minc4680	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1954
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 2nd, 3rd August 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 9 wickets
Points	Northumberland 10; Durham 3
Umpires	GE Hart, WF Simpson
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (2) 52/3 (Bell 24*, Scott 0*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c Earl b McGibbon	4
JG Keeler	c Henderson b Earl	4
A Coxon	c McGibbon b Oakes	23
F Robson	c Earl b Watson	36
DW Hardy	c Oakes b Earl	0
*RB Proud	c Earl b Oakes	12
WE Wood	c Watson b Oakes	20
R Aspinall	c Oakes b Earl	24
NW Owen	lbw b Oakes	23
ME Scott	not out	5
+JG Fox	c McGibbon b Oakes	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-59, 4-69, 5-71, 6-87, 7-126, 8-126, 9-159, 10-159 (55.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	21	8	64	3	-	-
McGibbon	10	4	17	1	-	-
Watson	7	3	11	1	-	-
Oakes	17.1	8	59	5	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	lbw b Coxon	8
KG Davidson	b Aspinall	29
KD Smith	c Keeler b Coxon	0
CRM Atkinson	b Coxon	1
JY Oakes	c Fox b Aspinall	25
RW Smithson	c Aspinall b Coxon	7
*LE Liddell	c Hardy b Coxon	4
JM Watson	c Coxon b Aspinall	3
+HB Henderson	b Coxon	4
KJ Earl	c and b Coxon	28
L McGibbon	not out	9
Extras	(2 b, 16 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-16, 3-32, 4-56, 5-79, 6-83, 7-93, 8-98, 9-98, 10-138 (52.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	26.5	7	42	7	-	-
Aspinall	17	6	32	3	-	-
Hardy	4	3	8	0	-	-
Owen	4	0	32	0	-	-
Scott	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c Watson b Earl	2
HD Bell	c Earl b McGibbon	32
F Robson	b McGibbon	6
DW Hardy	b Earl	16
ME Scott	c Henderson b Earl	5
A Coxon	lbw b Watson	0
WE Wood	b Watson	10
R Aspinall	c Walton b McGibbon	28
NW Owen	c Henderson b Earl	0
*RB Proud	c Liddell b Watson	22
+JG Fox	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-27, 3-51, 4-62, 5-63, 6-72, 7-104, 8-106, 9-122, 10-135 (49.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	17	4	38	4	-	-
McGibbon	16	7	52	3	-	-
Atkinson	3	1	15	0	-	-
Watson	13.2	6	18	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	not out	76
KG Davidson	b Coxon	24
KD Smith	not out	53
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
JY Oakes	did not bat
RW Smithson	did not bat
*LE Liddell	did not bat
JM Watson	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 54.4 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Davidson)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	21	2	62	1	-	-
Aspinall	11	5	22	0	-	-
Hardy	6	0	21	0	-	-
Scott	16.4	5	48	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Proud (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 12
--> WE Wood (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KD Smith (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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