minc2161	Durham v Oxfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1926 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Ashbrooke, Sunderland on 6th, 7th September 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxfordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 10 wickets
Umpires	G Beet, S Doughty
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 191/4 (Brooks 25*, Dobson 53*)

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Oxfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Walker	b Dobson	9
WG Sturges	b Howell	35
+G Coppock	hit wkt b Dobson	1
NN Nethersole	lbw b Carr	13
JL Rogers	run out	18
C Walters	c and b Cook	43
EJ Cotton	b Dobson	18
RP Thomas	b Carr	25
JA Howells	not out	3
BJ Henry	b Cook	2
*AF Alington	c Ferens b Cook	3
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-16, 3-32, 4-63, 5-122, 6-147, 7-176, 8-176, 9-178, 10-184 (79.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	14	4	44	1	-	-
Cook	26.4	16	17	3	-	-
Dobson	23	8	64	3	-	-
Carr	13	3	39	2	-	-
Weight	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LH Weight	c Henry b Walters	13
+HC Ferens	lbw b Howells	2
M Nichol	c Cotton b Howells	58
J Kelsall	lbw b Thomas	34
*H Brooks	b Cotton	72
TK Dobson	c Coppock b Walters	82
J Carr	b Walters	24
CL Adamson	c Walker b Howells	25
H Gibbon	c and b Howells	9
AL Howell	c Walker b Howells	6
JW Cook	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-38, 3-95, 4-109, 5-240, 6-270, 7-314, 8-324, 9-325, 10-334 (99 ov)

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howells	26	6	77	5	-	-
Nethersole	7	2	20	0	-	-
Thomas	21	4	82	1	-	-
Walters	24	5	69	3	-	-
Cotton	10	0	39	1	-	-
Alington	7	1	26	0	-	-
Rogers	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Walker	c Cook b Carr	24
WG Sturges	c Cook b Dobson	19
JL Rogers	b Carr	29
NN Nethersole	c Nichol b Carr	1
+G Coppock	b Carr	0
C Walters	b Cook	13
EJ Cotton	b Carr	0
RP Thomas	c Carr b Dobson	44
JA Howells	c Nichol b Dobson	6
BJ Henry	c Carr b Dobson	16
*AF Alington	not out	2
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 56.1 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-67, 3-81, 4-81, 5-86, 6-86, 7-141, 8-144, 9-165, 10-168 (56.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	11	4	20	0	-	-
Cook	16	3	43	1	-	-
Dobson	17.1	5	48	4	-	-
Carr	12	0	43	5	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LH Weight	not out	9
+HC Ferens	not out	10
M Nichol	did not bat
J Kelsall	did not bat
*H Brooks	did not bat
TK Dobson	did not bat
J Carr	did not bat
CL Adamson	did not bat
H Gibbon	did not bat
AL Howell	did not bat
JW Cook	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 8.2 overs)	21

Oxfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howells	4.2	0	12	0	-	-
Walters	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WG Sturges made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NN Nethersole made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Kelsall (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TK Dobson (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TK Dobson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 74

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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