minc2696	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1931
Venue	Danescourt, Wolverhampton on 17th, 18th August 1931 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 6 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 0; Durham 5
Umpires	J Bedford, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 38/6 (JA Adamson 13*, Alderson 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SF Barnes	c Charlton b Dobson	12
PO Yates	c JA Adamson b Howell	4
E Mayer	c JA Adamson b Ellis	0
AD Wilkie	c Dobson b Ellis	24
WH Ellerker	b Dobson	16
*HWF Homer	c Dobson b Ellis	1
F Woodhouse	c Ellis b Dobson	0
S Crump	c JA Adamson b Ellis	0
A Lockett	st James b Dobson	16
TJ Rutherford	c James b Ellis	2
+EP Cross	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-10, 3-26, 4-57, 5-60, 6-60, 7-60, 8-61, 9-77, 10-78 (55 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	8	1	10	1	-	-
Ellis	19	11	14	5	-	-
Dobson	20	13	25	4	-	-
Carr	8	2	26	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Carr	c Rutherford b Barnes	0
CL Adamson	c Ellerker b Barnes	3
H Gibbon	c Crump b Barnes	17
WT Charlton	c Mayer b Lockett	0
JA Adamson	not out	37
AL Howell	b Barnes	0
*TK Dobson	c Ellerker b Barnes	0
WHR Alderson	c Ellerker b Barnes	12
A Elsdon	lbw b Barnes	3
+GT James	c Ellerker b Barnes	0
S Ellis	b Barnes	7
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-17, 4-38, 5-38, 6-38, 7-69, 8-76, 9-76, 10-90 (31 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	16	6	34	9	-	-
Lockett	15	3	45	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ellerker	lbw b Ellis	0
PO Yates	c Ellis b Dobson	2
E Mayer	c JA Adamson b Dobson	8
AD Wilkie	c James b Dobson	0
S Crump	b Ellis	9
A Lockett	c Elsdon b Dobson	7
F Woodhouse	c Carr b Dobson	0
SF Barnes	b Ellis	19
*HWF Homer	lbw b Dobson	0
TJ Rutherford	b Dobson	13
+EP Cross	not out	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 41.5 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-23, 5-25, 6-29, 7-30, 8-31, 9-59, 10-63 (41.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ellis	19	10	30	3	-	-
Dobson	20.5	9	25	7	-	-
Carr	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gibbon	st Cross b Barnes	7
CL Adamson	c Homer b Barnes	4
WT Charlton	c Lockett b Barnes	0
JA Adamson	not out	24
WHR Alderson	c Cross b Barnes	4
*TK Dobson	not out	10
J Carr	did not bat
AL Howell	did not bat
A Elsdon	did not bat
+GT James	did not bat
S Ellis	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 16.5 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-17, 4-31

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	8.5	3	22	4	-	-
Lockett	6	1	18	0	-	-
Ellerker	2	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TJ Rutherford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SF Barnes (1) passed 4500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> S Ellis (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> TK Dobson reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire first innings
--> TK Dobson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 7-34)
--> SF Barnes reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Durham second innings
--> SF Barnes reached 1300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham second innings

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No play on the first day until 3.03pm owing to rain
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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