minc4921	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Newford, Norton on 6th, 7th June 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 10; Durham 3
Umpires	L Fisher, HC Turner
Scorers	AC Lowerson (Durham), W Walker (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 28/2 (Haynes 7*, S Crump 10*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Keeler	b BS Crump	45
HD Bell	c S Crump b BS Crump	21
ME Scott	b BS Crump	2
GC Lamb	b BS Crump	18
ARJ Steward	c S Crump b Shardlow	15
JG Williamson	b Shardlow	0
JM Watson	b BS Crump	5
K Williamson	run out (S Crump)	11
+JG Fox	b JC Norcup	25
JG Molloy	not out	9
*DW Hardy	st Bailey b S Crump	9
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-65, 3-72, 4-95, 5-105, 6-117, 7-118, 8-134, 9-167, 10-176 (76.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SJ Norcup	8	4	12	0	-	-
JC Norcup	8	3	15	1	-	-
Shardlow	30	10	40	2	-	-
BS Crump	25	8	79	5	-	-
S Crump	5.4	1	14	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Apperley	b JG Williamson	9
JF Butler	b JG Williamson	0
*DM Haynes	b JG Williamson	16
S Crump	not out	70
BS Crump	b Watson	2
R Curwen	b Watson	4
TA Whittaker	c Hardy b Watson	3
SJ Norcup	c K Williamson b Watson	0
+J Bailey	c Molloy b Watson	3
B Shardlow	c K Williamson b Watson	0
JC Norcup	b Watson	13
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-11, 3-50, 4-76, 5-83, 6-87, 7-87, 8-106, 9-110, 10-127 (58.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JG Williamson	13	3	37	3	-	-
K Williamson	11	3	24	0	-	-
Scott	18	7	29	0	-	-
Watson	16.5	9	30	7	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bell	c S Crump b SJ Norcup	0
JG Keeler	c Curwen b Shardlow	11
ME Scott	c SJ Norcup b Shardlow	17
GC Lamb	c Haynes b Shardlow	0
ARJ Steward	c Haynes b Shardlow	6
JG Williamson	run out	3
JM Watson	b S Crump	7
K Williamson	c Shardlow b S Crump	1
+JG Fox	b S Crump	3
JG Molloy	b S Crump	2
*DW Hardy	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-14, 4-30, 5-36, 6-48, 7-50, 8-50, 9-58, 10-61 (45 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
SJ Norcup	7	1	13	1	-	-
JC Norcup	2	0	6	0	-	-
Shardlow	20	15	15	4	-	-
BS Crump	6	2	8	0	-	-
S Crump	10	6	8	4	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c K Williamson b JG Williamson	58
FH Apperley	c Watson b K Williamson	4
*DM Haynes	b Scott	35
S Crump	not out	8
SJ Norcup	not out	6
BS Crump	did not bat
R Curwen	did not bat
TA Whittaker	did not bat
+J Bailey	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
JC Norcup	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 35.2 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-93, 3-107

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JG Williamson	9	4	18	1	-	-
K Williamson	5	1	24	1	-	-
Watson	9	2	36	0	-	-
Scott	12.2	1	33	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JG Molloy made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Curwen made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Shardlow reached 500 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham first innings
--> JG Williamson reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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Rain (first day) 11.40am to 1.05pm and 4.05pm to 4.25pm (105mins lost)
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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