minc4989	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 6th, 7th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Durham 1
Umpires	J Buckingham, J Waddington
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 92/4 (Atkinson 17*, Smith 3*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c Clough b Oakes	27
AW Sanders	lbw b Clayforth	44
ME Scott	c Henderson b Clayforth	1
GC Lamb	lbw b Oakes	14
K Land	b Atkinson	22
*DW Hardy	c Smith b Oakes	1
JM Watson	b McGibbon	33
R Aspinall	c Smith b Clayforth	0
JG Williamson	c Henderson b McGibbon	18
+JG Fox	not out	21
SH Young	b Clayforth	9
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-41, 3-64, 4-97, 5-98, 6-140, 7-140, 8-144, 9-167, 10-192 (87.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGibbon	16	3	37	2	-	-
Clayforth	20.2	9	31	4	-	-
Oakes	29	9	64	3	-	-
Atkinson	22	8	58	1	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	b Williamson	8
KG Davidson	b Watson	32
RW Smithson	c Fox b Williamson	13
JY Oakes	b Aspinall	6
CRM Atkinson	not out	59
KD Smith	c Lamb b Williamson	6
*LE Liddell	not out	49
RG Clough	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
F Clayforth	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 1 lb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-52, 3-59, 4-71, 5-101

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williamson	24	7	66	3	-	-
Young	14	5	27	0	-	-
Hardy	3	0	13	0	-	-
Aspinall	22	10	28	1	-	-
Watson	13	4	30	1	-	-
Scott	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c Clough b Clayforth	18
AW Sanders	b Clayforth	0
GC Lamb	c Henderson b Clayforth	4
ME Scott	b Oakes	23
K Land	lbw b McGibbon	1
*DW Hardy	b Clayforth	4
JM Watson	not out	22
R Aspinall	c Walton b Atkinson	69
JG Williamson	b Clayforth	16
+JG Fox	b Clayforth	3
SH Young	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-27, 4-28, 5-37, 6-52, 7-143, 8-162, 9-168

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGibbon	19	7	56	1	-	-
Clayforth	18	2	59	6	-	-
Oakes	15	3	37	1	-	-
Atkinson	6	2	9	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	c Aspinall b Williamson	18
KG Davidson	b Young	11
RW Smithson	not out	22
JY Oakes	c Land b Young	17
CRM Atkinson	run out	2
RG Clough	not out	9
KD Smith	did not bat
*LE Liddell	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
F Clayforth	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 24 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-31, 3-52, 4-58

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williamson	9	1	31	1	-	-
Young	8	1	32	2	-	-
Scott	4	1	8	0	-	-
Aspinall	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> F Clayforth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 5-27)

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Rain - start delayed until 11.38am on the first day
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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