minc7566	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Green Lane, Durham on 28th, 29th May 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 7 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Northumberland 0
Umpires	DB Harrison, JH Lowery
Scorers	JH Jude (Northumberland), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 12/0 (Youll 2*, Pearson 8*; 5 overs)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Riddell b Lander	55		162	5	-
K Pearson	b Cook	130		189	14	5
ME Younger	not out	8		52	1	-
J Thewlis	not out	14		25	2	-
RD Dodds	did not bat
WJ Smalley	did not bat
A Hardy	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
GJ Dodds	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 215 minutes, 59 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-155, 2-198

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	16	4	30	0	1	-
Cook	17	4	58	1	-	2
Lander	14	2	67	1	-	-
Old	9	0	38	0	1	1
Crane	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Robson b Graham	8		23	2	-
SR Atkinson	b Graham	61		68	11	-
PC Birtwisle	not out	87		113	12	4
NA Riddell	c Youll b Hardy	42		63	6	1
PJ Crane	not out	0		4	-	-
MC Thomas	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
AGB Old	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
R Cook	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 137 minutes, 43 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-88, 3-195

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GJ Dodds	10	2	40	0	-	-
Graham	15	2	55	2	-	1
Norton	10	1	45	0	-	-
Hardy	8	1	58	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Mercer b Wilkinson	5		49	-	-
K Pearson	c Riddell b Wilkinson	14		40	2	-
ME Younger	b Wilkinson	48		134	6	-
J Thewlis	c Birtwisle b Wilkinson	0		6	-	-
RD Dodds	lbw b Wilkinson	5		25	1	-
WJ Smalley	b Wilkinson	0		6	-	-
A Hardy	c Mercer b Wilkinson	2		46	-	-
+WG Robson	b Old	18		64	3	-
GJ Dodds	lbw b Old	2		44	-	-
PC Graham	c Atkinson b Crane	4		21	-	-
K Norton	not out	0		3	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 13 lb, 6 nb, 3 w)	31
Total	(all out, 224 minutes, 60.4 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-31, 3-35, 4-53, 5-57, 6-78, 7-108, 8-118, 9-127, 10-129 (60.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	25	11	49	7	1	-
Cook	15	4	22	0	2	5
Lander	1	0	4	0	-	-
Old	12	2	16	2	-	1
Crane	7.4	5	7	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Robson b Hardy	41		81	5	-
PW Romaines	lbw b GJ Dodds	47		130	5	-
PC Birtwisle	c Thewlis b Hardy	0		2	-	-
NA Riddell	not out	46		67	8	1
PJ Crane	not out	2		21	-	-
MC Thomas	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
AGB Old	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
R Cook	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 152 minutes, 49.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-68, 3-113

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GJ Dodds	12	3	37	1	-	-
Graham	9	2	23	0	-	-
Hardy	13	6	39	2	-	-
RD Dodds	4	1	15	0	-	-
Norton	11.3	5	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Northumberland score at 55 overs in the first innings was 204-2
--> MC Thomas made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Smalley made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGB Old made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Cook made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> K Pearson (1) 100 in 169 minutes with 11 fours and 4 sixes
--> K Pearson (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PC Birtwisle (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 60
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> JS Wilkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 5-19)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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