minc7556	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees on 22nd, 23rd August 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 102 runs
Points	Durham 10; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	B Booth, TG Wilson
Scorers	G Phillips (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 113/8 (Flower 5*, Owen 0*; 55 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Moore b Nicholls	34		80	6	-
PW Romaines	run out	42		149	5	-
PJ Crane	b Ikin	24		70	1	-
PC Birtwisle	c Gill b Nicholls	19		28	2	-
NA Riddell	c Gill b Ikin	23		64	2	1
+RAD Mercer	b Nicholls	6		21	1	-
C Thomas	lbw b Ikin	25		31	4	-
DR O'Sullivan	not out	3		15	-	-
*BR Lander	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 232 minutes, 68.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-108, 3-109, 4-137, 5-150, 6-160, 7-187 (68.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lancaster	8	1	19	0	1	2
James	11	6	21	0	-	-
Nicholls	18	5	50	3	-	1
Flower	13	4	38	0	-	-
Ikin	18.4	5	48	3	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Mercer b Wishart	0		9	-	-
PN Gill	c Lander b Wishart	4		6	1	-
GS Warner	st Mercer b O'Sullivan	41		155	3	-
JD Moore	c Riddell b Wishart	0		19	-	-
RH Downend	b Wilkinson	9		28	1	-
MJ Ikin	b Lander	35		100	5	-
DG Nicholls	c Lander b O'Sullivan	3		11	-	-
R Lancaster	st Mercer b Lander	0		5	-	-
RW Flower	b Wilkinson	5		15	1	-
+SC Owen	b Wilkinson	8		24	2	-
RI James	not out	1		11	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 196 minutes, 59.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-12, 4-25, 5-103, 6-103, 7-108, 8-108, 9-113, 10-122 (59.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	16.1	7	17	3	-	-
Wishart	10	3	28	3	-	-
Lander	17	3	40	2	-	-
O'Sullivan	16	9	21	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	b Lancaster	20		56	-	-
PW Romaines	not out	92		178	12	-
PJ Crane	c and b Nicholls	26		76	3	-
NA Riddell	not out	26		44	4	-
PC Birtwisle	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
C Thomas	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 9 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 178 minutes, 47 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-115

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lancaster	9	0	37	1	-	4
James	8	4	16	0	-	-
Downend	7	1	21	0	4	-
Nicholls	12	2	59	1	-	5
Ikin	11	4	31	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Birtwisle b Wilkinson	2		9	-	-
PN Gill	c Crane b Wishart	85		198	13	-
GS Warner	lbw b Wilkinson	0		14	-	-
JD Moore	b Wilkinson	3		17	-	-
RH Downend	c Romaines b Lander	32		64	4	-
MJ Ikin	c Crane b Lander	2		14	-	-
DG Nicholls	c Crane b Lander	2		10	-	-
R Lancaster	lbw b Lander	2		16	-	-
RW Flower	b Wilkinson	8		34	-	-
+SC Owen	not out	2		18	-	-
RI James	c Crane b Wishart	0		5	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 204 minutes, 63.3 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-12, 3-24, 4-84, 5-96, 6-98, 7-113, 8-140, 9-144, 10-146 (63.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	17	5	40	4	-	-
Wishart	10.3	5	22	2	1	-
O'Sullivan	19	8	27	0	1	-
Lander	17	5	49	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 139-4
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 113-8
--> PW Romaines (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IA Wishart achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 1-16)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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