minc4996	Cumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Fitz Park, Keswick on 8th, 9th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Cumberland won by 24 runs
Points	Cumberland 10; Durham 0
Umpires	JB Bowes, J Waddington
Scorers	AC Lowerson (Durham), DH Rice (Cumberland)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 59/6 (Fox 0*, JG Williamson 0*)

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Cumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Bowman	c K Williamson b JG Williamson	4
R Talbot	c Watson b Scott	32
GA Ashman	c Fox b Scott	15
RJ English	b Aspinall	2
JF Dennis	c Hardy b Aspinall	10
*RS Ellwood	c Fox b Scott	0
WJ Dennis	c Sanders b Scott	38
WDF Dow	c Watson b Aspinall	3
BF Reed	c and b Aspinall	4
TE Thompson	b Scott	7
+JR Denver	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-54, 3-59, 4-61, 5-63, 6-77, 7-93, 8-109, 9-125, 10-125 (74.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JG Williamson	10	6	5	1	-	-
K Williamson	7	3	4	0	-	-
Aspinall	24	6	38	4	-	-
Scott	27.5	7	45	5	-	-
Watson	6	1	23	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Sanders	lbw b WJ Dennis	8
R Inglis	c Talbot b WJ Dennis	0
D Kirby	b WJ Dennis	17
K Land	lbw b WJ Dennis	8
ME Scott	c JF Dennis b WJ Dennis	7
*DW Hardy	b Thompson	14
+JG Fox	b Dow	0
JG Williamson	b WJ Dennis	1
JM Watson	not out	12
R Aspinall	c Ellwood b Dow	3
K Williamson	c Thompson b WJ Dennis	9
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-21, 4-38, 5-59, 6-59, 7-59, 8-67, 9-70, 10-84 (45.4 ov)

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dow	15	7	30	2	-	-
WJ Dennis	22.4	8	30	7	-	-
Reed	4	1	9	0	-	-
Thompson	4	1	10	1	-	-

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Cumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Talbot	b Aspinall	19
JF Dennis	c Land b Watson	26
GA Ashman	c Fox b Watson	1
RJ English	lbw b Aspinall	9
*RS Ellwood	b Aspinall	0
R Bowman	b Watson	0
WJ Dennis	c Hardy b Watson	2
WDF Dow	b Aspinall	0
BF Reed	b Watson	6
TE Thompson	b Watson	9
+JR Denver	not out	4
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-48, 3-57, 4-57, 5-58, 6-62, 7-67, 8-74, 9-80, 10-87 (43 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JG Williamson	5	1	9	0	-	-
K Williamson	5	3	4	0	-	-
Scott	4	0	8	0	-	-
Aspinall	16	2	37	4	-	-
Watson	13	4	18	6	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	b Dow	0
AW Sanders	lbw b Dow	5
D Kirby	b Dow	1
ME Scott	b Dow	2
K Land	b WJ Dennis	23
*DW Hardy	b Dow	10
JM Watson	b Thompson	4
R Aspinall	c Reed b Thompson	10
K Williamson	c and b Reed	24
JG Williamson	not out	20
+JG Fox	lbw b WJ Dennis	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-3, 3-5, 4-10, 5-30, 6-43, 7-51, 8-65, 9-99, 10-104 (42.5 ov)

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WJ Dennis	11.5	2	33	2	-	-
Dow	15	5	24	5	-	-
Thompson	12	0	33	2	-	-
JF Dennis	2	0	9	0	-	-
Reed	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BF Reed made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Kirby made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GA Ashman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ English made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BF Reed made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> K Land made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Dennis (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> K Williamson (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> WJ Dennis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 3-71)
--> WJ Dennis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings
--> R Aspinall reached 300 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Cumberland second innings
--> WDF Dow achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> WDF Dow achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings

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Start delayed on the first day until 12.45pm owing to a wet wicket
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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