minc7564	Suffolk v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1977 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Ransomes and Reavell Sports and Social Club Ground, Ipswich on 18th, 19th, 20th September 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn (Suffolk won on better record in qualifying)
Umpires	RH Duckett, RT Wilson
Scorers	GR Hirst (Suffolk), B Hunt (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Suffolk (1) 307/4 (Westley 118*, Clements 29*; 121 overs)
Close of play day 2	Durham (1) 98/2 (Atkinson 49*, Riddell 8*; 47.1 overs)

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Suffolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Stuck	c Atkinson b O'Sullivan	18	122	144	2	-
AG Warrington	b Wilkinson	71	140	131	9	-
DG Bevan	c Atkinson b Wilkinson	2	12	9	-	-
PH Jones	b Crane	48	125	115	6	-
+SA Westley	b Wishart	124	226	248	14	-
SM Clements	c Mercer b O'Sullivan	56	151	218	9	-
*RE Cunnell	c Atkinson b Wilkinson	51	146	153	4	-
RF Howlett	c and b Lander	34	65	56	2	1
RNS Hobbs	c Wilkinson b Lander	12	10	10	3	-
RJ Robinson	c Lander b Wilkinson	10	24	23	-	-
C Rutterford	not out	1	2	3	-	-
Extras	(15 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 7 w)	34
Total	(all out, 555 minutes, 170.1 overs)	461
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-96, 3-103, 4-186, 5-320, 6-367, 7-416, 8-436, 9-459, 10-461 (170.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	34.1	13	68	4	1	1
Wishart	21	2	78	1	-	-
Lander	40	10	102	2	-	1
O'Sullivan	59	17	138	2	2	-
Crane	12	5	33	1	-	-
Thomas	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Stuck b Rutterford	34	100	92	5	-
SR Atkinson	c Westley b Bevan	65	233	231	9	2
MP Gough	b Jones	0	17	15	-	-
NA Riddell	lbw b Hobbs	13	39	34	3	-
PJ Crane	c Howlett b Rutterford	53	164	137	6	-
C Thomas	c Robinson b Clements	45	120	121	5	-
+RAD Mercer	b Jones	42	137	128	5	2
DR O'Sullivan	c Bevan b Jones	13	23	25	3	-
*BR Lander	b Jones	12	22	19	2	-
JS Wilkinson	c Warrington b Hobbs	1	3	3	-	-
IA Wishart	not out	0	4	4	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 410 minutes, 142.5 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-74, 3-104, 4-151, 5-199, 6-239, 7-265, 8-289, 9-290, 10-296 (142.5 ov)

Suffolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rutterford	34	15	69	2	1	3
Robinson	13	7	22	0	-	2
Hobbs	53	23	105	2	-	-
Jones	17.5	7	47	4	-	-
Bevan	10	2	13	1	-	-
Howlett	2	2	0	0	-	-
Cunnell	6	4	8	0	-	-
Clements	7	3	14	1	-	-

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Suffolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Stuck	not out	8	40	49	1	-
AG Warrington	lbw b Riddell	1	7	11	-	-
DG Bevan	not out	26	49	38	4	-
PH Jones	did not bat
+SA Westley	did not bat
SM Clements	did not bat
*RE Cunnell	did not bat
RF Howlett	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RJ Robinson	did not bat
C Rutterford	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 49 minutes, 16 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Warrington)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mercer	3	2	1	0	-	-
Riddell	4	1	13	1	-	-
Atkinson	3	1	5	0	-	-
Romaines	4	0	9	0	-	-
Gough	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MP Gough made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Bevan made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SA Westley (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SA Westley (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SA Westley (1) 100 in 172 balls, 183 minutes with 11 fours
--> SA Westley (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 74
--> C Thomas (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Bad light stopped play on all three days at 6.52pm, 6.14pm and 5.20pm respectively

 

 

 

 

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