minc7533	Durham v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 9th, 10th August 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	N Bell, JH Lowery
Scorers	ESS Medlicott (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 201/6 (Hughes 43*, Cowap 11*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	b O'Brien	32		83	6	-
TF Greenshields	c Sutton b Rodger	28		68	4	-
MP Gough	b Sutton	36		96	5	-
M Amarnath	not out	105		131	10	-
NA Riddell	c Hodson b Sutton	25		32	3	2
PC Birtwisle	not out	13		16	2	-
PJ Crane	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
A Shutt	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 215 minutes, 68 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-66, 3-181, 4-227

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowap	7	2	21	0	1	1
Carpenter	7	2	20	0	-	-
O'Brien	12	3	46	1	-	-
Rodger	16	5	49	1	-	-
Sutton	15	0	57	2	-	-
Cooke	11	1	46	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Wood	b Shutt	10		22	-	-
JA Sutton	c Mercer b Lander	4		7	1	-
*RMO Cooke	run out	11		34	2	-
NT O'Brien	b O'Sullivan	66		97	11	1
GC Hardstaff	b Amarnath	23		62	5	-
JA Hughes	not out	52		126	6	-
JRA Cragg	c Mercer b Crane	17		54	2	-
I Cowap	c and b Crane	37		38	5	-
RG Rodger	not out	9		16	-	-
+T Hodson	did not bat
JD Carpenter	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 231 minutes, 79 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-44, 4-110, 5-126, 6-159, 7-223

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shutt	14	3	55	1	1	-
Lander	18	5	39	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	26	7	72	1	-	-
Amarnath	9	2	24	1	-	-
Crane	12	3	39	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Hodson b Cowap	0	3	1	-	-
TF Greenshields	c Hodson b O'Brien	26		61	3	-
MP Gough	c Hardstaff b Carpenter	4		29	1	-
M Amarnath	not out	46		87	6	-
NA Riddell	c Hodson b Carpenter	17		84	3	-
PC Birtwisle	c Cragg b Sutton	42		94	5	1
PJ Crane	b Sutton	35		86	1	-
+RAD Mercer	c Cooke b Sutton	2		7	-	-
DR O'Sullivan	c Hughes b Cowap	2		13	-	-
*BR Lander	not out	4		2	1	-
A Shutt	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 236 minutes, 65 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-25, 3-45, 4-102, 5-152, 6-157, 7-171, 8-177

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowap	8	2	23	2	-	2
Carpenter	29	8	94	2	-	-
O'Brien	7	2	17	1	-	-
Sutton	21	12	44	3	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Wood	c Mercer b Lander	14		38	2	-
JA Sutton	c Mercer b Lander	22		19	5	-
*RMO Cooke	not out	22		80	3	-
NT O'Brien	lbw b Lander	17		25	2	-
GC Hardstaff	c Greenshields b O'Sullivan	0		2	-	-
JA Hughes	not out	6		32	1	-
JRA Cragg	did not bat
I Cowap	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
JD Carpenter	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 100 minutes, 33 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-43, 3-72, 4-73

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shutt	9	1	39	0	-	-
Lander	10	4	21	3	-	-
O'Sullivan	8	4	8	1	-	-
Crane	3	2	3	0	-	-
Atkinson	2	1	6	0	-	-
Birtwisle	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 187-3
--> Cheshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 158-5
--> A Shutt made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Shutt made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Hughes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Amarnath (1) 100 in 123 minutes with 10 fours
--> NA Riddell (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> JA Hughes (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Amarnath retired hurt in the Durham second innings having scored 40 (team score 78/3) - he returned when the score was 171/7

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt