f15692	Ireland v Minor Counties
	Minor Counties in Ireland 1937
Venue	Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin on 15th, 17th, 18th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ireland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Ireland won by 99 runs
Umpires	J Gibbons, J O'Reilly
Close of play day 1	Ireland (2) 108/4 (Barnes 6, Boucher 1)
Close of play day 2	Minor Counties (2) 61/4 (Townsend 12, Carnegie-Brown 0)

Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Pigot	c Roberts b Butterworth	6
FG Connell	c Townsend b Roberts	48
FJA Reddy	run out	7
*JC Boucher	lbw b Roberts	3
FM Quinn	lbw b Jones	8
RJ Barnes	b Butterworth	7
+GM Crothers	c Brearley b Jones	2
GJ Quinn	c Fordham b Butterworth	12
JR Graham	b Smith	0
MP Ruddle	not out	0
CW Billingsley	lbw b Butterworth	0
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-58, 3-68, 4-75, 5-79, 6-81, 7-95, 8-99, 9-102, 10-102 (34.4 ov)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	5	2	7	0	-	-
Smith	8	2	18	1	-	-
Butterworth	12.4	4	32	4	-	-
Roberts	5	0	22	2	-	-
Jones	4	0	14	2	-	-

Minor Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Mobey	lbw b Boucher	17
DCH Townsend	b Billingsley	1
H Brearley	run out	1
G Carnegie-Brown	b Billingsley	0
CB Fordham	b Boucher	16
HC Lee	c Barnes b Graham	5
HRW Butterworth	run out	2
*+WB Franklin	b Boucher	5
LN Jones	not out	9
CJ Smith	c FM Quinn b Boucher	8
EA Roberts	c Barnes b Boucher	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 33 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-8, 4-38, 5-44, 6-46, 7-48, 8-53, 9-63, 10-69 (33 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Billingsley	7	3	8	2	-	-
Ruddle	5	1	14	0	-	-
Graham	11	4	20	1	-	-
Boucher	10	4	22	5	-	-

Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Pigot	lbw b Roberts	10
FG Connell	st Franklin b Butterworth	50
FJA Reddy	lbw b Butterworth	23
RJ Barnes	lbw b Jones	10
FM Quinn	lbw b Smith	4
*JC Boucher	b Jones	23
GJ Quinn	c Smith b Butterworth	2
+GM Crothers	lbw b Jones	24
JR Graham	b Jones	11
MP Ruddle	c Smith b Jones	0
CW Billingsley	not out	6
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-92, 3-101, 4-107, 5-115, 6-120, 7-155, 8-162, 9-162, 10-179 (59.1 ov)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14	7	21	1	-	-
Butterworth	22	1	65	3	-	-
Roberts	12	1	48	1	-	-
Jones	6.1	2	8	5	-	-
Fordham	5	0	21	0	-	-

Minor Counties second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Mobey	lbw b Billingsley	21
CB Fordham	c Connell b Billingsley	0
H Brearley	c Boucher b Billingsley	18
DCH Townsend	c and b Boucher	28
HC Lee	c Boucher b Graham	1
G Carnegie-Brown	b Graham	0
*+WB Franklin	c and b Boucher	6
HRW Butterworth	b Boucher	0
LN Jones	c GJ Quinn b Boucher	4
CJ Smith	c Barnes b Boucher	21
EA Roberts	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-35, 3-60, 4-61, 5-62, 6-65, 7-75, 8-85, 9-112, 10-113 (37.3 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Billingsley	11	2	25	3	-	-
Ruddle	3	0	3	0	-	-
Graham	14	4	47	2	-	-
Boucher	8.3	2	23	5	-	-
Barnes	1	0	1	0	-	-

Notes
--> GJ Quinn made his debut in first-class matches
--> MP Ruddle made his debut in first-class matches
--> H Brearley made his debut in first-class matches
--> LN Jones made his debut in first-class matches
--> CJ Smith made his debut in first-class matches
--> JC Boucher reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Minor Counties second innings