth	21	10	48	3	-
Milner	13	5	28	2	-
O'Brien	25	11	49	4	-
Rodger	5	3	10	0	-
Sutton	4.4	1	19	1	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c and b Norton	31
SL Wood	b Norton	16
RMO Cooke	c Crawhall b Norton	15
*D Bailey	lbw b Brown	0
NT O'Brien	st Robson b Kippax	36
JA Hughes	c Brown b Norton	1
I Cowap	run out	1
JS Howarth	c Bell b Norton	5
RG Rodger	not out	4
+JK Pickup	not out	2
SA Milner	did not bat
Extras	(8 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, 41.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-53, 3-54, 4-94, 5-104, 6-105, 7-106, 8-110

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Asif Masood	9	2	24	0	-
Johnson	4	0	24	0	-
Brown	9	4	12	1	-
Norton	13.5	3	45	5	-
Kippax	6	2	6	1	-

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Notes
--> JA Sutton (1) passed 7500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> NT O'Brien reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland second innings

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Rain limited the first day to 35 minutes play