minc8050	Durham v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1982
Venue	Park Drive, Hartlepool on 10th, 11th August 1982 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	S Levison, JH Lowery
Scorers	ESS Medlicott (Cheshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Cheshire (1) 172/3 (Cooke 67*, O'Brien 28*; 62 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Cowap b Watkinson	12	33	37	1	-
DC Jackson	lbw b Gemmell	7	28	39	1	-
G Hurst	c Wundke b Gemmell	54	97	134	7	-
*NA Riddell	b Gemmell	1	9	11	-	-
PC Birtwisle	c Tipton b Watkinson	101	111	113	14	2
AS Patel	b Watkinson	0	1	1	-	-
PJ Kippax	c Cowap b Gemmell	11	21	26	2	-
G Johnson	not out	21	28	33	4	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	1	4	8	-	-
SP Davis	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 206 minutes, 55 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-27, 4-177, 5-177, 6-181, 7-199

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	22	4	81	4	-	-
Watkinson	19	5	53	3	-	-
Rodger	8	1	44	0	-	-
O'Brien	6	2	30	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Varey	c Riddell b Kippax	57	158	162	4	-
PA Tipton	c and b Johnston	12	47	72	-	-
RMO Cooke	not out	67	137	132	6	2
D Bailey	st Mercer b Kippax	0	1	1	-	-
*NT O'Brien	not out	28	29	40	2	1
SC Wundke	did not bat
M Watkinson	did not bat
I Cowap	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
+JK Pickup	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 205 minutes, 62 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-108, 3-108

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	16	4	29	0	4	-
Johnston	16	6	23	1	-	-
Johnson	14	4	30	0	2	-
Kippax	12	0	58	2	-	-
Patel	4	0	24	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	not out	155	148	187	24	2
DC Jackson	c Pickup b Gemmell	0	4	3	-	-
G Hurst	c Varey b Rodger	39	74	91	4	-
*NA Riddell	not out	28	64	91	6	-
PC Birtwisle	did not bat
AS Patel	did not bat
PJ Kippax	did not bat
G Johnson	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
SP Davis	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 187 minutes, 48.2 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-98

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	12.2	3	54	1	-	-
Watkinson	19	4	79	0	-	-
Rodger	8	2	43	1	-	-
O'Brien	9	2	46	0	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Varey	c Riddell b Johnson	1	5	6	-	-
PA Tipton	st Mercer b Kippax	30	109	134	5	-
RMO Cooke	c Mercer b Davis	8	21	20	2	-
D Bailey	b Johnston	27	56	54	1	-
*NT O'Brien	st Mercer b Patel	40	63	46	6	-
SC Wundke	not out	107	92	119	11	3
M Watkinson	run out	15	29	35	2	-
I Cowap	c Kippax b Patel	14	23	19	-	-
RG Rodger	run out	14	30	55	1	-
IJ Gemmell	run out	1	1	4	-	-
+JK Pickup	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, 71 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-60, 4-114, 5-114, 6-158, 7-186, 8-269, 9-271 (71 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	12	1	49	1	1	-
Johnston	12	4	40	1	-	-
Kippax	24	8	71	1	-	-
Johnson	10	1	41	1	2	3
Patel	13	1	56	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Cheshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 137-3
--> M Watkinson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Rodger made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Hurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Birtwisle (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Birtwisle (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Birtwisle (1) 100 in 108 balls, 112 minutes with 14 fours and 2 sixes
--> PA Tipton (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 9
--> SR Atkinson (2) 100 in 118 balls, 151 minutes with 16 fours and 1 six
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 137 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 130
--> SC Wundke (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Wundke (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Wundke (2) 100 in 85 balls, 98 minutes with 11 fours and 3 sixes
--> PJ Kippax reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
The match finished with the scores level and Cheshire nine wickets down.