minc5724	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1961
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*)

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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

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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	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HJ Bailey (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
No play on the 2nd day owing to rain

 

 

 

 

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