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| Venue | Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 4th, 5th August 1976 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Staffordshire won by 110 runs |
| Points | Durham 3; Staffordshire 10 |
| Umpires | R Griffiths, DB Harrison |
| Scorers | LW Hancock (Staffordshire), JD Moore (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 237/5 (Amarnath 115*, Blenkiron 37*; 64 overs) |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Mercer b Blenkiron | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| GS Warner | c Mercer b O'Sullivan | 34 | 91 | 113 | 4 | - | |
| MJ Ikin | not out | 130 | 193 | 201 | 13 | 2 | |
| PG Collis | run out | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | c Mercer b Blenkiron | 28 | 59 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| M Millward | not out | 11 | 22 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| RH Downend | did not bat | ||||||
| L Lowe | did not bat | ||||||
| +MR Green | did not bat | ||||||
| KH Stride | did not bat | ||||||
| R Boothroyd | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 205 minutes, 62 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-111, 3-116, 4-177 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blenkiron | 14 | 3 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stoker | 14 | 1 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 17 | 5 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Lander | 10 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TF Greenshields | c Millward b Ikin | 56 | 135 | 132 | 4 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | c Downend b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 17 | 38 | 57 | 3 | - | |
| M Amarnath | not out | 115 | 161 | 145 | 11 | - | |
| PC Birtwisle | lbw b Ikin | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| TJ Haggie | c and b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | c Boothroyd b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| W Blenkiron | not out | 37 | 41 | 51 | 3 | 1 | |
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Crane | did not bat | ||||||
| *BR Lander | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Stoker | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 202 minutes, 64 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-120, 3-125, 4-128, 5-144 | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stride | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boothroyd | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | 24 | 5 | 80 | 3 | - | - | |
| Millward | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 21 | 2 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warner | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Birtwisle b Lander | 53 | 69 | 69 | 8 | - | |
| GS Warner | c Atkinson b O'Sullivan | 80 | 177 | 204 | 5 | - | |
| MJ Ikin | c Mercer b Crane | 12 | 47 | 45 | - | - | |
| PG Collis | st Mercer b O'Sullivan | 21 | 32 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | c Mercer b Lander | 30 | 41 | 28 | 4 | - | |
| M Millward | c Birtwisle b O'Sullivan | 3 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| RH Downend | c Crane b O'Sullivan | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | - | |
| L Lowe | c Birtwisle b O'Sullivan | 4 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| +MR Green | not out | 10 | 18 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| KH Stride | b O'Sullivan | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| R Boothroyd | lbw b O'Sullivan | 0 | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 219 minutes, 71.3 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82, 2-119, 3-152, 4-199, 5-204, 6-218, 7-223, 8-228, 9-228, 10-236 (71.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blenkiron | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stoker | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lander | 20 | 2 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 27.3 | 8 | 55 | 7 | - | - | |
| Crane | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TF Greenshields | c Lowe b Boothroyd | 15 | 62 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | c Warner b Boothroyd | 10 | 19 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| M Amarnath | c and b Stride | 22 | 57 | 53 | 1 | - | |
| PC Birtwisle | lbw b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 16 | 34 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| TJ Haggie | c Nasim-ul-Ghani b Ikin | 1 | 20 | 21 | - | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | c Green b Ikin | 17 | 33 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| W Blenkiron | c Downend b Ikin | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | c Millward b Ikin | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Crane | c Stride b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 0 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| *BR Lander | c Downend b Nasim-ul-Ghani | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| JS Stoker | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 131 minutes, 43.4 overs) | 97 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-46, 3-51, 4-61, 5-77, 6-78, 7-94, 8-97, 9-97, 10-97 (43.4 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stride | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Boothroyd | 12 | 4 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nasim-ul-Ghani | 14.4 | 1 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 10 | 6 | 19 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 178-4
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 179-5
--> M Millward made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Millward made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TJ Haggie made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Blenkiron made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Ikin (1) 100 in 167 minutes with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> MJ Ikin (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Amarnath (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Amarnath (1) 100 in 131 minutes with 10 fours
--> W Blenkiron (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Ikin reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham first innings
--> DR O'Sullivan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 6-9)
--> DR O'Sullivan reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire second innings
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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