minc3719	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1948
Venue	Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on 17th, 18th May 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 55 runs
Points	Durham 0; Northumberland 10
Umpires	H Cartwright, A Hardy
Scorers	J Appleby (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (2) 13/2 (Townsend 7*, Thompson 1*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Routledge	b Laidlaw	24
AD Cunningham	c Robson b Close	14
LF Townsend	b Laidlaw	17
T Miller	c Austin b Barker	13
D Kelly	c Thompson b Laidlaw	11
*LE Liddell	b Laidlaw	4
G Walton	lbw b Laidlaw	14
JS Oswald	b Barker	17
H Elsdon	c Laidlaw b Barker	2
+HB Henderson	b Laidlaw	5
H Robson	not out	3
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-54, 3-55, 4-79, 5-79, 6-85, 7-114, 8-114, 9-116, 10-128 (48.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robson	8	0	24	0	-	-
Close	10	2	22	1	-	-
Laidlaw	16.2	2	29	6	-	-
Owen	4	0	7	0	-	-
Barker	10	0	42	3	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DCH Townsend	b Oswald	4
H Taylor	b Elsdon	0
G Thompson	c Walton b Robson	47
*RB Proud	b Elsdon	0
S Robertson	c Miller b Townsend	24
JA Close	lbw b Townsend	3
NW Owen	lbw b Elsdon	7
WK Laidlaw	lbw b Oswald	12
WMM Robson	b Oswald	7
+AW Austin	c and b Oswald	2
A Barker	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-9, 4-82, 5-87, 6-88, 7-100, 8-115, 9-118, 10-119 (42 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	12	5	26	3	-	-
Oswald	14	2	45	4	-	-
Robson	9	0	29	1	-	-
Townsend	7	2	7	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Routledge	c Proud b Close	11
AD Cunningham	c Robson b Barker	10
LF Townsend	c Barker b Robson	0
T Miller	st Austin b Laidlaw	5
G Walton	b Laidlaw	3
*LE Liddell	st Austin b Laidlaw	61
D Kelly	b Laidlaw	1
JS Oswald	st Austin b Barker	0
H Elsdon	b Laidlaw	5
+HB Henderson	c Owen b Laidlaw	4
H Robson	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-25, 4-31, 5-39, 6-41, 7-50, 8-88, 9-101, 10-106 (38.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robson	6	1	12	1	-	-
Close	6	4	3	1	-	-
Laidlaw	13.5	4	36	6	-	-
Owen	8	2	13	0	-	-
Barker	5	0	36	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DCH Townsend	b Elsdon	11
H Taylor	b Elsdon	3
WMM Robson	b Oswald	1
G Thompson	b Oswald	3
S Robertson	b Elsdon	2
*RB Proud	b Elsdon	7
JA Close	b Elsdon	10
NW Owen	c Townsend b Elsdon	12
WK Laidlaw	b Oswald	4
+AW Austin	lbw b Elsdon	1
A Barker	not out	3
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 26.2 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-19, 4-21, 5-21, 6-35, 7-42, 8-47, 9-55, 10-60 (26.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	13.2	3	39	7	-	-
Oswald	13	7	18	3	-	-

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Notes
--> CL Routledge made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Kelly made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Walton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Taylor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WK Laidlaw made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Kelly made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Taylor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Close made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Oswald (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Oswald made his debut for Northumberland in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WK Laidlaw achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings
--> H Elsdon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 3-47)
--> JS Oswald achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> H Elsdon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> H Elsdon achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings

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32 wickets fell on the first day - the match finishing at 12.05pm on the second day
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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