minc7898	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 5th, 6th July 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Durham 3
Umpires	GI McLean, D Norton
Scorers	JH Jude (Northumberland), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 30/1 (Greensword 29*, Birtwisle 1*; 12 overs)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c and b Wasim Raja	51	124	136	9	-
K Pearson	c Cairns b Johnston	0	6	10	-	-
AS Thompson	b Johnston	4	17	20	-	-
TR Etwaroo	run out (Wasim Raja)	42	56	72	7	-
ME Younger	c Mercer b Wasim Raja	17	44	48	2	-
J Thewlis	b Greensword	13	39	33	2	-
SR Gillespie	not out	24	33	30	2	-
A Hardy	not out	9	15	19	-	-
+K Corby	did not bat
PH Twizell	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 190 minutes, 55 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-86, 4-115, 5-130, 6-143

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	13	2	38	0	-	-
Johnston	10	3	36	2	-	2
Greensword	22	7	54	1	-	-
Wasim Raja	10	3	32	2	-	2

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Greensword	c Corby b Graham	32	54	57	4	-
IM Richards	c Corby b Graham	0	14	19	-	-
PC Birtwisle	not out	53	90	121	9	-
Wasim Raja	not out	89	65	83	13	4
AS Patel	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
*NA Riddell	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
PJ Crane	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 141 minutes, 37 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-34

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	13	5	24	2	-	-
Twizell	11	1	63	0	-	1
Gillespie	8	1	33	0	-	-
Younger	3	1	20	0	-	-
Hardy	2	0	34	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	b Patel	10	40	46	2	-
K Pearson	c Wasim Raja b Patel	46	112	104	7	1
AS Thompson	lbw b Patel	21	50	45	3	-
TR Etwaroo	c Johnston b Patel	42	94	87	2	1
SR Gillespie	c and b Crane	75	86	62	10	1
ME Younger	not out	19	45	38	1	-
J Thewlis	st Mercer b Patel	10	28	25	1	-
A Hardy	did not bat
+K Corby	did not bat
PH Twizell	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 206 minutes, 75.5 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-78, 3-85, 4-189, 5-207, 6-234 (75.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	8	5	13	0	-	-
Johnston	6	5	2	0	1	-
Patel	31.5	6	88	5	-	-
Wasim Raja	8	1	35	0	-	-
Crane	22	0	85	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Greensword	c Gillespie b Hardy	39	80	92	5	1
IM Richards	b Gillespie	8	24	31	1	-
PC Birtwisle	c Thompson b Younger	26	38	36	4	1
Wasim Raja	run out	52	36	42	2	5
AS Patel	c Twizell b Hardy	9	7	6	2	-
BL Cairns	c Gillespie b Hardy	10	10	13	-	1
*NA Riddell	not out	33	40	50	5	1
+RAD Mercer	not out	10	42	48	1	-
PJ Crane	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 162 minutes, 46 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-59, 3-99, 4-109, 5-145, 6-145

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Twizell	10	1	29	0	-	1
Gillespie	8	2	21	1	-	-
Hardy	15	1	77	3	-	-
Younger	13	3	60	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PC Birtwisle (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> SR Gillespie (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Patel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 2-53)
--> AS Patel achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Rain stopped play 3.10pm to 3.40pm and 5.23pm to 6.58pm on the first day.

 

 

 

 

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