minc3901	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1949
Venue	Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 11th, 12th July 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 89 runs
Points	Staffordshire 10; Northumberland 0
Umpires	F Garside, CH Welch
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 26/2 (Buchanan 17*, Cunningham 4*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Walton b Earl	22
+ED Dennis	c Henderson b Earl	3
FR Bailey	c Earl b Watson	20
G Sedgwick	c Barratt b Watson	16
RL Halton	c Earl b Watson	8
S Crump	c Walton b Watson	5
H Boon	c and b Earl	79
*DM Haynes	b Worthington	5
PHC Charnock	not out	19
B Shardlow	c and b Barratt	46
SJ Norcup	c sub b Barratt	10
Extras		31
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-47, 3-70, 4-87, 5-88, 6-93, 7-108, 8-212, 9-230, 10-264 (70.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	23.1	4	80	3	-	-
Watson	28	6	72	4	-	-
Worthington	8	1	19	1	-	-
Robson	5	0	32	0	-	-
Barratt	6	0	30	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Muchall	c Shardlow b Halton	35			6	-
GC Buchanan	b Norcup	0
G Walton	c Dennis b Norcup	0
AD Cunningham	c Dennis b Norcup	1
JAH Barratt	c Smith b Halton	27
*LE Liddell	b Norcup	4
JM Watson	c Haynes b Halton	5
+HB Henderson	c Shardlow b Crump	11
KJ Earl	not out	6
H Robson	b Crump	4
TS Worthington	absent hurt
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-18, 4-66, 5-71, 6-71, 7-87, 8-95, 9-101 (35 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	14	4	45	4	-	-
Halton	16	6	23	3	-	-
Shardlow	1	0	7	0	-	-
Crump	4	0	18	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Muchall	lbw b Shardlow	0
GC Buchanan	lbw b Halton	17
G Walton	c Charnock b Halton	5
AD Cunningham	b Norcup	7
JAH Barratt	c Dennis b Norcup	1
*LE Liddell	c Boon b Halton	2
JM Watson	c and b Halton	29
+HB Henderson	c Crump b Halton	2
KJ Earl	b Norcup	0
H Robson	not out	11
TS Worthington	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10, 3-28, 4-29, 5-32, 6-32, 7-32, 8-43, 9-74 (31.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	5	2	6	3	-	-
Halton	15.2	5	39	5	-	-
Shardlow	6	2	9	1	-	-
Crump	5	1	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Boon (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JM Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-32)
--> H Boon retired hurt in the Staffordshire first innings having scored 6 (team had lost 6 wickets) - he returned when the score was 112/7
--> PHC Charnock retired hurt in the Staffordshire first innings having scored 0 (team score 112/7) - he returned when the score was 230/9

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TS Worthington was struck on the chest by a ball when fielding at mid-on. He collapsed and was taken to hospital.

 

 

 

 

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