minc4957	Durham v Cumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Wood Terrace, South Shields on 16th, 17th July 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Cumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 8 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Cumberland 0
Umpires	JH Elliss, JH Lichfield
Scorers	AC Lowerson (Durham), DH Rice (Cumberland)
Close of play day 1	Cumberland (2) 12/0 (Hurst 5*, Bowman 5*)

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Cumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Hurst	run out	3
R Bowman	c Hardy b K Williamson	9
*JH Millican	c Bell b Watson	1
JMS Burrow	b Watson	0
GA Ashman	b Aspinall	5
W Hirst	c Fox b Aspinall	0
WJ Dennis	c K Williamson b Watson	13
JF Dennis	b Aspinall	3
JI Coulthard	b Watson	4
GJLS Lion	b Aspinall	2
JB Parker	not out	10
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 41.5 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-14, 3-14, 4-14, 5-16, 6-31, 7-34, 8-35, 9-39, 10-55 (41.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JG Williamson	10	5	5	0	-	-
K Williamson	11	8	8	1	-	-
Watson	11	3	30	4	-	-
Aspinall	9.5	5	7	4	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c Lion b WJ Dennis	24
AW Sanders	lbw b WJ Dennis	0
GC Lamb	b WJ Dennis	10
*DW Hardy	c Lion b Millican	25
K Land	c Ashman b Parker	63
JM Watson	b Parker	48
R Aspinall	c Burrow b Parker	1
K Williamson	b Parker	47
JG Williamson	c Hurst b Parker	13
+JG Fox	not out	9
WN Froud	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 67.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-27, 3-42, 4-69, 5-163, 6-166, 7-212, 8-225, 9-246 (67.5 ov)

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WJ Dennis	23	5	71	3	-	-
Parker	12.5	2	48	5	-	-
JF Dennis	15	1	63	0	-	-
Millican	10	2	31	1	-	-
Lion	7	0	27	0	-	-

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Cumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Hurst	c Lamb b Watson	35
R Bowman	b JG Williamson	13
GA Ashman	b Aspinall	25
JMS Burrow	b Watson	18
WJ Dennis	b Aspinall	17
W Hirst	b Watson	8
*JH Millican	st Fox b Watson	0
JF Dennis	not out	84
JI Coulthard	c JG Williamson b Froud	8
GJLS Lion	b Aspinall	0
JB Parker	st Fox b JG Williamson	13
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-52, 3-94, 4-94, 5-105, 6-107, 7-150, 8-173, 9-177, 10-227 (103.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JG Williamson	18.2	8	27	2	-	-
K Williamson	15	2	37	0	-	-
Watson	23	10	33	4	-	-
Froud	18	4	59	1	-	-
Aspinall	29	8	65	3	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	lbw b WJ Dennis	10
AW Sanders	not out	11
JG Williamson	b WJ Dennis	4
GC Lamb	not out	12
*DW Hardy	did not bat
K Land	did not bat
JM Watson	did not bat
R Aspinall	did not bat
K Williamson	did not bat
+JG Fox	did not bat
WN Froud	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-18

Cumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WJ Dennis	6	1	17	2	-	-
Millican	4	0	19	0	-	-
Ashman	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Hurst made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Hirst made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JI Coulthard made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJLS Lion made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> K Land (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Dennis (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JF Dennis (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WJ Dennis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 1-79)
--> JB Parker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 1-42)
--> JB Parker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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