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| Venue | Gorway, Walsall on 29th, 30th May 1963 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Durham won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Staffordshire 0; Durham 10 |
| Umpires | R Alderson, H Mellows |
| Scorers | J Davidson (Durham), DB Rowley (Staffordshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 198/5 (Williamson 18*, Watson 2*) |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJK Gibbs | c Forster b Biddulph | 9 | 51 | - | - | ||
| +I Frost | c Forster b Biddulph | 5 | 32 | - | - | ||
| F Colclough | c Inglis b Watson | 19 | 92 | 1 | - | ||
| LJ Rolinson | c Lamb b Biddulph | 5 | 30 | - | - | ||
| *JT Ikin | c Lamb b Watson | 20 | 72 | - | - | ||
| H Boon | run out | 4 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| SJ Lewis | b Leach | 18 | 28 | 3 | - | ||
| JW Raine | b Watson | 18 | 49 | 2 | - | ||
| PJ Timmis | c Watson b Leach | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1 | ||
| BB Griffiths | not out | 5 | 9 | - | - | ||
| BG James | st Forster b Watson | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 245 minutes, 67.1 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-15, 3-27, 4-54, 5-64, 6-66, 7-90, 8-112, 9-116, 10-121 (67.1 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Young | 18 | 7 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 17 | 8 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Williamson | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 16.1 | 8 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Leach | 8 | 2 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Inglis | b Timmis | 18 | 21 | 4 | - | ||
| DJ Ellis | lbw b James | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| CW Leach | st Frost b Ikin | 52 | 130 | 2 | - | ||
| GC Lamb | lbw b Ikin | 91 | 126 | 10 | 1 | ||
| HJ Bailey | b Ikin | 6 | 18 | - | - | ||
| JG Williamson | c and b Griffiths | 25 | 25 | 4 | - | ||
| JM Watson | c Frost b James | 25 | 37 | 2 | - | ||
| *DW Hardy | b James | 1 | 14 | - | - | ||
| SH Young | b James | 8 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| KD Biddulph | c Ikin b James | 2 | 6 | - | - | ||
| +R Forster | not out | 1 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 5 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 205 minutes, 66.1 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-30, 3-167, 4-174, 5-196, 6-208, 7-225, 8-238, 9-239, 10-242 (66.1 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| James | 13.1 | 2 | 47 | 5 | - | 4 | |
| Timmis | 12 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 22 | 0 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boon | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Raine | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 9 | 1 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJK Gibbs | c Leach b Watson | 23 | 98 | 2 | - | ||
| +I Frost | lbw b Watson | 29 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
| F Colclough | c Leach b Watson | 6 | 8 | - | - | ||
| LJ Rolinson | c Forster b Watson | 5 | 21 | - | - | ||
| *JT Ikin | b Biddulph | 56 | 107 | 8 | - | ||
| H Boon | c Biddulph b Watson | 20 | 30 | 3 | - | ||
| SJ Lewis | b Leach | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| JW Raine | lbw b Watson | 28 | 118 | 1 | - | ||
| PJ Timmis | c Bailey b Watson | 25 | 50 | 3 | 1 | ||
| BB Griffiths | c Williamson b Watson | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| BG James | not out | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 275 minutes, 95.5 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-58, 3-61, 4-70, 5-104, 6-106, 7-154, 8-194, 9-194, 10-201 (95.5 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Young | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 16 | 7 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williamson | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 31.5 | 8 | 88 | 8 | - | - | |
| Leach | 23 | 7 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Inglis | c Ikin b Timmis | 20 | 21 | 2 | - | ||
| DJ Ellis | not out | 43 | 47 | 4 | - | ||
| CW Leach | not out | 17 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| GC Lamb | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| JG Williamson | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| *DW Hardy | did not bat | ||||||
| SH Young | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Biddulph | did not bat | ||||||
| +R Forster | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 47 minutes, 18 overs) | 81 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Inglis) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| James | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Timmis | 9 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> SJ Lewis made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Forster made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Lamb (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 87
--> JW Raine (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Timmis (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BG James achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 4-30)
--> BG James achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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