minc4505	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 22nd, 23rd June 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 9 wickets
Points	Northumberland 10; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	JH Elliss, GWF Reeves
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 6/0 (Smith 16*, Butler 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Elsdon	5
FR Bailey	c Henderson b Elsdon	4
JF Butler	c Earl b McGibbon	15
PHC Charnock	lbw b Earl	5
RL Halton	lbw b Watson	21
*DM Haynes	b McGibbon	0
H Boon	b Elsdon	86
+ED Dennis	b Watson	0
H Hancock	c Earl b Elsdon	12
B Shardlow	c Henderson b Elsdon	2
W Boon	not out	12
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 48.4 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-10, 3-26, 4-36, 5-43, 6-62, 7-62, 8-112, 9-124, 10-165 (48.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	17.4	2	62	5	-
Earl	15	3	41	1	-
McGibbon	8	1	24	2	-
Watson	8	1	35	2	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	c and b Shardlow	31
R Cherry	b Halton	22
KD Smith	lbw b W Boon	52
C Lawrence	b Halton	8
R Jowsey	not out	125		100	20	5
*LE Liddell	c and b Halton	22
JM Watson	not out	10
+HB Henderson	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
H Elsdon	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-59, 3-83, 4-163, 5-210

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hancock	10	1	57	0		-
W Boon	15	2	58	1		-
Shardlow	23	6	75	1		-
Halton	28	11	80	3		-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b McGibbon	22
JF Butler	c Lawrence b Earl	18
FR Bailey	c Smith b Elsdon	40
PHC Charnock	b Earl	0
RL Halton	c Henderson b Elsdon	33
H Boon	c Jowsey b Watson	10
*DM Haynes	c Henderson b Watson	8
H Hancock	c Henderson b Earl	6
B Shardlow	not out	17
W Boon	c Lawrence b Elsdon	3
+ED Dennis	c Henderson b Elsdon	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 53.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-53, 3-53, 4-112, 5-120, 6-130, 7-133, 8-151, 9-154, 10-162 (53.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	18.5	5	67	4	-	-
McGibbon	7	3	7	1	-	-
Earl	14	3	35	3	-	-
Watson	14	4	52	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	b Halton	20
R Cherry	not out	13
KD Smith	not out	7
C Lawrence	did not bat
R Jowsey	did not bat
*LE Liddell	did not bat
JM Watson	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
H Elsdon	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 17 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Davidson)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hancock	2	0	13	0	-	-
W Boon	3	0	5	0	-	-
Halton	7	1	15	1	-	-
Smith	5	3	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> R Cherry made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Halton (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> R Jowsey (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Jowsey (1) 50 in 65 minutes
--> R Jowsey (1) 100 in 90 minutes

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