minc7965	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 19th, 20th August 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Staffordshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Northumberland 3; Staffordshire 10
Umpires	S Levison, T Lynan
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 15/1 (Warner 10*, Allison 0*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Charleton	c Griffiths b Brookes	18
K Pearson	c Penton b James	8
AS Thompson	b Brookes	18
TR Etwaroo	c Griffiths b James	5
SR Gillespie	not out	75	106	114	14	-
*M Youll	lbw b Brookes	13
GD Halliday	b Brookes	0
+WG Robson	b Phillips	11
PC Graham	not out	0
CJ Harker	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras		16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-37, 3-43, 4-74, 5-119, 6-125, 7-152

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	28	7	65	4	-	-
James	20	4	56	2	-	-
Phillips	7	1	27	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Etwaroo b PC Graham	3
GS Warner	b Etwaroo	39
RG Allison	b Pearson	41
NA Hodgkinson	not out	21
NJ Archer	not out	12
NA Phillips	did not bat
N Penton	did not bat
GRS Hall	did not bat
+A Griffiths	did not bat
S Brookes	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 38 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-78, 3-99

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JN Graham	6	5	2	0	-	-
PC Graham	5	1	11	1	-	-
Etwaroo	11	2	55	1	-	-
Harker	10	2	22	0	-	-
Pearson	3	1	12	1	-	-
Thompson	3	1	14	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Charleton	lbw b Phillips	47
K Pearson	c Griffiths b Brookes	4
AS Thompson	b Phillips	38
TR Etwaroo	c Hodgkinson b Phillips	7
SR Gillespie	c James b Phillips	22
*M Youll	b Phillips	11
GD Halliday	not out	12
+WG Robson	not out	1
PC Graham	did not bat
CJ Harker	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras		15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-98, 3-109, 4-114, 5-150, 6-150

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	11	2	35	1	-	-
James	11	4	24	0	-	-
Phillips	12	2	47	5	-	-
Penton	8	1	36	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Pearson b PC Graham	23
GS Warner	lbw b Gillespie	26
RG Allison	c Charleton b Gillespie	22
NA Hodgkinson	lbw b PC Graham	0
NJ Archer	not out	20
NA Phillips	c Robson b Harker	40
N Penton	c Youll b Gillespie	9
GRS Hall	lbw b Gillespie	2
+A Griffiths	b Gillespie	11
S Brookes	not out	39	24		7	-
RI James	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(8 wickets, 51 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-57, 3-61, 4-100, 5-122, 6-125, 7-126, 8-143

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JN Graham	8	0	24	0	-	-
PC Graham	16	3	43	2	-	-
Gillespie	14	1	67	5	-	-
Harker	13	1	58	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CJ Harker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Phillips made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brookes made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Gillespie (1) equalled his previous highest score of 75 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Gillespie (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 74
--> RG Allison (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Charleton (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NJ Archer (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> S Brookes (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Brookes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 3-62)
--> NA Phillips achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> NA Phillips achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings
--> SR Gillespie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 3-46)
--> SR Gillespie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings

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On the first day rain and bad light stopped play on three occasions

 

 

 

 

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