minc3868	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1949
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 6th, 7th June 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 8 wickets
Points	Northumberland 0; Durham 10
Umpires	FM Bickerton, J Walker
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 80/2 (Worthington 5*, Tompkins 9*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Muchall	lbw b Laidlaw	9
CL Routledge	c Austin b Herbert	0
TS Worthington	b Herbert	7
R Tompkins	c Owen b Herbert	7
G Walton	st Austin b Laidlaw	28
*LE Liddell	b Herbert	1
R Symington	b Laidlaw	1
JS Oswald	c Hardy b Laidlaw	5
+HB Henderson	b Laidlaw	14
H Elsdon	b Laidlaw	0
KJ Earl	not out	6
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 31.1 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-23, 4-25, 5-26, 6-33, 7-41, 8-72, 9-72, 10-83 (31.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herbert	13	3	38	4	-	-
Lowerson	6	2	8	0	-	-
Laidlaw	9.1	1	26	6	-	-
Owen	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Robertson	b Symington	54
WW Coverdale	lbw b Elsdon	10
J Washington	b Earl	0
WA Buffham	b Earl	0
DW Hardy	b Earl	40
*RB Proud	b Earl	77
NW Owen	lbw b Earl	5
RO Lowerson	not out	21
WK Laidlaw	lbw b Symington	11
+AW Austin	b Oswald	2
FI Herbert	b Oswald	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-25, 3-25, 4-91, 5-170, 6-187, 7-188, 8-212, 9-219, 10-225 (61.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	14	0	57	1	-	-
Oswald	11.3	1	45	2	-	-
Earl	17	5	63	5	-	-
Symington	11	1	42	2	-	-
Worthington	8	2	14	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Muchall	c Robertson b Laidlaw	39
CL Routledge	lbw b Laidlaw	23
TS Worthington	lbw b Laidlaw	47
R Tompkins	c Austin b Owen	13
G Walton	b Owen	0
*LE Liddell	b Herbert	69
R Symington	b Herbert	5
JS Oswald	c Austin b Herbert	8
+HB Henderson	c Hardy b Coverdale	0
H Elsdon	not out	1
KJ Earl	c Austin b Herbert	4
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-67, 3-91, 4-91, 5-170, 6-204, 7-205, 8-210, 9-212, 10-218 (68.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herbert	19.5	4	47	4	-	-
Lowerson	8	1	20	0	-	-
Laidlaw	20	4	88	3	-	-
Owen	17	6	45	2	-	-
Coverdale	4	0	9	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Robertson	c Elsdon b Earl	1
WW Coverdale	not out	31
J Washington	lbw b Earl	2
WA Buffham	not out	40
DW Hardy	did not bat
*RB Proud	did not bat
NW Owen	did not bat
RO Lowerson	did not bat
WK Laidlaw	did not bat
+AW Austin	did not bat
FI Herbert	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 35.4 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	10	2	24	2	-	-
Elsdon	11	6	16	0	-	-
Oswald	7	1	18	0	-	-
Symington	6.4	0	15	0	-	-
Liddell	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TS Worthington made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Symington made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RO Lowerson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Washington made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Walton (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WK Laidlaw reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northumberland first innings
--> KJ Earl achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-26)
--> KJ Earl achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings
--> FI Herbert reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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