minc7756	Northumberland v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 19th, 20th August 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	DB Harrison, D Norton
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (2) 7/4 (Hurworth 6*)

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	c Robson b Dodds	17
AM Hurworth	c Robson b Brown	6
D Bailey	b Doshi	51
RMO Cooke	c Youll b Doshi	29
NT O'Brien	c Robson b Norton	11
RS Kelsall	lbw b Doshi	7
DK Beckett	b Norton	5
D Halliwell	c Brown b Doshi	1
IJ Gemmell	c Thewlis b Doshi	1
+KJ McCullagh	c Robson b Norton	1
AJ Good	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-33, 3-111, 4-118, 5-133, 6-133, 7-137, 8-139, 9-141, 10-141 (60.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dodds	10	3	24	1	-
Purvis	6	0	13	0	-
Brown	8	1	28	1	-
Doshi	20.5	6	42	5	-
Norton	16	6	22	3	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c McCullagh b Gemmell	6
K Pearson	c McCullagh b Good	10
AS Thompson	not out	99			16	-
J Thewlis	c Halliwell b Good	0
ME Younger	c Hurworth b Bailey	4
JR Purvis	lbw b Sutton	2
A Brown	c Cooke b Good	13
DR Doshi	c McCullagh b Halliwell	0
GJ Dodds	c McCullagh b Cooke	9
+WG Robson	c Sutton b Gemmell	4
K Norton	c Kelsall b O'Brien	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-22, 3-22, 4-61, 5-67, 6-97, 7-98, 8-133, 9-134, 10-156 (45.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	11	1	36	2	-
Good	10	2	45	3	-
Bailey	4	1	22	1	-
Sutton	6	0	12	1	-
Halliwell	8	1	24	1	-
O'Brien	6	4	8	1	-
Cooke	0.5	0	0	1	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JA Sutton	b Brown	1
AM Hurworth	c Youll b Doshi	6
D Bailey	b Brown	0
RMO Cooke	c Pearson b Brown	0
+KJ McCullagh	c Purvis b Brown	0
NT O'Brien	not out	45
RS Kelsall	c Thewlis b Brown	4
DK Beckett	c sub b Brown	5
D Halliwell	not out	5
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
AJ Good	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, 32 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-7, 5-7, 6-30, 7-52

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Doshi	16	7	41	1	-	-
Brown	16	8	25	6	-	-

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Notes
--> RS Kelsall made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Thompson (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 78
--> NT O'Brien reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland first innings
--> IJ Gemmell reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northumberland first innings
--> A Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 6-43)
--> A Brown completed a hat-trick in the Cheshire second innings (Sutton, Bailey, Cooke)

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GJ Dodds had to retire when batting with a suspected broken toe but returned later with a runner
On the second day there was play for only 36 minutes, play restarting at 6pm