minc8303	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1985 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Lichfield Road, Stone on 24th, 25th July 1985 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Durham 3
Umpires	D Fawkner-Corbett, C Smith
Scorers	MA Lowe (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 178/6 (Hurst 41*, Mercer 11*; 55 overs)

---

Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Cartledge	c Atkinson b Beaney	34	56	60	5	-
PA Marshall	c Mercer b Johnston	4	25	35	-	-
SJ Bailey	b Beaney	3	31	42	-	-
SJ Dean	lbw b Johnston	1	6	4	-	-
JA Waterhouse	lbw b Kippax	28	77	86	3	-
*NJ Archer	lbw b Beaney	11	16	14	2	-
HA Page	c Beaney b Kippax	35	56	52	5	1
+A Griffiths	c Beaney b Greensword	15	18	27	2	-
AJ Webster	not out	38	52	56	5	1
DC Blank	c Hurst b Patel	10	33	25	1	-
RW Flower	not out	14	8	8	3	-
Extras	(1 lb, 4 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 209 minutes, 63 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-39, 3-40, 4-44, 5-66, 6-119, 7-120, 8-146, 9-173

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	16	3	60	2	-	-
Whitehouse	7	2	12	0	-	-
Beaney	10	4	35	3	-	-
Kippax	16	3	51	2	4	-
Greensword	11	2	25	1	-	-
Patel	3	1	14	1	-	-

---

Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lister	b Flower	10	58	64	2	-
SR Atkinson	c Griffiths b Webster	0	1	4	-	-
S Greensword	lbw b Blank	39	82	91	4	1
*NA Riddell	c Dean b Webster	26	83	113	2	1
AS Patel	b Blank	34	50	52	4	1
G Hurst	not out	41	39	51	6	-
PJ Kippax	c Griffiths b Page	2	7	6	-	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	11	12	15	1	-
JN Whitehouse	did not bat
P Beaney	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 201 minutes, 55 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-42, 3-60, 4-112, 5-143, 6-150

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Page	14	3	40	1	-	-
Webster	13	4	41	2	-	1
Flower	12	5	40	1	-	-
Blank	14	3	36	2	1	1
Cartledge	2	0	9	0	-	-

---

Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Cartledge	c Lister b Johnston	39	61	77	5	-
PA Marshall	c Mercer b Whitehouse	2	21	26	-	-
SJ Bailey	lbw b Beaney	42	158	168	4	-
SJ Dean	b Kippax	40	73	68	5	1
JA Waterhouse	not out	50	82	92	5	-
HA Page	c Kippax b Beaney	21	23	25	2	1
AJ Webster	run out (Patel)	2	1	5	-	-
*NJ Archer	not out	11	13	11	1	-
+A Griffiths	did not bat
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 239 minutes, 72 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-50, 3-101, 4-147, 5-179, 6-190

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	16	4	34	1	-	-
Whitehouse	8	2	19	1	-	-
Beaney	12	1	55	2	-	-
Kippax	15	5	30	1	-	-
Greensword	14	4	35	0	-	-
Patel	7	0	34	0	-	-

---

Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lister	c Waterhouse b Page	0	2	1	-	-
SR Atkinson	c Dean b Blank	33	92	132	2	-
S Greensword	lbw b Flower	33	50	60	3	3
*NA Riddell	c Griffiths b Cartledge	40	44	49	5	2
AS Patel	c Page b Cartledge	0	1	1	-	-
G Hurst	c Marshall b Blank	5	7	5	1	-
+RAD Mercer	c Marshall b Blank	61	60	63	6	3
JN Whitehouse	b Page	21	29	46	3	1
P Beaney	b Page	5	6	9	1	-
PJ Kippax	not out	0	9	10	-	-
J Johnston	not out	0	4	5	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, 195 minutes, 50 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-49, 3-112, 4-112, 5-117, 6-128, 7-204, 8-206, 9-210

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Page	18	6	43	3	1	1
Webster	6	0	20	0	-	-
Flower	11	2	68	1	-	-
Cartledge	7	1	45	2	-	3
Blank	8	2	25	3	-	-

---

Notes
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 155-8
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 178-6
--> JN Whitehouse made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Beaney made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Waterhouse (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Page (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Hurst (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 31
--> RAD Mercer (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> D Cartledge (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 36
--> SJ Bailey (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Waterhouse (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HA Page achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 2-54)

---

Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles