minc7615	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 2nd, 3rd August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 2; Staffordshire 2
Umpires	DB Harrison, D Norton
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), G Phillips (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 73/3 (Pearsall 29*, Moore 0*; 26.5 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Greensword	c Brewer b James	15	53	53	-	-
PW Romaines	lbw b Nasim-ul-Ghani	44	93	146	7	1
Wasim Raja	c Green b James	22	32	42	2	-
NA Riddell	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	42	93	90	3	1
C Thomas	not out	37	60	55	5	-
DD Parsana	c Nasim-ul-Ghani b Brewer	1	2	3	-	-
PJ Crane	not out	4	4	10	-	-
MC Thomas	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 202 minutes, 55 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-64, 3-103, 4-141, 5-144

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	10	2	23	0	-	5
James	14	4	28	2	-	2
Lowe	7	1	34	0	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	13	6	35	2	-	-
Brewer	11	0	45	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Parsana b Lander	7	15	18	-	-
SA Neal	c Greensword b Lander	0	6	10	-	-
TA Pearsall	not out	29	74	80	4	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	lbw b Greensword	29	56	60	2	-
JD Moore	not out	0	11	11	-	-
SJ Dawson	did not bat
L Lowe	did not bat
+MR Green	did not bat
MWD Brewer	did not bat
BD Gessner	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 91 minutes, 26.4 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-7, 3-69

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wishart	8	1	27	0	1	1
Lander	13	3	20	2	-	-
Greensword	5.4	1	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> SA Neal made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Lowe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MWD Brewer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Start delayed until 12.00 owing to a wet pitch. Rain stopped play at 6.03pm on the first day, no further play.

 

 

 

 

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