minc4774	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Wood Terrace, South Shields on 22nd, 23rd June 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	HC Turner, J Waddington
Scorers	CLW Cooper (Staffordshire), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 53/5 (Haynes 19*, Shardlow 7*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c H Boon b Hayward	34
HD Bell	b W Boon	63
JM Camburn	b Norcup	6
*DW Hardy	run out	0
GM Crawford	b Hayward	42
ME Scott	c Haynes b Shardlow	1
K Land	b Hayward	17
NW Owen	b W Boon	15
JG Williamson	c J Bailey b Norcup	6
+JG Fox	c Crump b Shardlow	4
J Brown	not out	1
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-90, 3-90, 4-127, 5-134, 6-169, 7-172, 8-181, 9-196, 10-198 (91.3 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
W Boon	23.3	4	45	2	-	-
Norcup	21	5	61	2	-	-
Shardlow	23	10	35	2	-	-
Hayward	19	5	29	3	-	-
Crump	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	c Hardy b Brown	6
AG Leake	lbw b Williamson	3
JF Butler	c Fox b Williamson	12
*DM Haynes	run out	81
H Boon	st Fox b Scott	3
BS Crump	c Keeler b Owen	0
B Shardlow	not out	91
CB Hayward	lbw b Williamson	2
W Boon	not out	2
+J Bailey	did not bat
JC Norcup	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 99 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-22, 3-25, 4-35, 5-38, 6-180, 7-196

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	22	5	62	1	-	-
Williamson	19	6	30	3	-	-
Owen	20	8	29	1	-	-
Scott	30	11	66	1	-	-
Hardy	8	3	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Brown made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GM Crawford (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DM Haynes (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DM Haynes (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 31
--> B Shardlow (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CB Hayward reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> JG Williamson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-29)

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Rain stopped play from 1.52pm - 3.40pm on the second day. Rain at 4.10pm caused the match to be abandoned
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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