minc3879	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1949
Venue	Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 20th, 21st June 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 119 runs
Points	Durham 0; Staffordshire 10
Umpires	FM Bickerton, A Mitchison
Scorers	CLW Cooper (Staffordshire), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 2/0 (Smith 0*, Dennis 2*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Owen	38
+ED Dennis	b Herbert	0
FR Bailey	st Greenwood b Laidlaw	53
PHS Wadham	b Laidlaw	7
RL Halton	b Herbert	14
PHC Charnock	b Herbert	6
H Boon	b Owen	9
*DM Haynes	c and b Laidlaw	15
B Shardlow	c sub b Laidlaw	0
SJ Norcup	not out	3
V Burgess	c Owen b Laidlaw	0
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-68, 3-87, 4-110, 5-135, 6-135, 7-159, 8-161, 9-164, 10-164 (61.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herbert	16	3	35	3	-	-
Clarke	3	0	10	0	-	-
Owen	20	5	42	2	-	-
Laidlaw	19.5	5	53	5	-	-
Guthrie	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Robertson	b Norcup	12
WW Coverdale	b Shardlow	17
+HW Greenwood	c Dennis b Norcup	11
WA Buffham	c Charnock b Norcup	13
DW Hardy	c Charnock b Norcup	2
*RB Proud	c Dennis b Shardlow	26
JH Clarke	b Norcup	44
S Guthrie	b Burgess	2
NW Owen	c Norcup b Halton	9
WK Laidlaw	not out	25
FI Herbert	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 58.1 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-28, 3-54, 4-54, 5-71, 6-99, 7-106, 8-121, 9-169 (58.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	17.1	1	64	5	-	-
Halton	14	4	51	1	-	-
Shardlow	15	7	21	2	-	-
Burgess	12	3	25	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Herbert b Laidlaw	23
+ED Dennis	b Laidlaw	41
FR Bailey	c Coverdale b Owen	82
PHS Wadham	c Proud b Laidlaw	4
RL Halton	st Greenwood b Laidlaw	57
PHC Charnock	c Owen b Laidlaw	23
H Boon	c Greenwood b Laidlaw	6
*DM Haynes	not out	9
B Shardlow	run out	0
SJ Norcup	did not bat
V Burgess	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 76.4 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-70, 3-86, 4-178, 5-224, 6-245, 7-245, 8-258 (76.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herbert	7	2	34	0	-	-
Clarke	5	0	27	0	-	-
Owen	12	2	32	1	-	-
Laidlaw	29.4	5	98	6	-	-
Guthrie	23	4	54	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Robertson	c Boon b Halton	7
WW Coverdale	c Wadham b Halton	18
+HW Greenwood	c Haynes b Shardlow	27
WA Buffham	c Burgess b Shardlow	4
DW Hardy	b Norcup	5
*RB Proud	b Shardlow	15
JH Clarke	c Wadham b Burgess	2
S Guthrie	b Halton	12
NW Owen	not out	21
WK Laidlaw	lbw b Norcup	11
FI Herbert	c Shardlow b Burgess	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-28, 3-37, 4-46, 5-69, 6-77, 7-97, 8-97, 9-120, 10-134 (62.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	16	3	43	2	-	-
Halton	19	8	40	3	-	-
Burgess	9.3	4	15	2	-	-
Shardlow	18	8	25	3	-	-

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Notes
--> H Boon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HW Greenwood made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WK Laidlaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Bailey (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 71
--> B Shardlow reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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