minc4549	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on 3rd, 4th August 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 31 runs
Points	Durham 0; Northumberland 10
Umpires	GWF Reeves, HC Turner
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 50/1 (Walton 20*, Smith 7*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	c Williamson b Aspinall	3
G Walton	c Owen b Hall	14
KD Smith	c Owen b Aspinall	21
R Cherry	c Keeler b Aspinall	0
CRM Atkinson	st Fox b Clode	50
*LE Liddell	c Clode b Aspinall	23
JM Watson	c Proud b Aspinall	0
NG Loraine	c Sanders b Hall	7
+HB Henderson	c Aspinall b Clode	8
KJ Earl	c Williamson b Aspinall	5
H Elsdon	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 10 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-20, 3-21, 4-41, 5-76, 6-85, 7-108, 8-135, 9-140, 10-150 (47 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	23	8	66	6	-	-
Hall	10	3	28	2	-	-
Owen	10	1	35	0	-	-
Clode	4	2	8	2	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c Smith b Earl	0
AW Sanders	b Watson	24
BW Taylor	c Smith b Watson	27
F Robson	b Watson	3
K Williamson	c Atkinson b Watson	10
*RB Proud	c Liddell b Earl	14
R Aspinall	lbw b Watson	35
DW Hall	b Watson	4
NW Owen	c Loraine b Watson	0
+JG Fox	not out	5
HP Clode	lbw b Watson	0
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-51, 4-64, 5-81, 6-99, 7-118, 8-118, 9-137, 10-137 (55 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	18	4	40	2	-	-
Elsdon	6	0	16	0	-	-
Watson	23	9	42	8	-	-
Loraine	8	0	24	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Davidson	c Aspinall b Hall	7
G Walton	b Owen	23
KD Smith	lbw b Clode	17
R Cherry	st Fox b Owen	4
CRM Atkinson	b Owen	11
*LE Liddell	b Owen	13
JM Watson	c Keeler b Aspinall	38
NG Loraine	not out	3
+HB Henderson	c Keeler b Owen	1
KJ Earl	lbw b Aspinall	1
H Elsdon	b Aspinall	0
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-56, 3-66, 4-70, 5-84, 6-115, 7-135, 8-136, 9-137, 10-137 (38.4 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aspinall	10.4	1	33	3	-	-
Hall	4	1	7	1	-	-
Williamson	3	1	10	0	-	-
Owen	14	0	52	5	-	-
Clode	7	2	16	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	lbw b Watson	8
AW Sanders	c Smith b Earl	21
BW Taylor	b Watson	0
F Robson	b Watson	2
K Williamson	b Watson	5
*RB Proud	c Smith b Watson	37
R Aspinall	c Davidson b Watson	12
DW Hall	c Cherry b Elsdon	2
NW Owen	lbw b Watson	4
+JG Fox	not out	17
HP Clode	run out	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-19, 4-26, 5-48, 6-88, 7-90, 8-95, 9-99, 10-119 (40.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	15	3	55	1	-	-
Elsdon	8	2	16	1	-	-
Watson	17.5	5	41	7	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Sanders made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Cherry made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KJ Earl reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> JM Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 7-60)

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K Williamson replaced J G Fox (injured) as wicket-keeper after 4 balls of the first innings until after lunch. J Iley (sub)
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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