minc7159	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1974
Venue	Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent on 24th, 25th June 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Durham 1
Umpires	RH Duckett, FJ Law
Scorers	M Pratt (Durham), J Taylor (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 126/3 (Pearsall 39*, Nasim-ul-Ghani 2*; 49 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Selwood	b Stride	1		30	-	-
SR Atkinson	c and b Ikin	56		136	7	1
+T Harland	not out	78		190	10	-
TF Greenshields	c Lowe b Ikin	18		31	2	1
PC Birtwisle	c Gill b Timmis	49		52	7	2
S Greensword	did not bat
NA Riddell	did not bat
TJ Hughes	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
JS Stoker	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 221 minutes, 73 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-97, 3-133, 4-218 (73 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Timmis	11	2	27	1	-	1
Stride	13	7	16	1	1	-
Lowe	12	2	31	0	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	18	4	68	0	-	-
Ikin	19	1	60	2	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	c Stoker b Greensword	52		124	6	2
PN Gill	c Harland b Wilkinson	25		78	3	-
TA Pearsall	c Birtwisle b O'Sullivan	59		111	7	2
CL Price	c Greensword b O'Sullivan	6		16	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	c Riddell b Stoker	28		39	5	-
L Lowe	not out	14		22	2	-
JD Moore	lbw b Greensword	6		11	1	-
MJ Ikin	not out	13		11	1	1
+KP Moore	did not bat
PJ Timmis	did not bat
KH Stride	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 214 minutes, 70 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-91, 3-108, 4-162, 5-176, 6-190

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	16	3	32	1	-	-
Stoker	20	4	57	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	20	4	73	2	-	-
Greensword	14	5	41	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Selwood	b Stride	11		25	2	-
SR Atkinson	c KP Moore b Stride	18		41	3	-
+T Harland	c Lowe b Ikin	16		51	2	-
TF Greenshields	c Price b Lowe	15		14	3	-
PC Birtwisle	c and b Ikin	28		32	3	2
S Greensword	b Lowe	43		67	5	1
NA Riddell	c Pearsall b Lowe	21		60	2	1
TJ Hughes	b Stride	2		13	-	-
DR O'Sullivan	not out	20		12	4	-
JS Stoker	not out	2		3	-	-
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 163 minutes, 48 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-35, 3-56, 4-72, 5-98, 6-158, 7-159, 8-180

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Timmis	8	2	29	0	-	-
Stride	15	3	53	3	1	-
Lowe	16	5	54	3	-	-
Ikin	9	2	40	2	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	c Hughes b Stoker	1		21	-	-
PN Gill	c and b Hughes	11		18	1	-
TA Pearsall	c Greenshields b O'Sullivan	25		47	4	-
CL Price	c Harland b O'Sullivan	28		56	5	-
JD Moore	c Greensword b O'Sullivan	43		42	3	3
MJ Ikin	not out	48		79	9	-
L Lowe	b Stoker	1		16	-	-
+KP Moore	run out	3		16	-	-
PJ Timmis	c Hughes b Stoker	2		4	-	-
KH Stride	not out	0		9	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, 158 minutes, 49 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-72, 4-83, 5-156, 6-165, 7-177, 8-180

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stoker	17	7	43	3	-	-
Hughes	7	3	14	1	-	1
O'Sullivan	17	2	61	3	-	-
Greensword	8	1	44	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 133-3
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 147-3
--> T Harland made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Ikin reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham second innings
--> L Lowe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 2-38)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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