minc4487	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 25th, 26th May 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Durham 1
Umpires	A Hardy, HC Turner
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 180/6 (Liddell 14*, Watson 9*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	c Fox b Clode	46
KG Davidson	c Archbold b Coxon	67
CL Routledge	c Coxon b Aspinall	24
N Graham	run out	4
CRM Atkinson	lbw b Coxon	0
*LE Liddell	c Aspinall b Clode	56
R Jowsey	b Coxon	2
JM Watson	c Crawford b Clode	15
+HB Henderson	not out	36
H Elsdon	c Archbold b Tate	0
KJ Earl	c Archbold b Coxon	47
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-142, 3-153, 4-153, 5-157, 6-160, 7-229, 8-229, 9-233, 10-311 (98.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	29.5	9	56	4	-	-
Aspinall	19	3	81	1	-	-
Crawford	8	4	23	0	-	-
Clode	31	9	102	3	-	-
Tate	10	2	34	1	-	-
Archbold	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	lbw b Elsdon	0
RW Wheatley	c Henderson b Earl	6
*A Coxon	b Earl	87
F Robson	b Watson	42
JH Clarke	c Henderson b Earl	3
GM Crawford	c Liddell b Watson	0
H Archbold	b Earl	0
R Aspinall	c Henderson b Elsdon	9
MJ Tate	lbw b Watson	13
+JG Fox	c Watson b Atkinson	4
HP Clode	not out	16
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-93, 4-96, 5-97, 6-98, 7-135, 8-175, 9-175, 10-195 (104.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	19	9	28	2	-	-
Earl	22	7	36	4	-	-
Watson	40	19	44	3	-	-
Atkinson	23.2	6	72	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Jowsey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GM Crawford made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Archbold made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HP Clode made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Graham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Archbold made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Bad light then rain stopped play at 3.39 pm on the first day, start delayed on the second day until 11.10 pm
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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