minc3783	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1948
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 2nd, 3rd August 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 5; Durham 3
Umpires	FM Bickerton, A Hardy
Scorers	J Appleby (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 20/1 (Cunningham 6*, Townsend 4*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Harron	c Cunningham b Robson	17
DCH Townsend	c Earl b Oswald	2
WA Buffham	c Henderson b Earl	17
G Thompson	c Henderson b Townsend	14
TK Jackson	c Robinson b Oswald	21
*RB Proud	b Earl	77
DW Hardy	b Townsend	45
WK Laidlaw	lbw b Oswald	0
NW Owen	c Shackleton b Oswald	1
+AW Austin	not out	18
FI Herbert	st Henderson b Robson	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-31, 3-50, 4-56, 5-150, 6-154, 7-154, 8-158, 9-209, 10-222 (89 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oswald	22	11	61	4	-	-
Shackleton	16	3	35	0	-	-
Earl	20	7	59	2	-	-
Townsend	16	5	24	2	-	-
Robson	15	1	36	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Cunningham	st Austin b Laidlaw	43
JB Muchall	b Jackson	8
LF Townsend	b Laidlaw	69
CL Routledge	c Herbert b Laidlaw	2
GB Robinson	lbw b Laidlaw	43
*LE Liddell	b Owen	96
LF Shackleton	c Harron b Laidlaw	6
JS Oswald	not out	3
+HB Henderson	b Laidlaw	0
H Robson	hit wkt b Laidlaw	1
KJ Earl	st Austin b Laidlaw	0
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-134, 3-136, 4-137, 5-265, 6-274, 7-287, 8-287, 9-291, 10-291 (79.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herbert	19	10	49	0	-	-
Jackson	16	6	40	1	-	-
Owen	21	4	81	1	-	-
Laidlaw	20.5	2	98	8	-	-
Hardy	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DG Harron	not out	101
G Thompson	b Robson	42
WA Buffham	c Robinson b Routledge	39
DW Hardy	not out	9
DCH Townsend	did not bat
TK Jackson	did not bat
*RB Proud	did not bat
WK Laidlaw	did not bat
NW Owen	did not bat
+AW Austin	did not bat
FI Herbert	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 70 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-159

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Oswald	11	2	29	0	-	-
Shackleton	22	3	59	0	-	-
Earl	7	0	22	0	-	-
Robson	14	5	31	1	-	-
Townsend	8	6	3	0	-	-
Routledge	5	0	24	1	-	-
Cunningham	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Hardy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Shackleton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AW Austin (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AD Cunningham (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 24
--> GB Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LE Liddell (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Harron (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Harron (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WK Laidlaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 6-29)

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Rain stopped play from 5.10pm until the close on the first day
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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