minc8506	Berkshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1987 (Western Division)
Venue	Large's Lane, Bracknell on 11th, 12th August 1987 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cheshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Berkshire 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	JB Seward, AR Tayler
Close of play day 1

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Berkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Lickley	c NT O'Brien b Crawley	20
GE Loveday	c Hitchmough b Crawley	0
DB Gorman	c Cockbain b JFM O'Brien	53
*ML Simmons	lbw b JFM O'Brien	115
SNC Massey	c Smith b JFM O'Brien	0
GRJ Roope	b Blackburn	14
PM New	b JFM O'Brien	3
TPJ Dodd	b Blackburn	20
+ME Stevens	not out	0
JH Jones	c Tansley b JFM O'Brien	2
PJ Lewington	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-27, 3-151, 4-153, 5-190, 6-207, 7-251, 8-251, 9-253 (62 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	11	4	34	0	-	-
Crawley	14	4	40	2	-	-
NT O'Brien	1	0	7	0	-	-
Teasdale	3	0	17	0	-	-
Blackburn	19	3	75	2	-	-
JFM O'Brien	14	1	60	5	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Blackburn	not out	19
JJ Hitchmough	not out	22
I Cockbain	did not bat
IJ Tansley	did not bat
*NT O'Brien	did not bat
ST Crawley	did not bat
K Teasdale	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
A Fox	did not bat
MG Boocock	did not bat
JFM O'Brien	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 4 w)	7
Total	(no wicket, declared, 14 overs)	48

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	5	0	15	0	-	-
Dodd	3	0	11	0	-	-
New	4	2	8	0	-	-
Roope	1	0	8	0	-	-
Lickley	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Berkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Lickley	not out	27
GE Loveday	st Smith b Cockbain	17
DB Gorman	not out	14
*ML Simmons	did not bat
SNC Massey	did not bat
GRJ Roope	did not bat
PM New	did not bat
TPJ Dodd	did not bat
+ME Stevens	did not bat
JH Jones	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 16 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Loveday)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Crawley	2	1	1	0	-	-
JFM O'Brien	8	1	23	0	-	-
Cockbain	6	0	35	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Blackburn	c Roope b Lewington	18
JJ Hitchmough	c Stevens b Dodd	12
I Cockbain	c Massey b Dodd	21
IJ Tansley	c Dodd b New	15
*NT O'Brien	b New	45
ST Crawley	c Massey b New	4
K Teasdale	c Roope b Lewington	4
+N Smith	b Lewington	4
A Fox	not out	21
MG Boocock	not out	4
JFM O'Brien	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, 56 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-50, 3-59, 4-102, 5-123, 6-138, 7-144, 8-147

Berkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	13	4	28	0	-	-
Dodd	13	0	42	2	-	-
New	9	1	30	3	-	-
Lewington	21	7	58	3	-	-

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Notes
--> PM New made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ML Simmons (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NT O'Brien (2) passed 7000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> K Teasdale (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> A Fox (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JFM O'Brien achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings (previous best was 4-49)
--> JFM O'Brien achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Berkshire first innings

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