minc8595	Cheshire v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1988 (Western Division)
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 7th, 8th August 1988 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match tied
Points	Cheshire 5; Oxfordshire 5
Umpires	DB Harrison, KS Shenton
Close of play day 1

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Ford	c Cockbain b Blackburn	17
MD Nurton	st Smith b Blackburn	9
PJ Garner	c Blackburn b JFM O'Brien	42
TA Lester	c JFM O'Brien b Blackburn	6
CJ Clements	lbw b Blackburn	2
A Crossley	b JFM O'Brien	2
RA Evans	c Tansley b JFM O'Brien	16
RN Busby	not out	11
KA Arnold	lbw b JFM O'Brien	0
DA Hale	b Blackburn	11
IJ Curtis	b Blackburn	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-29, 3-59, 4-67, 5-78, 6-93, 7-107, 8-107, 9-122, 10-122 (49.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	10	0	28	0	-	-
Blackburn	24.4	9	58	6	-	-
JFM O'Brien	15	4	30	4	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	run out	36
JJ Hitchmough	b Curtis	30
I Cockbain	c Ford b Evans	7
IJ Tansley	c Evans b Curtis	15
NT O'Brien	not out	37
ST Crawley	c sub b Hale	22
GJ Blackburn	run out	0
N Smith	not out	0
JFM O'Brien	did not bat
A Fox	did not bat
MG Boocock	did not bat
Extras		16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-75, 3-76, 4-118, 5-157, 6-158

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hale	9	1	35	1	-	-
Arnold	18	10	27	0	-	-
Curtis	24	8	50	2	-	-
Evans	15	5	41	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Ford	c Crawley b Boocock	14
MD Nurton	lbw b Blackburn	37
PJ Garner	st Smith b JFM O'Brien	66
TA Lester	not out	96
CJ Clements	not out	18
A Crossley	did not bat
RA Evans	did not bat
RN Busby	did not bat
KA Arnold	did not bat
DA Hale	did not bat
IJ Curtis	did not bat
Extras		14
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-83, 3-191

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fox	4	0	17	0	-	-
Blackburn	24	7	70	1	-	-
JFM O'Brien	31	8	87	1	-	-
Boocock	23	8	58	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Crossley b Arnold	1
JJ Hitchmough	lbw b Curtis	72
I Cockbain	run out	89
IJ Tansley	lbw b Curtis	0
NT O'Brien	c Ford b Curtis	9
ST Crawley	c Garner b Curtis	5
GJ Blackburn	b Curtis	1
N Smith	b Curtis	1
A Fox	b Evans	6
JFM O'Brien	not out	1
MG Boocock	run out	0
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-107, 3-107, 4-131, 5-145, 6-159, 7-161, 8-195, 9-204, 10-204 (51 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hale	3	0	18	0	-	-
Arnold	6	1	23	1	-	-
Curtis	23	2	81	6	-	-
Evans	19	1	69	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Oxfordshire first innings
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Cheshire first innings
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Oxfordshire second innings
--> Extras breakdown not available for the Cheshire second innings
--> TA Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 93 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Blackburn reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Oxfordshire first innings
--> GJ Blackburn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Oxfordshire first innings (previous best was 6-69)
--> IJ Curtis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire second innings (previous best was 5-17)

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