minc4803	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	The Hough, Stafford on 18th, 19th July 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Durham 3
Umpires	JW Ashley, A Mitchison
Scorers	AC Lowerson (Durham), W Walker (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 76/4 (Russell 36*, Boon 1*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	b Smith	4
HD Bell	c Russell b Smith	13
GM Crawford	c Banks b Shardlow	22
GC Lamb	c Norcup b Shardlow	107
*DW Hardy	lbw b Shardlow	0
ME Scott	c Russell b Butler	41
K Longstaff	st Lawton b Russell	20
JG Williamson	c Smith b Shardlow	81
NW Owen	not out	30
+JG Fox	not out	9
J Brown	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-22, 3-76, 4-79, 5-190, 6-190, 7-263, 8-315

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	8	0	31	0	-	-
Smith	16	0	68	2	-	-
Russell	12	1	58	1	-	-
Shardlow	32	9	94	4	-	-
Crump	7	0	39	0	-	-
Butler	15	6	37	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c Fox b Williamson	11
FH Apperley	b Brown	6
D Russell	b Scott	49
JS Hall	b Williamson	5
NGW Banks	c Crawford b Scott	15
H Boon	c Owen b Scott	27
BS Crump	b Owen	0
*B Shardlow	b Scott	15
SJ Norcup	b Scott	1
+GM Lawton	not out	5
EG Smith	st Fox b Scott	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-17, 3-26, 4-69, 5-111, 6-116, 7-116, 8-119, 9-134, 10-138 (71 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	10	1	33	1	-	-
Williamson	15	3	38	2	-	-
Hardy	6	3	11	0	-	-
Owen	20	8	23	1	-	-
Scott	20	7	30	6	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c Fox b Brown	37
FH Apperley	c Crawford b Scott	71
D Russell	st Fox b Scott	18
JS Hall	c Hardy b Scott	0
NGW Banks	st Fox b Scott	20
H Boon	not out	102
BS Crump	c Owen b Crawford	44
*B Shardlow	not out	0
SJ Norcup	did not bat
+GM Lawton	did not bat
EG Smith	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 101.1 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-112, 3-116, 4-145, 5-158, 6-304

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	19	3	60	1	-	-
Williamson	18	4	53	0	-	-
Hardy	18	5	64	0	-	-
Owen	16	2	41	0	-	-
Scott	26	4	60	4	-	-
Crawford	3	1	8	1	-	-
Bell	1.1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Russell made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EG Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Lamb (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Lamb (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JG Williamson (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Boon (2) passed his previous highest score of 89 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Boon (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BS Crump (2) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ME Scott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 5-23)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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