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| Venue | Vicarage Road, Northwich on 3rd, 4th July 1977 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Durham won by 8 wickets |
| Points | Cheshire 3; Durham 10 |
| Umpires | DB Harrison, JE Lawton |
| Scorers | KF Holding (Cheshire), B Hunt (Durham), ESS Medlicott (Cheshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 151 all out |
| Cheshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Hughes | lbw b Lander | 5 | 36 | 38 | - | - | |
| D Bailey | c Greenshields b Amarnath | 91 | 157 | 174 | 12 | 2 | |
| *RMO Cooke | c Mercer b Amarnath | 39 | 99 | 119 | 5 | - | |
| NT O'Brien | not out | 56 | 68 | 70 | 9 | 1 | |
| I Cowap | b Amarnath | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| SA Murrills | c Mercer b Wilkinson | 12 | 26 | 42 | 1 | - | |
| GC Hardstaff | not out | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| RG Rodger | did not bat | ||||||
| +T Hodson | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Good | did not bat | ||||||
| G Cooke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 9 lb, 1 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 229 minutes, 66 overs) | 233 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-136, 3-156, 4-156, 5-217 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 14 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 8 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lander | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 19 | 9 | 40 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| O'Sullivan | 18 | 4 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TF Greenshields | c Hodson b Good | 14 | 21 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | c Rodger b Good | 30 | 53 | 63 | 5 | - | |
| +T Harland | b Good | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| M Amarnath | c Hodson b Good | 13 | 38 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| NA Riddell | b G Cooke | 1 | 9 | 15 | - | - | |
| RAD Mercer | c O'Brien b Good | 1 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | c Hodson b Good | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | b Cowap | 20 | 39 | 44 | 3 | - | |
| *BR Lander | c Good b O'Brien | 56 | 78 | 85 | 6 | 3 | |
| JS Wilkinson | c Hardstaff b Rodger | 0 | 20 | 24 | - | - | |
| J Johnston | not out | 0 | 12 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 276 minutes, 45.2 overs) | 151 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-25, 3-64, 4-67, 5-67, 6-68, 7-71, 8-101, 9-112, 10-151 (45.2 ov) | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Good | 15 | 5 | 38 | 6 | - | 4 | |
| Cowap | 12 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | 8 | |
| G Cooke | 14 | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rodger | 3 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 1.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cheshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Hughes | b Lander | 12 | 43 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| D Bailey | c Wilkinson b Amarnath | 37 | 42 | 53 | 6 | - | |
| *RMO Cooke | c Atkinson b O'Sullivan | 44 | 58 | 57 | 8 | 1 | |
| NT O'Brien | b Amarnath | 4 | 13 | 16 | - | - | |
| SA Murrills | c Lander b O'Sullivan | 32 | 87 | 99 | 3 | - | |
| GC Hardstaff | c Harland b O'Sullivan | 0 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| I Cowap | c Amarnath b O'Sullivan | 17 | 34 | 29 | 3 | - | |
| RG Rodger | c Amarnath b Wilkinson | 10 | 14 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| +T Hodson | b Johnston | 4 | 22 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Good | run out | 4 | 6 | 14 | - | - | |
| G Cooke | not out | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 189 minutes, 55 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-49, 3-61, 4-107, 5-110, 6-138, 7-158, 8-158, 9-166, 10-174 (55 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 12 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 15 | 5 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lander | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 16 | 5 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | not out | 137 | 199 | 223 | 18 | 2 | |
| TF Greenshields | c G Cooke b O'Brien | 50 | 90 | 124 | 5 | - | |
| M Amarnath | c and b RMO Cooke | 17 | 20 | 28 | 3 | - | |
| NA Riddell | not out | 44 | 65 | 69 | 5 | 1 | |
| +T Harland | did not bat | ||||||
| RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Crane | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| *BR Lander | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 223 minutes, 61.2 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-134, 2-170 | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Good | 19 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Cowap | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| G Cooke | 9 | 3 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rodger | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| RMO Cooke | 6 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 175-4
--> G Cooke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Bailey (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 64
--> BR Lander (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 90 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) 100 in 158 balls, 163 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 122
--> AJ Good achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 6-40)
--> JS Wilkinson reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire second innings
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
For Cheshire, Holding scored on the first day and Medlicott on the second day.
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