minc7461	Lancashire Second XI v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 2nd, 3rd September 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire Second XI won by 8 wickets
Points	Lancashire Second XI 10; Cheshire 3
Umpires	T Drinkwater, GD Newport
Close of play day 1	Lancashire Second XI (1) 183/6

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Hughes	b Hogg	12
RHO Lees	c Trim b Wareing	5
RMO Cooke	c Fisher b Mountjoy	60
NT O'Brien	c Lyon b Tracey	37
*JA Sutton	c Tracey b Adams	0
SA Murrills	b Mountjoy	0
PG Wakefield	c Slinger b Wareing	19
I Cowap	c Mountjoy b Tracey	37
RG Rodger	lbw b Mountjoy	0
+T Hodson	not out	28
JD Carpenter	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 57.3 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-34, 3-96, 4-98, 5-113, 6-117, 7-158, 8-162, 9-202 (57.3 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	14	4	50	1	-	1
Wareing	7.3	4	13	2	-	-
Adams	10	6	30	1	-	-
Mountjoy	15	6	43	3	-	-
Tracey	11	1	62	2	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Trim	c Lees b Carpenter	5
PA Tipton	c and b Cooke	38
+J Lyon	st Hodson b Sutton	42
BW Reidy	c Cooke b Sutton	39
G Fisher	c Cooke b Sutton	0
JH Mountjoy	b Carpenter	43
MJG Tracey	not out	12
SJH Adams	not out	0
*E Slinger	did not bat
PD Wareing	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-55, 3-116, 4-116, 5-127, 6-183

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowap	11	3	39	0	-	4
Carpenter	10	3	16	2	-	-
Rodger	18	8	34	0	-	-
Cooke	21	7	44	1	-	-
Sutton	11	2	31	3	-	-
Wakefield	4	2	15	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	c Lyon b Wareing	0
RHO Lees	c Wareing b Mountjoy	44
RMO Cooke	c Trim b Hogg	18
JA Hughes	c Tipton b Mountjoy	16
SA Murrills	not out	62
PG Wakefield	not out	50
NT O'Brien	did not bat
I Cowap	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
JD Carpenter	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-29, 3-71, 4-82

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	13.3	4	32	1	-	5
Wareing	11	2	27	1	-	-
Adams	13	0	73	0	-	2
Mountjoy	12	3	38	2	-	-
Tracey	5	1	20	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Trim	b Carpenter	19
PA Tipton	lbw b Rodger	38
BW Reidy	not out	151
+J Lyon	not out	8
G Fisher	did not bat
JH Mountjoy	did not bat
MJG Tracey	did not bat
SJH Adams	did not bat
*E Slinger	did not bat
PD Wareing	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 54.2 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-115

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowap	14	3	43	0	-	3
Carpenter	12	4	37	1	-	-
Rodger	14	4	56	1	-	-
Cooke	8	1	49	0	-	-
Sutton	5	1	20	0	-	-
Wakefield	1.2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Lyon made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Mountjoy (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SA Murrills (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Wakefield (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Reidy (2) passed his previous highest score of 127 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Mountjoy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 3-51)

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