minc4760	Durham v Cumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Park Drive, West Hartlepool on 8th, 9th June 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 99 runs (single innings match)
Points	Durham 10; Cumberland 0
Umpires	A Mitchison, RE Rushworth
Scorers	B Ellis (Cumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	No play

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Durham innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c Thompson b Lawton	35
HD Bell	c Lawton b Thompson	59
JM Camburn	c Dennis b Lawton	5
*DW Hardy	b Lawton	34
ME Scott	b Lawton	32
K Land	b Lawton	0
RB Proud	b Lawton	13
R Aspinall	c English b Lawton	17
NW Owen	not out	17
+JG Fox	b Lawton	1
TW Birtle	st Denver b Dennis	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Keeler), 2-84 (Camburn), 3-121 (Bell), 4-144 (Hardy), 5-144 (Land), 6-162 (Proud), 7-199 (Scott), 8-208 (Aspinall), 9-218 (Fox), 10-219 (Birtle, 85.5 ov)

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dennis	30.5	3	82	1	-	-
Lawton	37	17	76	8	-	-
Thompson	7	2	21	1	-	-
Millican	6	3	14	0	-	-
Stewart	5	1	20	0	-	-

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Cumberland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Lawton	b Birtle	2
DW Wardle	c Birtle b Hardy	0
R Talbot	c Camburn b Scott	19
JMS Burrow	c Birtle b Owen	50
RJ English	lbw b Aspinall	23
JF Dennis	b Owen	0
R Stewart	c Scott b Aspinall	1
*JH Millican	c Fox b Aspinall	17
P Sarjeant	not out	0
+JR Denver	b Aspinall	0
TE Thompson	b Aspinall	2
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Wardle), 2-4 (Lawton), 3-59 (Talbot), 4-87 (Burrow), 5-87 (Dennis), 6-88 (Stewart), 7-117 (English), 8-118 (Millican), 9-118 (Denver), 10-120 (Thompson, 60.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Birtle	11	6	6	1	-	-
Hardy	5	1	11	1	-	-
Owen	22	6	50	2	-	-
Scott	8	1	35	1	-	-
Aspinall	14.1	11	12	5	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Camburn made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JMS Burrow made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> P Sarjeant made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TE Thompson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TW Birtle made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Wardle made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Hardy (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 33
--> R Talbot (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Lawton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed R Aspinall in the Durham innings (previous best was 6-34)

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No play on the first day owing to continuous rain
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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