minc8118	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1983 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Deansfield, Brewood on 25th, 26th July 1983 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Northumberland 3
Umpires	D Fawkner-Corbett, C Smith
Scorers	MJ Dawson (Staffordshire), PWR Lough (Northumberland)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 80/1 (Pearson 24*, Thompson 38*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Cartledge	c Lishman b Graham	40
*PN Gill	b Graham	35
GS Warner	c Corby b Graham	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Younger b Wasim Raja	20
NJ Archer	c Corby b Graham	0
SJ Dean	st Corby b Arrowsmith	23
PA Marshall	not out	20
+A Griffiths	c Graham b Arrowsmith	7
DC Blank	c and b Arrowsmith	3
RW Flower	st Corby b Arrowsmith	6
MEW Brooker	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-70, 3-77, 4-77, 5-117, 6-121, 7-133, 8-147, 9-153

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Twizell	7	1	38	0	-
Graham	19	10	38	4	-
Shotton	7	2	18	0	-
Arrowsmith	16	4	33	4	-
Wasim Raja	6	1	28	1	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Halliday	c Cartledge b Blank	2
K Pearson	run out	27
*AS Thompson	b Blank	55	141		3	-
Wasim Raja	st Griffiths b Flower	19
ME Younger	lbw b Blank	13
SG Lishman	c Gill b Flower	0
R Arrowsmith	b Flower	6
PH Twizell	not out	13
+K Corby	st Griffiths b Flower	2
J Shotton	not out	2
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-92, 3-112, 4-124, 5-124, 6-140, 7-144, 8-159

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blank	23	4	71	3
Brooker	5	3	4	0
Flower	21	3	48	4
Mushtaq Mohammad	6	1	16	0

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Cartledge	b Graham	4
*PN Gill	c Arrowsmith b Graham	4
GS Warner	c Twizell b Wasim Raja	16
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Thompson b Shotton	52	140		5	-
NJ Archer	lbw b Halliday	26
SJ Dean	not out	31	19		6	1
PA Marshall	b Shotton	6
+A Griffiths	not out	9
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
MEW Brooker	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 64.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-16, 4-97, 5-121, 6-132

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	4	24	2	-	-
Arrowsmith	17	14	10	0	-	-
Twizell	5	3	10	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	9	1	25	1	-	-
Younger	9	6	8	0	-	-
Shotton	7.1	0	43	2	-	-
Halliday	6	0	28	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Halliday	b Flower	26
K Pearson	c Marshall b Flower	13
Wasim Raja	not out	62	89		6	1
*AS Thompson	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
ME Younger	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
SG Lishman	c Marshall b Flower	3
R Arrowsmith	not out	5
PH Twizell	did not bat
+K Corby	did not bat
J Shotton	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 37 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-51, 3-52, 4-54, 5-76

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blank	3	0	13	0	-	-
Flower	16	1	52	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	15	2	29	2	-	-
Cartledge	3	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Shotton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GD Halliday (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> R Arrowsmith reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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Northumberland were set 152 to win in 1 hour plus 20 overs

 

 

 

 

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