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| Venue | Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees on 20th, 21st August 1978 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Durham 3; Cheshire 1 |
| Umpires | S Levison, JH Lowery |
| Scorers | CM Davis (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 177/5 (C Thomas 4*, MC Thomas 1*; 55 overs) |
| Cheshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JA Sutton | b Wilkinson | 17 | 24 | 3 | - | ||
| SL Wood | c Wishart b Smare | 35 | 151 | 3 | - | ||
| RMO Cooke | b Smare | 30 | 103 | 5 | - | ||
| D Bailey | b Wishart | 83 | 89 | 13 | 1 | ||
| NT O'Brien | lbw b Wasim Raja | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| ND Barker | not out | 12 | 55 | 1 | - | ||
| IJ Gemmell | did not bat | ||||||
| D Halliwell | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Rodger | did not bat | ||||||
| +T Hodson | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Robinson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 14 lb, 1 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 218 minutes, 63.2 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-84, 3-105, 4-108, 5-198 (63.2 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 13 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Wishart | 14.2 | 5 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smare | 17 | 6 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 19 | 8 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | lbw b Cooke | 25 | 70 | 2 | - | ||
| PW Romaines | c Hodson b Robinson | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| S Greensword | c O'Brien b Robinson | 29 | 128 | 3 | - | ||
| Wasim Raja | st Hodson b Bailey | 98 | 106 | 11 | 3 | ||
| *NA Riddell | c Barker b Bailey | 8 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| C Thomas | not out | 13 | 35 | 3 | - | ||
| MC Thomas | run out | 14 | 18 | 3 | - | ||
| +RAD Mercer | not out | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| AJ Smare | did not bat | ||||||
| IA Wishart | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 202 minutes, 60 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-48, 3-130, 4-165, 5-172, 6-187 | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halliwell | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Robinson | 11 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gemmell | 8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Cooke | 11 | 5 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 12 | 1 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rodger | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barker | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cheshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JA Sutton | c Riddell b Wilkinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| SL Wood | c Mercer b Wilkinson | 36 | 84 | 3 | - | ||
| RMO Cooke | b Wishart | 5 | 13 | - | - | ||
| D Bailey | c and b Wishart | 4 | 14 | - | - | ||
| NT O'Brien | c Wasim Raja b Greensword | 79 | 142 | 12 | 1 | ||
| ND Barker | c Wilkinson b Smare | 39 | 112 | 5 | - | ||
| D Halliwell | b Greensword | 8 | 29 | - | - | ||
| IJ Gemmell | lbw b Greensword | 3 | 18 | - | - | ||
| RG Rodger | b Smare | 8 | 8 | - | 1 | ||
| PA Robinson | not out | 6 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| +T Hodson | b Smare | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 12 lb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 222 minutes, 67.3 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-10, 3-20, 4-68, 5-158, 6-183, 7-186, 8-197, 9-197, 10-204 (67.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 13 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Wishart | 9 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Greensword | 27 | 10 | 62 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 10 | 3 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smare | 8.3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | b Robinson | 7 | 38 | - | - | ||
| PW Romaines | c Bailey b Robinson | 6 | 23 | - | - | ||
| Wasim Raja | c Wood b Bailey | 36 | 79 | 4 | - | ||
| S Greensword | b Halliwell | 30 | 68 | 2 | - | ||
| *NA Riddell | c Bailey b Rodger | 33 | 57 | 5 | - | ||
| C Thomas | c Hodson b Cooke | 19 | 29 | 3 | - | ||
| MC Thomas | st Hodson b Rodger | 11 | 15 | 2 | - | ||
| +RAD Mercer | not out | 9 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| AJ Smare | c Hodson b Cooke | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| IA Wishart | lbw b Cooke | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| JS Wilkinson | not out | 0 | 12 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 181 minutes, 46 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-21, 3-86, 4-88, 5-122, 6-145, 7-154, 8-158, 9-158 | |||||||
| Cheshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halliwell | 11 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gemmell | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sutton | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rodger | 5 | 2 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cooke | 6 | 2 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |