minc7656	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 22nd, 23rd August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Cheshire 3
Umpires	JH Lowery, D Norton
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 198/8 (Graham 40*, Ward 7*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	not out	105
SL Wood	c Charleton b Norton	43
RMO Cooke	b Brown	11
D Bailey	lbw b Brown	5
NT O'Brien	c Pearson b Evans	47
IJ Gemmell	b Graham	0
ND Barker	not out	2
D Halliwell	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
PA Robinson	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-89, 3-101, 4-202, 5-204

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	17	3	74	1	-
Evans	9	0	35	1	-
Brown	16	3	51	2	-
Norton	11	2	53	1	-
Ward	2	2	0	0	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Hodson b Gemmell	17
K Pearson	b Halliwell	10
T Waiton	c Cooke b Rodger	24
JM Crawhall	c and b Rodger	39
JS Charleton	c Sutton b Barker	29
+WG Robson	c Barker b Bailey	19
A Brown	run out	0
BR Evans	lbw b Cooke	2
PC Graham	not out	50
JW Ward	not out	9
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-30, 3-83, 4-98, 5-123, 6-123, 7-143, 8-143

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halliwell	8	1	18	1
Robinson	5	1	15	0
Gemmell	10	5	16	1
Rodger	24	8	72	2
Cooke	21	8	55	1
Bailey	4	2	6	1
Barker	5	3	13	1
O'Brien	1	0	4	0

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	c Waiton b Graham	84
SL Wood	run out	21
RMO Cooke	st Robson b Ward	4
D Bailey	c Pearson b Norton	38
NT O'Brien	not out	38
ND Barker	b Graham	5
D Halliwell	c Robson b Graham	1
IJ Gemmell	not out	15
RG Rodger	did not bat
PA Robinson	did not bat
+T Hodson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 46 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-66, 3-119, 4-180, 5-188, 6-190

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	12	2	43	3
Evans	12	1	61	0
Norton	11	4	32	1
Ward	7	0	42	1
Brown	4	0	28	0

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Hodson b Robinson	32
K Pearson	c Hodson b Robinson	6
T Waiton	b Halliwell	5
JM Crawhall	b Gemmell	69
JS Charleton	c Barker b Rodger	46
A Brown	c Hodson b Rodger	0
+WG Robson	c Barker b Rodger	3
BR Evans	lbw b Cooke	14
PC Graham	lbw b Rodger	0
JW Ward	not out	0
K Norton	not out	7
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 72 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-42, 3-44, 4-157, 5-158, 6-169, 7-169, 8-179, 9-183

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halliwell	12	1	39	1
Robinson	7	0	23	2
Gemmell	10	3	29	1
O'Brien	8	6	5	0
Rodger	18	8	27	4
Bailey	4	0	16	0
Sutton	6	0	23	0
Cooke	7	2	20	1

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Notes
--> BR Evans made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JW Ward made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Graham (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JM Crawhall (2) passed 6000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 38
--> JS Charleton (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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