minc7097	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1973
Venue	Blackfyne, Blackhill, Consett on 6th, 7th August 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	DB Harrison, S Levison
Scorers	LW Hancock (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 117/1 (Inglis 51*, March 2*; 37 overs)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	c Cole b Stoker	42	110	115	2	-
PN Gill	b Old	13	77	79	1	-
CP Marks	c Cole b Stoker	16	84	88	1	-
JM Ward	run out	4	11	14	-	-
JD Moore	c Riddell b Old	3	9	11	-	-
MJ Ikin	b Stoker	17	30	42	3	-
BG James	st Cole b Stoker	1	7	7	-	-
RH Downend	c March b Stoker	0	2	2	-	-
*DH Henson	not out	1	2	5	-	-
PJ Timmis	did not bat
+SC Owen	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 184 minutes, 55.2 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-60, 3-66, 4-74, 5-88, 6-94, 7-94, 8-101 (55.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	11	3	27	0	-	-
Stoker	17.2	9	23	5	1	-
Lander	10	1	20	0	-	-
Old	17	3	27	2	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	c Gibbs b James	93	190	196	12	-
TF Greenshields	c Gibbs b Ikin	60	98	105	6	-
JG March	c Downend b Timmis	8	23	25	1	-
RL Thomas	c Downend b Henson	37	65	67	4	-
NA Riddell	not out	0	1	2	-	-
AGB Old	did not bat
MP Weston	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
JS Stoker	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 199 minutes, 62.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-129, 3-203, 4-205 (62.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Timmis	12	1	38	1	-	-
James	13	0	49	1	-	-
Downend	6	1	17	0	-	-
Henson	13.2	2	39	1	-	-
Ikin	17	4	53	1	-	-
Gibbs	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJK Gibbs	c Lander b Stoker	6	30	36	1	-
PN Gill	lbw b Weston	48	136	133	5	-
CP Marks	not out	52	205	183	5	-
JM Ward	c Old b Stoker	10	20	21	1	-
JD Moore	c Weston b March	23	56	53	1	2
MJ Ikin	not out	4	15	10	1	-
BG James	did not bat
RH Downend	did not bat
*DH Henson	did not bat
PJ Timmis	did not bat
+SC Owen	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 220 minutes, 77 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-95, 3-111, 4-148

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	12	2	39	0	-	1
Stoker	18	10	18	2	-	-
Lander	6	2	12	0	-	-
Old	10	2	12	0	-	-
Weston	14	5	27	1	-	-
March	13	3	21	1	-	-
Thomas	3	1	14	0	-	-
Riddell	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TF Greenshields (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Thomas (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Stoker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 4-63)
--> JS Stoker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Start delayed by 60 minutes due to a wet ground and rain stopped play on first day from 3.48 -4.30 pm (tea taken).
Four short breaks for showers resulted in 39 minutes being lost on day two.

 

 

 

 

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