minc7711	Cheshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	Walton Lea Road, Warrington on 29th, 30th July 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Shropshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Cheshire 3; Shropshire 10
Umpires	SC Bickerstaffe, WA Cooke
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Barnard b Sethi	31
DK Beckett	c Barnard b Perry	46
D Bailey	c Barnard b Sethi	25
RMO Cooke	c Cass b Barnard	44
NT O'Brien	c Cass b Barnard	72
RS Kelsall	b Meman	0
ND Barker	not out	14
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
KJ McCullagh	did not bat
AJ Good	did not bat
D Halliwell	did not bat
Extras		14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 55.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-101, 3-103, 4-223, 5-224, 6-246 (55.2 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnard	22.2	1	96	2	-	-
Smith	15	4	52	0	-	-
Sethi	9	3	34	2	-	-
Perry	5	0	24	1	-	-
Meman	4	0	26	1	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Thornycroft	c Sutton b Cooke	54
JS Johnson	c McCullagh b Good	18
BJ Perry	c Sutton b Halliwell	5
GR Cass	c Sutton b Gemmell	24
SC Gale	c McCullagh b Good	10
JA Hulme	run out	20
MA Meman	c and b Cooke	0
CJ Stephan	not out	11
RK Sethi	c O'Brien b Cooke	0
JA Smith	c Cooke b Bailey	7
AS Barnard	not out	1
Extras		10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-42, 3-88, 4-117, 5-126, 6-128, 7-138, 8-138, 9-150

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	10	0	26	1	-	-
Halliwell	18	3	48	1	-	-
Good	12	5	24	2	-	-
O'Brien	5	2	15	0	-	-
Barker	3	0	20	0	-	-
Cooke	11	8	11	3	-	-
Bailey	6	4	6	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Johnson b Barnard	20
DK Beckett	b Smith	2
D Bailey	c Johnson b Barnard	4
RMO Cooke	lbw b Barnard	0
NT O'Brien	c Stephan b Barnard	14
RS Kelsall	b Smith	8
ND Barker	c Cass b Smith	0
IJ Gemmell	b Barnard	19
KJ McCullagh	b Smith	3
AJ Good	not out	1
D Halliwell	b Barnard	3
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 23.4 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-17, 3-36, 4-55, 5-55, 6-64, 7-74, 8-74, 9-74, 10-78 (23.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnard	12	3	50	6	-	-
Smith	11.4	3	24	4	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Thornycroft	lbw b Sutton	59
JS Johnson	not out	69
GR Cass	c McCullagh b Sutton	26
MA Meman	not out	5
BJ Perry	did not bat
SC Gale	did not bat
JA Hulme	did not bat
CJ Stephan	did not bat
RK Sethi	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
AS Barnard	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(2 wickets, 38.3 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-153

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	5	0	17	0	-	-
Halliwell	13	1	47	0	-	-
Good	7	1	39	0	-	-
O'Brien	2	0	9	0	-	-
Cooke	3	0	17	0	-	-
Sutton	8.3	0	30	2	-	-

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Notes
--> BJ Perry (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> RS Kelsall (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> MR Thornycroft (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JS Johnson (2) passed 5000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 30
--> AS Barnard reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings
--> AS Barnard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 5-30)

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