minc3631	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees on 9th, 10th July 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 2; Staffordshire 2
Umpires	HW Smith, TP Smith
Scorers	AC Lowerson (Durham), SE White (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 4/0 (Bell 3*, Stephenson 1*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Townsend b Robson	8
FR Bailey	lbw b Robson	51
EA Hutton	lbw b Owen	56
MC Harvatt	c Bell b Grigor	0
S Crump	not out	114
*RH Plant	c Proud b Robson	16
HH Wood	b Owen	0
B Shardlow	b Robson	4
SJ Norcup	b Owen	15
+C Lovatt	b Owen	0
R Norcup	b Owen	0
Extras	(11 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-79, 3-80, 4-192, 5-237, 6-240, 7-245, 8-268, 9-268, 10-278 (102 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Close	19	2	50	0	-	-
Robson	24	7	57	4	-	-
Owen	29	8	67	5	-	-
Grigor	24	3	73	1	-	-
Townsend	6	0	17	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	not out	3
HW Stephenson	not out	1
+RT Spooner	did not bat
S Robertson	did not bat
*RB Proud	did not bat
J Ranson	did not bat
A Townsend	did not bat
JA Close	did not bat
J Grigor	did not bat
NW Owen	did not bat
WMM Robson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3 overs)	4

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SJ Norcup	2	1	4	0	-	-
R Norcup	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HW Stephenson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Norcup made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Grigor made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EA Hutton (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Crump (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJ Norcup (1) equalled his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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No play possible after 5.15pm on the first day - owing to heavy rain
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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