minc3549	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1946
Venue	Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 8th, 9th July 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	J Hodgson, A Mitchison
Close of play day 1	Durham (2) 0/1 (Foster 0*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DCH Townsend	c Fisher b Crump	63
RV Crane	c and b Taylor	2
WW Coverdale	c Dennis b Taylor	2
RB Proud	c Harvatt b Crump	28
S Robertson	b Shardlow	45
WA Buffham	st Dennis b Crump	2
JA Close	b Fisher	18
JM Watson	run out	27
+RT Spooner	not out	15
A Elsdon	run out	2
EH Foster	b Fisher	3
Extras	(6 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-72, 4-142, 5-146, 6-148, 7-187, 8-194, 9-198, 10-213 (71.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	19	2	54	2	-	-
Broderick	7	2	18	0	-	-
Fisher	12.5	1	46	2	-	-
Crump	23	5	60	3	-	-
Shardlow	10	2	29	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	lbw b Close	9
FR Bailey	b Close	2
RM Pearson	c Watson b Close	45
MC Harvatt	b Watson	11
*RH Plant	st Spooner b Elsdon	45
B Shardlow	lbw b Close	0
E Broderick	run out	6
S Crump	not out	21
+ED Dennis	c Close b Foster	9
JR Fisher	lbw b Foster	2
F Taylor	st Spooner b Foster	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-25, 3-50, 4-80, 5-80, 6-119, 7-119, 8-143, 9-145, 10-157 (53.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Close	18	3	57	4	-	-
Coverdale	4	1	9	0	-	-
Watson	14	1	35	1	-	-
Foster	5.2	1	16	3	-	-
Elsdon	7	2	24	1	-	-
Robertson	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Elsdon	c Pearson b Taylor	0
EH Foster	st Dennis b Shardlow	30
*DCH Townsend	st Dennis b Shardlow	54
WW Coverdale	c Harvatt b Taylor	61
RB Proud	c Dennis b Fisher	40
WA Buffham	not out	41
S Robertson	not out	15
RV Crane	did not bat
JA Close	did not bat
JM Watson	did not bat
+RT Spooner	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-69, 3-110, 4-187, 5-205

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	25	9	58	2	-	-
Broderick	4	0	22	0	-	-
Fisher	8	0	38	1	-	-
Shardlow	19	1	71	2	-	-
Crump	12	0	52	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Townsend	68
FR Bailey	lbw b Elsdon	45
RM Pearson	c Robertson b Elsdon	14
E Broderick	not out	25
MC Harvatt	st Spooner b Foster	1
*RH Plant	c Elsdon b Foster	20
B Shardlow	b Foster	16
S Crump	not out	15
+ED Dennis	did not bat
JR Fisher	did not bat
F Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 69 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-131, 3-132, 4-133, 5-166, 6-193

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Close	17	3	40	0	-	-
Watson	4	0	32	0	-	-
Foster	25	2	73	3	-	-
Elsdon	15	3	39	2	-	-
Townsend	8	2	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WA Buffham made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM Pearson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DCH Townsend (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 52
--> FR Bailey (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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