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| Venue | Eastwood Gardens, Gateshead on 7th, 8th August 1961 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Durham 2; Northumberland 2 |
| Umpires | GE Hart, WF Simpson |
| Scorers | JT Clarke (Northumberland), J Davidson (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northumberland (1) 126/2 (Smith 40*, Smithson 7*) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Inglis | c Brodrick b Norton | 48 | 89 | 4 | - | ||
| DJ Ellis | c Knox b Norton | 34 | 95 | 3 | - | ||
| CW Leach | lbw b Norton | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| GM Crawford | c Shaw b Knox | 61 | 119 | 7 | - | ||
| DI Cannon | c Smith b Norton | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| AJ Burridge | c Knox b Earl | 27 | 35 | 3 | 1 | ||
| *DW Hardy | c Brodrick b Norton | 36 | 18 | 4 | 2 | ||
| SH Young | lbw b Cowey | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| JM Watson | c Shaw b Cowey | 14 | 40 | 1 | - | ||
| HJ Bailey | not out | 19 | 44 | 2 | - | ||
| +R Cole | not out | 3 | 19 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 260 minutes, 93 overs) | 266 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82, 2-83, 3-88, 4-88, 5-117, 6-186, 7-202, 8-225, 9-247 | |||||||
| Northumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Earl | 24 | 6 | 63 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Heatley | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowey | 11 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Norton | 24 | 7 | 57 | 5 | - | - | |
| Brodrick | 23 | 13 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knox | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Northumberland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PH Shaw | c Burridge b Hardy | 38 | 77 | 4 | - | ||
| GK Knox | b Leach | 31 | 64 | 4 | - | ||
| KD Smith | not out | 40 | 65 | 6 | - | ||
| *RW Smithson | not out | 7 | 52 | 1 | - | ||
| RG Clough | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Cowey | did not bat | ||||||
| PD Brodrick | did not bat | ||||||
| G Heatley | did not bat | ||||||
| +HB Henderson | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ Earl | did not bat | ||||||
| K Norton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 130 minutes, 45 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-72, 2-88 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Young | 14 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hardy | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leach | 9 | 1 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Watson | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HJ Bailey (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
No play on the 2nd day owing to rain
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