minc4220	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1951
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 18th, 19th June 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	JH Mills, FA Nicholson
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 80/0 (Walton 56*, Phillipson 20*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Phillipson b Golightly	95			11	-
FR Bailey	lbw b Dempsey	27
G Sedgwick	lbw b Elsdon	9
N Roberts	c Henderson b McGibbon	6
*DM Haynes	run out	9
RL Halton	lbw b Dempsey	1
H Boon	c sub b Watson	83
+ED Dennis	b Watson	14
B Shardlow	c Elsdon b Watson	37
V Burgess	not out	2
SJ Norcup	b Dempsey	2
Extras	(7 b, 14 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 108.5 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-91, 3-104, 4-155, 5-156, 6-158, 7-195, 8-288, 9-299, 10-307 (108.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	26	6	73	1	-
McGibbon	26	8	62	1	-
Dempsey	32	5	82	3	-
Watson	19.5	4	60	3	-
Golightly	5	0	8	1	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	c Dennis b Norcup	109		145	18	-
WE Phillipson	c Bailey b Burgess	124		260
WH Golightly	c Dennis b Norcup	38
N Graham	b Haynes	121		110	15	2
*LE Liddell	b Burgess	27
JM Watson	run out	1
+HB Henderson	c Halton b Haynes	45
H Elsdon	not out	18
DEW Dempsey	not out	2
L McGibbon	did not bat
NA Newman	did not bat
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	500
Fall of wickets:
1-172, 2-249, 3-311, 4-380, 5-386, 6-456, 7-493

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	32	3	96	2	-	-
Halton	33	4	106	0	-	-
Shardlow	31	7	102	0	-	-
Burgess	21	2	84	2	-	-
Sedgwick	9	0	45	0	-	-
Haynes	8	1	52	2	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	b Dempsey	40
R Smith	c Henderson b Dempsey	12
G Sedgwick	not out	36
N Roberts	c Phillipson b Watson	7
*DM Haynes	lbw b Watson	4
RL Halton	b Watson	10
H Boon	c Henderson b Watson	26
+ED Dennis	not out	4
B Shardlow	did not bat
V Burgess	did not bat
SJ Norcup	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 50 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-56, 3-69, 4-77, 5-95, 6-133

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	4	0	7	0	-	-
McGibbon	4	0	22	0	-	-
Dempsey	11	2	35	2	-	-
Watson	20	10	41	4	-	-
Golightly	10	3	30	0	-	-
Liddell	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> R Smith scored 2 fives in the Staffordshire first innings
--> N Roberts made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DEW Dempsey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Newman made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Boon (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Phillipson (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Phillipson (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Graham (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Graham (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HB Henderson (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HB Henderson (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 44

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This was the first occasion that Northumberland had three century makes in an innings

 

 

 

 

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