minc7559	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 24th, 25th August 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	S Levison, D Norton
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 59/1 (Pearson 27*, Woodford 21*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	b Norton	12
PN Gill	c Robson b Brown	80
GS Warner	lbw b Callen	0
PA Marshall	lbw b Greensword	17
RH Downend	run out	6
MJ Ikin	not out	55
DG Nicholls	not out	20
R Lancaster	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
+SC Owen	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 14 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	34
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-36, 3-100, 4-119, 5-163

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	16	2	45	1
Graham	10	0	31	0
Norton	24	12	42	1
Brown	12	5	40	1
Greensword	16	5	32	1

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	c Gill b Lancaster	0
K Pearson	c Gill b Ikin	33
JD Woodford	c Gill b Ikin	58
S Greensword	c Ikin b Flower	17
*JM Crawhall	c Gill b Flower	5
ME Younger	b Flower	6
A Brown	c Downend b Ikin	5
IW Callen	b Flower	0
+WG Robson	not out	14
PC Graham	c Owen b Flower	0
K Norton	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(9 wickets, 60 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-74, 3-117, 4-118, 5-129, 6-134, 7-138, 8-138, 9-138

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lancaster	3	0	18	1	-
James	6	1	10	0	-
Ikin	21	6	51	3	-
Nicholls	6	2	18	0	-
Flower	24	7	43	5	-

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Notes
--> RH Downend made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Owen made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> K Pearson (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 11
--> RW Flower achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 5-86)
--> RW Flower reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northumberland first innings

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