minc4493	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1953
Venue	Danescourt, Wolverhampton on 8th, 9th June 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 25 runs
Points	Staffordshire 10; Durham 0
Umpires	GP Deyes, A Hardy
Scorers	CL Green (Staffordshire), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 35/4 (Crump 6*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	b Aspinall	7
FR Bailey	c Fox b Tate	47
JF Butler	c Coxon b Tate	41
ACW Lewis	st Fox b Clode	0
S Crump	lbw b Clode	16
*DM Haynes	lbw b Aspinall	14
H Boon	c Clarke b Clode	18
+ED Dennis	c Coxon b Clode	0
B Shardlow	c Coxon b Clode	4
W Boon	st Fox b Aspinall	3
JC Norcup	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-66, 3-67, 4-105, 5-117, 6-136, 7-139, 8-143, 9-152, 10-152 (75.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	7	1	25	0	-	-
Aspinall	16	3	37	3	-	-
Tate	24	4	40	2	-	-
Clode	28.2	8	48	5	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c Crump b Shardlow	26
HD Bell	run out	19
A Coxon	c Lewis b Shardlow	11
JH Clarke	c Haynes b W Boon	10
TK Jackson	b Shardlow	19
*RB Proud	c Bailey b Shardlow	2
GM Crawford	c W Boon b Shardlow	6
R Aspinall	c Crump b Shardlow	10
MJ Tate	c Crump b Norcup	1
+JG Fox	not out	8
HP Clode	lbw b Norcup	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-56, 3-70, 4-76, 5-89, 6-91, 7-103, 8-104, 9-116, 10-117 (49.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	10.2	4	16	2	-	-
W Boon	9	2	30	1	-	-
Shardlow	21	4	41	6	-	-
Crump	8	2	21	0	-	-
Butler	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Coxon b Clode	3
FR Bailey	b Aspinall	14
JF Butler	lbw b Aspinall	8
ACW Lewis	lbw b Aspinall	1
S Crump	c Coxon b Clode	25
*DM Haynes	c Fox b Clode	0
H Boon	c Proud b Tate	76
B Shardlow	st Fox b Tate	10
+ED Dennis	b Tate	0
W Boon	b Aspinall	0
JC Norcup	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 36.2 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-28, 3-28, 4-35, 5-36, 6-99, 7-133, 8-135, 9-142, 10-142 (36.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	3	0	5	0	-	-
Aspinall	17	3	55	4	-	-
Clode	13	1	67	3	-	-
Tate	3.2	0	10	3	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	c Bailey b Crump	28
HD Bell	b Shardlow	17
A Coxon	c Haynes b Crump	3
R Aspinall	c Lewis b Crump	63
JH Clarke	c Haynes b Shardlow	2
TK Jackson	run out	0
*RB Proud	c Haynes b Shardlow	14
GM Crawford	c Dennis b Shardlow	8
MJ Tate	c Haynes b Crump	2
+JG Fox	c H Boon b Crump	2
HP Clode	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-55, 3-62, 4-64, 5-76, 6-100, 7-128, 8-131, 9-152, 10-152 (66.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
W Boon	5	1	9	0	-	-
Norcup	7	4	10	0	-	-
Shardlow	30	6	66	4	-	-
Crump	24.5	9	54	5	-	-

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Notes
--> JC Norcup made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> ACW Lewis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Clarke made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Aspinall (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 54
--> HP Clode achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 3-102)
--> HP Clode achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> B Shardlow reached 400 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Durham first innings
--> R Aspinall reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Staffordshire second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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