minc4825	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	Ashbrooke, Sunderland on 1st, 2nd August 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 2; Northumberland 2
Umpires	JH Elliss, RE Rushworth
Scorers	AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 89/0 (Walton 49*, Davidson 38*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	hit wkt b Earl	2
HD Bell	lbw b Watson	41
GM Crawford	c and b Watson	38
GC Lamb	b Watson	4
*DW Hardy	c McKendrick b Watson	132
ME Scott	c Smithson b McGibbon	49
R Aspinall	lbw b McGibbon	6
K Longstaff	not out	10
JG Williamson	lbw b Watson	10
ET Waller	hit wkt b Earl	2
+JG Fox	c Henderson b Earl	2
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-77, 3-81, 4-98, 5-268, 6-274, 7-284, 8-297, 9-303, 10-305 (91.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	22.4	5	78	3	-	-
McGibbon	27	4	79	2	-	-
McKendrick	14	2	42	0	-	-
Watson	28	4	97	5	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	b Aspinall	57
KG Davidson	run out	38
KD Smith	c Hardy b Waller	60
PH Shaw	c Hardy b Aspinall	24
RW Smithson	not out	8
*LE Liddell	not out	13
JM Watson	did not bat
M McKendrick	did not bat
L McGibbon	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 92 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-114, 3-185, 4-195

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williamson	10	4	42	0	-	-
Hardy	14	4	28	0	-	-
Scott	23	7	41	0	-	-
Aspinall	31	12	50	2	-	-
Waller	14	2	39	1	-	-

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Notes
--> ET Waller made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Hardy (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Hardy (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Walton (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 57
--> KJ Earl reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham first innings

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Rain at 2.10pm on the second day caused the game to be abandoned
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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