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| Venue | Green Lane, Durham on 26th, 27th August 1979 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Durham 1; Northumberland 3 |
| Umpires | S Levison, D Norton |
| Scorers | JH Jude (Northumberland), AD Reed (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northumberland (1) 105/2 (Thompson 7*, Watson 0*; 39 overs) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Romaines | lbw b Brown | 22 | 46 | 49 | 4 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | b Doshi | 30 | 103 | 110 | 3 | 1 | |
| S Greensword | c Youll b Brown | 11 | 46 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | not out | 69 | 77 | 85 | 4 | 3 | |
| *NA Riddell | b Graham | 24 | 52 | 48 | 1 | 1 | |
| BL Cairns | st Robson b Doshi | 15 | 6 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| PC Birtwisle | not out | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | did not bat | ||||||
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| SAB Daniels | did not bat | ||||||
| IA Wishart | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 174 minutes, 55 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-56, 3-78, 4-155, 5-170 | |||||||
| Northumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Graham | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Brown | 23 | 10 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Doshi | 22 | 6 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northumberland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *M Youll | c Mercer b Wishart | 40 | 103 | 128 | 4 | - | |
| K Pearson | c Mercer b Wishart | 54 | 97 | 96 | 10 | - | |
| AS Thompson | b Cairns | 27 | 44 | 60 | 4 | - | |
| PW Watson | b Cairns | 6 | 38 | 33 | - | - | |
| JS Charleton | lbw b Cairns | 16 | 19 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| DR Doshi | b Daniels | 8 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| JR Purvis | not out | 16 | 18 | 25 | - | - | |
| A Brown | not out | 7 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| +WG Robson | did not bat | ||||||
| PC Graham | did not bat | ||||||
| K Norton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb, 4 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 194 minutes, 55 overs) | 190 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-80, 2-104, 3-133, 4-136, 5-147, 6-167 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniels | 19 | 0 | 76 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Cairns | 22 | 5 | 66 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Wishart | 14 | 6 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Romaines | c Robson b Graham | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| SR Atkinson | b Doshi | 63 | 84 | 73 | 9 | 1 | |
| S Greensword | c Youll b Doshi | 12 | 33 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | st Robson b Doshi | 26 | 68 | 63 | 1 | 1 | |
| *NA Riddell | b Norton | 16 | 69 | 72 | 1 | - | |
| PC Birtwisle | c Pearson b Doshi | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | not out | 29 | 64 | 66 | 3 | - | |
| BL Cairns | c Doshi b Norton | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | not out | 35 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 2 | |
| SAB Daniels | did not bat | ||||||
| IA Wishart | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 3 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 189 minutes, 60.5 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-59, 3-86, 4-123, 5-125, 6-137, 7-145 | |||||||
| Northumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Graham | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Brown | 10 | 3 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Doshi | 24.5 | 5 | 68 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Norton | 20 | 4 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northumberland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *M Youll | c Crane b Wasim Raja | 39 | 97 | 100 | 6 | - | |
| K Pearson | run out | 24 | 121 | 117 | 2 | - | |
| AS Thompson | c Mercer b Birtwisle | 8 | 17 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| PW Watson | not out | 0 | 22 | 26 | - | - | |
| JS Charleton | c Greensword b Birtwisle | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| JR Purvis | not out | 21 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 1 | |
| DR Doshi | did not bat | ||||||
| A Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| +WG Robson | did not bat | ||||||
| PC Graham | did not bat | ||||||
| K Norton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 149 minutes, 47 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61, 2-72, 3-74, 4-74 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniels | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wishart | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 9 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Birtwisle | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Notes
--> PW Watson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DR Doshi made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Brown made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (2) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DR Doshi reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham second innings
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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