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| Venue | Lichfield Road, Stone on 15th, 16th August 1977 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Staffordshire 3; Durham 1 |
| Umpires | T Drinkwater, RT Wilson |
| Scorers | G Phillips (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (2) 5/0 (Gough 1*, Atkinson 2*; 2 overs) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c and b Downend | 27 | 81 | 99 | 4 | 1 | |
| MP Gough | c Owen b Lancaster | 0 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| PC Birtwisle | b James | 4 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| NA Riddell | c Owen b Lancaster | 0 | 10 | 18 | - | - | |
| PW Romaines | c Owen b James | 0 | 11 | 15 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | c Marshall b James | 7 | 53 | 53 | - | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | c Downend b Flower | 19 | 89 | 72 | 2 | 1 | |
| C Thomas | not out | 27 | 79 | 76 | 2 | - | |
| M Amarnath | c Downend b Marshall | 2 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | c Ikin b Flower | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | - | |
| *BR Lander | run out | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 198 minutes, 61.5 overs) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-17, 3-20, 4-31, 5-46, 6-52, 7-86, 8-92, 9-101, 10-108 (61.5 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lancaster | 8 | 2 | 21 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| James | 17 | 8 | 16 | 3 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 14 | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Downend | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Flower | 17.5 | 8 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Mercer b Amarnath | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| PN Gill | lbw b Lander | 4 | 15 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| GS Warner | c Birtwisle b Lander | 38 | 131 | 140 | 5 | - | |
| MJ Ikin | b Amarnath | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| RH Downend | b Amarnath | 22 | 65 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| JD Moore | c Birtwisle b O'Sullivan | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| PA Marshall | b Lander | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| R Lancaster | b Lander | 29 | 88 | 71 | 2 | 1 | |
| RW Flower | b Lander | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| +SC Owen | not out | 19 | 30 | 30 | 3 | - | |
| RI James | lbw b Lander | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 189 minutes, 62.4 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-17, 3-26, 4-64, 5-73, 6-84, 7-101, 8-111, 9-142, 10-142 (62.4 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Amarnath | 15 | 4 | 44 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Lander | 22.4 | 4 | 60 | 6 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 25 | 14 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MP Gough | st Owen b Flower | 12 | 62 | 55 | - | - | |
| SR Atkinson | lbw b Flower | 12 | 29 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| M Amarnath | b James | 62 | 112 | 124 | 6 | - | |
| PC Birtwisle | b James | 58 | 113 | 97 | 7 | - | |
| NA Riddell | not out | 103 | 88 | 91 | 7 | 10 | |
| PW Romaines | b James | 3 | 16 | 21 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | b Downend | 8 | 32 | 46 | - | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | not out | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| C Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| DR O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| *BR Lander | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 8 lb, 5 nb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 245 minutes, 76.2 overs) | 282 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-36, 3-155, 4-164, 5-202, 6-261 | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lancaster | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | 5 | |
| James | 17 | 4 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 12 | 4 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Flower | 21 | 4 | 94 | 2 | - | - | |
| Downend | 11.2 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gill | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hancock | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Romaines b O'Sullivan | 63 | 134 | 126 | 10 | - | |
| PN Gill | c Riddell b Lander | 87 | 130 | 121 | 12 | - | |
| MJ Ikin | b Lander | 3 | 20 | 25 | - | - | |
| RH Downend | c Amarnath b O'Sullivan | 15 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 1 | |
| JD Moore | not out | 7 | 24 | 36 | 1 | - | |
| PA Marshall | b O'Sullivan | 9 | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| GS Warner | c Birtwisle b O'Sullivan | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| R Lancaster | not out | 7 | 24 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| RW Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| +SC Owen | did not bat | ||||||
| RI James | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 184 minutes, 61 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-153, 2-156, 3-177, 4-177, 5-188, 6-188 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Amarnath | 9 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lander | 20 | 3 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Crane | 11 | 2 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 21 | 2 | 70 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 90-7
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 117-8
--> PW Romaines made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Thomas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Lancaster (1) equalled his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Owen (1) equalled his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (2) 100 in 88 balls, 91 minutes with 7 fours and 10 sixes
--> DA Hancock (2) passed 7500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> RI James achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-8)
--> BR Lander achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 5-14)
--> DR O'Sullivan reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Staffordshire second innings
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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