minc6704	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1969
Venue	Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on 31st August, 1st September 1969 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 8 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Northumberland 3
Umpires	A Gaskell, J O'Neill
Scorers	A Coulthard (Durham), T Ward (Northumberland)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 2/0 (Fairley 2*, Jones 0*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	c March b Old	11		67	1	-
R Balsillie	b Nicholson	22		62	3	-
S Greensword	c Burridge b Bailey	21		56	3	-
J Thewlis	b Nicholson	53		124	8	-
*JM Crawhall	c March b Wilkinson	13		30	2	-
J van Geloven	b Nicholson	26		59	4	-
R Swann	not out	17		28	2	-
ME Latham	not out	3		10	-	-
J Bradford	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 221 minutes, 68 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-33, 3-89, 4-114, 5-138, 6-161

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	15	3	40	1	-	-
Nicholson	19	6	47	3	-	-
Old	22	6	46	1	-	-
Bailey	12	1	33	1	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GF Fairley	c van Geloven b Greensword	13		49	2	-
N Jones	c Latham b van Geloven	2		12	-	-
JG March	c Greensword b Latham	43		114	4	1
PC Birtwisle	c and b Norton	22		50	3	-
AJ Burridge	c van Geloven b Latham	2		5	-	-
*HJ Bailey	c Youll b Latham	12		22	2	-
NC Allison	c and b Latham	13		26	2	-
AGB Old	not out	41		42	6	1
NM Nicholson	not out	5		17	-	-
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 172 minutes, 60 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-26, 3-69, 4-72, 5-97, 6-97, 7-134

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	9	1	24	1	-	-
Greensword	14	5	18	1	-	2
Latham	21	7	58	4	-	-
Norton	16	2	53	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	c Burridge b Nicholson	7		22	1	-
R Balsillie	b Nicholson	46		94	7	-
S Greensword	lbw b Nicholson	4		18	-	-
J Thewlis	b Nicholson	2		21	-	-
*JM Crawhall	b Nicholson	4		6	1	-
J van Geloven	b Old	0		12	-	-
R Swann	b Nicholson	0		4	-	-
ME Latham	not out	21		73	1	-
J Bradford	b Old	2		30	-	-
+HB Henderson	c Allison b Wilkinson	11		34	2	-
K Norton	not out	1		2	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 162 minutes, 49 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-31, 3-55, 4-65, 5-73, 6-75, 7-80, 8-93, 9-115

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	11	0	31	1	-	-
Nicholson	19	5	42	6	-	7
Old	14	5	23	2	1	-
Bailey	5	4	2	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GF Fairley	lbw b van Geloven	11		16	2	-
N Jones	c and b Greensword	54		82	6	-
JG March	not out	54		75	7	1
AJ Burridge	not out	13		10	2	-
PC Birtwisle	did not bat
*HJ Bailey	did not bat
NC Allison	did not bat
AGB Old	did not bat
NM Nicholson	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 92 minutes, 29.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-114

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	7	1	32	1	-	1
Greensword	14.4	1	65	1	-	2
Latham	5	1	22	0	-	-
Bradford	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> N Jones made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AGB Old (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Balsillie (2) equalled his previous highest score of 46 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GF Fairley (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> JG March (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> AJ Burridge (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> NM Nicholson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 3-35)
--> NM Nicholson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Bad light stopped play 5.00 - 5.21pm, 6.04 - 6.46pm, and 6.51 - 7.30pm on the 1st day.

 

 

 

 

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