minc4749	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 30th, 31st May 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 9 wickets
Points	Northumberland 10; Durham 0
Umpires	AH Barrett, A Mitchison
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 190/4 (Oakes 18*, Watson 5*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c Watson b Earl	7
HD Bell	c Norton b McKendrick	10
F Robson	c and b McKendrick	13
*DW Hardy	b Earl	55
GC Lamb	hit wkt b Earl	2
K Land	run out	11
R Aspinall	c McKendrick b Oakes	56
NW Owen	b Oakes	23
ME Scott	not out	30
JG Williamson	lbw b Norton	1
+JG Fox	c Jowsey b Earl	11
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-20, 3-34, 4-55, 5-80, 6-149, 7-187, 8-187, 9-188, 10-230 (69.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	24.3	5	83	4	-	-
McKendrick	18	4	50	2	-	-
Watson	7	0	24	0	-	-
Norton	11	4	37	1	-	-
Oakes	9	1	25	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	c Aspinall b Scott	54
KD Smith	c Fox b Scott	57
R Jowsey	b Williamson	39
C Pearson	c Lamb b Owen	12
JY Oakes	c Aspinall b Williamson	26
JM Watson	b Scott	75
*LE Liddell	c Keeler b Aspinall	16
M McKendrick	b Aspinall	14
+HB Henderson	not out	22
K Norton	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 94.1 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-103, 2-130, 3-161, 4-176, 5-213, 6-231, 7-248, 8-323 (94.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	27	4	90	2	-	-
Hardy	4	1	8	0	-	-
Williamson	21	4	70	2	-	-
Scott	19.1	6	55	3	-	-
Owen	23	4	92	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c Watson b McKendrick	5
JG Keeler	hit wkt b Earl	5
F Robson	c Henderson b McKendrick	6
*DW Hardy	b McKendrick	2
GC Lamb	c Smith b Earl	0
K Land	c Jowsey b Earl	24
R Aspinall	b Oakes	16
ME Scott	c Henderson b Earl	50
NW Owen	c Norton b Watson	26
JG Williamson	b Earl	0
+JG Fox	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 44.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-17, 3-17, 4-17, 5-28, 6-52, 7-104, 8-142, 9-148, 10-150 (44.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	18.1	4	56	5	-	-
McKendrick	12	6	20	3	-	-
Oakes	7	1	43	1	-	-
Norton	4	2	10	0	-	-
Watson	3	1	7	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	b Aspinall	2
KD Smith	not out	28
R Jowsey	not out	22
C Pearson	did not bat
JY Oakes	did not bat
JM Watson	did not bat
*LE Liddell	did not bat
M McKendrick	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(1 wicket, 12.1 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Walton)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	6	1	30	1	-	-
Williamson	6	2	18	0	-	-
Bell	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M McKendrick made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Robson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Hardy (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ME Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Walton (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 30
--> NW Owen (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> ME Scott (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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