minc7987	Cheshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1982
Venue	Victoria Road, Macclesfield on 13th, 14th June 1982 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Cheshire 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	D Fawkner-Corbett, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Tipton	c and b Flower	44
Mudassar Nazar	st Griffiths b Flower	66
I Cowap	st Griffiths b Blank	16
RMO Cooke	c Junkin b Flower	18
JS Hitchmough	c Blank b Mushtaq Mohammad	3
*NT O'Brien	run out	7
M Watkinson	b Flower	4
SL Milner	not out	12
RG Rodger	lbw b Flower	7
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
+JK Pickup	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 66.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-115, 3-145, 4-150, 5-157, 6-164, 7-164, 8-184 (66.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Junkin	15	5	40	0
Nicholls	9	2	20	0
Blank	10	3	38	1
Flower	18.3	6	40	5
Mushtaq Mohammad	14	2	39	1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	c Rodger b O'Brien	19
SJ Bailey	lbw b Watkinson	7
*DA Hancock	lbw b O'Brien	28
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Watkinson b Rodger	80
NJ Archer	not out	35
+A Griffiths	c Milner b Rodger	0
PW Junkin	did not bat
DG Nicholls	did not bat
GRS Hall	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
DC Blank	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 6 nb, 5 w)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-37, 3-76, 4-187, 5-187 (55.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	7	1	17	0
Watkinson	12	5	21	1
Cooke	2	1	9	0
O'Brien	12	3	27	2
Mudassar Nazar	8	1	26	0
Hitchmough	5	0	29	0
Milner	5	1	23	0
Rodger	4.4	2	17	2

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Tipton	lbw b Flower	36
+JK Pickup	lbw b Nicholls	10
Mudassar Nazar	c Bailey b Flower	43
I Cowap	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	7
RMO Cooke	c Blank b Mushtaq Mohammad	8
*NT O'Brien	c Hall b Flower	1
JS Hitchmough	c Nicholls b Flower	27
M Watkinson	c Griffiths b Flower	25
SL Milner	not out	15
RG Rodger	c Griffiths b Junkin	4
IJ Gemmell	not out	10
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 91.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-100, 3-111, 4-115, 5-117, 6-121, 7-153, 8-186, 9-186

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Junkin	17	3	41	1
Nicholls	12.3	2	41	1
Mushtaq Mohammad	27	6	55	2
Flower	29	12	45	5
Blank	6	2	4	0

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	b Gemmell	0
SJ Bailey	lbw b Watkinson	4
*DA Hancock	c Tipton b O'Brien	10
Mushtaq Mohammad	c O'Brien b Rodger	42
NJ Archer	not out	31
+A Griffiths	c Mudassar Nazar b Cooke	29
GRS Hall	c and b Cooke	2
PW Junkin	lbw b Cooke	5
DG Nicholls	c Gemmell b Cooke	0
DC Blank	not out	2
RW Flower	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 50 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-59, 4-59, 5-113, 6-116, 7-124, 8-126

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	9	4	31	1	-
Watkinson	5	3	20	1	-
Rodger	19	8	23	1	-
O'Brien	1	1	0	1	-
Cooke	14	4	41	4	-
Tipton	2	1	10	0	-

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Notes
--> SL Milner made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PW Junkin made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GRS Hall made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RMO Cooke (1) passed 4500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16
--> SL Milner (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SL Milner (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> Mushtaq Mohammad reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings
--> RW Flower reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Cheshire second innings

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