minc4635	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Park Drive, West Hartlepool on 21st, 22nd June 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 112 runs
Points	Durham 10; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	A Mitchison, GWF Reeves
Scorers	CLW Cooper (Staffordshire), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (2) 8/0 (Bell 4*, Keeler 4*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	b Gregory	73
JG Keeler	c Bailey b Gregory	9
A Coxon	c Bailey b Gregory	0
DW Hall	not out	55
PG Williamson	b Gregory	2
*RB Proud	b Gregory	0
R Aspinall	b Gregory	7
JG Williamson	b Gregory	0
ME Scott	st Bailey b Shardlow	4
+JG Fox	b W Boon	2
NW Owen	c Hayward b Gregory	25
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-19, 3-47, 4-47, 5-63, 6-122, 7-122, 8-133, 9-144, 10-180 (66.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	29.3	5	67	8	-	-
W Boon	9	0	43	1	-	-
Hayward	6	2	13	0	-	-
Shardlow	22	6	54	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Roberts	lbw b Coxon	0
J Burton	c Bell b Aspinall	3
JF Butler	c Bell b Owen	27
HH Wood	c PG Williamson b Aspinall	10
*DM Haynes	b Coxon	3
H Boon	c Coxon b Owen	11
+J Bailey	c Hall b Coxon	0
W Boon	lbw b Coxon	5
CB Hayward	c JG Williamson b Owen	0
GJ Gregory	not out	5
B Shardlow	b Aspinall	16
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-16, 4-37, 5-45, 6-48, 7-58, 8-60, 9-61, 10-83 (42 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	21	7	31	4	-	-
Aspinall	12	6	12	3	-	-
Scott	1	0	7	0	-	-
Owen	8	1	30	3	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	b Shardlow	11
JG Keeler	c Haynes b Gregory	31
A Coxon	c Shardlow b Hayward	7
DW Hall	lbw b Shardlow	5
PG Williamson	lbw b Hayward	4
*RB Proud	st Bailey b Hayward	23
R Aspinall	b Shardlow	0
NW Owen	c Bailey b Shardlow	14
JG Williamson	c Bailey b Hayward	3
+JG Fox	not out	8
ME Scott	not out	12
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-54, 3-58, 4-60, 5-82, 6-87, 7-101, 8-104, 9-104

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	14	5	19	1	-	-
W Boon	6	1	20	0	-	-
Shardlow	23	6	43	4	-	-
Hayward	16	5	36	4	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Roberts	b Coxon	9
J Burton	c Coxon b Aspinall	21
JF Butler	b Coxon	3
HH Wood	c Bell b Coxon	23
*DM Haynes	c Aspinall b Coxon	2
H Boon	b Coxon	0
+J Bailey	b Coxon	17
W Boon	c PG Williamson b Scott	10
B Shardlow	b Coxon	0
CB Hayward	c Bell b Aspinall	9
GJ Gregory	not out	12
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-32, 3-39, 4-55, 5-55, 6-64, 7-88, 8-88, 9-95, 10-109 (59.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	25	8	46	7	-	-
Aspinall	10.1	5	16	2	-	-
Owen	6	3	6	0	-	-
Scott	17	4	38	1	-	-
JG Williamson	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Burton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bailey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Gregory made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ME Scott (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Gregory achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings
--> B Shardlow reached 450 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham second innings
--> A Coxon reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Staffordshire second innings
--> DW Hall retired hurt in the Durham first innings having scored 2 (team score 24/2) - he returned when the score was 63/5

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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