minc5170	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Ashbrooke, Sunderland on 5th, 6th August 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 1; Northumberland 3
Umpires	L Fisher, HC Turner
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 59/3 (Smithson 27*, Atkinson 2*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	lbw b Oakes	15
WG Moffitt	c Oakes b Clayforth	2
KH Thompson	c Henderson b Earl	18
GC Lamb	b Oakes	0
GM Crawford	c Liddell b Atkinson	23
JM Watson	c and b Earl	41
*DW Hardy	b Norton	36
R Aspinall	lbw b Oakes	1
K Williamson	c Henderson b Oakes	7
+JG Fox	not out	40
NH Pigg	c and b Earl	22
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 102.1 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-20, 3-20, 4-59, 5-65, 6-131, 7-142, 8-152, 9-158, 10-218 (102.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	22.1	5	44	3	-	-
Clayforth	28	12	40	1	-	-
Oakes	36	15	58	4	-	-
Atkinson	7	0	33	1	-	-
Norton	9	0	30	1	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Shaw	st Fox b Pigg	12
RW Smithson	c Bell b Williamson	72
KD Smith	c Williamson b Pigg	11
RG Clough	c Crawford b Pigg	6
CRM Atkinson	lbw b Aspinall	52
JY Oakes	b Aspinall	71
*LE Liddell	c Lamb b Hardy	16
+HB Henderson	b Aspinall	15
KJ Earl	b Aspinall	4
K Norton	not out	1
F Clayforth	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-29, 3-49, 4-129, 5-202, 6-243, 7-263, 8-273, 9-273

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williamson	16	3	62	1	-	-
Pigg	19	6	56	3	-	-
Hardy	9	2	33	1	-	-
Watson	14	4	54	0	-	-
Aspinall	23	4	60	4	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c Atkinson b Norton	39
WG Moffitt	c Henderson b Clayforth	3
KH Thompson	c Earl b Norton	14
GC Lamb	c Liddell b Norton	0
GM Crawford	not out	33
JM Watson	c Henderson b Clough	11
*DW Hardy	c Clayforth b Clough	21
R Aspinall	not out	4
K Williamson	did not bat
+JG Fox	did not bat
NH Pigg	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, 71 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-54, 3-58, 4-64, 5-102, 6-140

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	12	2	24	0	-	-
Clayforth	10	3	23	1	-	-
Oakes	10	2	21	0	-	-
Norton	16	6	23	3	-	-
Atkinson	4	2	4	0	-	-
Clough	11	5	21	2	-	-
Smithson	2	0	4	0	-	-
Smith	2	1	5	0	-	-
Shaw	2	2	0	0	-	-
Henderson	1	1	0	0	-	-
Liddell	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Moffitt made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RW Smithson (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 70
--> K Norton reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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