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| Venue | Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 9th, 10th August 1971 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Staffordshire 3; Durham 1 |
| Umpires | AM Pullinger, RT Wilson |
| Scorers | DB Rowley, AW Sanders |
| Close of play day 1 | Staffordshire (2) 0/1 (Gill 0*, Swanwick 0*) |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Hancock | b Halfyard | 22 | 95 | 2 | - | ||
| PN Gill | c Cole b Old | 0 | 31 | - | - | ||
| CP Marks | c Allison b Greensword | 30 | 92 | 2 | - | ||
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | c Old b Lander | 9 | 44 | - | - | ||
| JD Moore | b Lander | 17 | 37 | 1 | 1 | ||
| MJ Ikin | c Birtwisle b Lander | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||
| RH Downend | c Scarratt b Bainbridge | 28 | 59 | 3 | 1 | ||
| +PM Swanwick | b Bainbridge | 21 | 58 | 3 | - | ||
| *DH Henson | b Halfyard | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| RT de Ville | c Scarratt b Halfyard | 9 | 26 | - | - | ||
| PJ Timmis | not out | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 235 minutes, 81.1 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-38, 3-56, 4-64, 5-71, 6-91, 7-123, 8-123, 9-137, 10-145 (81.1 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 27.1 | 14 | 35 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Old | 14 | 5 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lander | 19 | 8 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 8 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Bainbridge | 13 | 6 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Greensword | c Nasim-ul-Ghani b Downend | 5 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| JG March | c Ikin b Henson | 35 | 95 | 4 | - | ||
| G Scarratt | b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 14 | 49 | 1 | - | ||
| AJ Burridge | c Downend b Henson | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| PC Birtwisle | b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 4 | 14 | - | - | ||
| NC Allison | c Downend b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||
| *AGB Old | c Downend b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 6 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| BR Lander | c Marks b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 4 | 17 | - | - | ||
| DJ Halfyard | c Timmis b Henson | 7 | 20 | - | - | ||
| C Bainbridge | c Henson b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 1 | 17 | - | - | ||
| +R Cole | not out | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 137 minutes, 43.5 overs) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-49, 3-56, 4-65, 5-65, 6-67, 7-71, 8-81, 9-83, 10-85 (43.5 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Timmis | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Downend | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Henson | 15 | 3 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | 12.5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Hancock | c March b Halfyard | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| PN Gill | not out | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| +PM Swanwick | not out | 0 | 8 | 5 | - | - | |
| CP Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Ikin | did not bat | ||||||
| RH Downend | did not bat | ||||||
| *DH Henson | did not bat | ||||||
| RT de Ville | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Timmis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 8 minutes, 3 overs) | 0 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Hancock) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Halfyard | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Old | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> C Bainbridge made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BR Lander achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-32)
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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