minc7593	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Collins Hill, Lichfield on 17th, 18th July 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 10; Northumberland 0
Umpires	NH Birch, R Burrows
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 165/1 (Hancock 75*, Pearsall 40*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	b Ikin	68
K Pearson	lbw b Gessner	2
ME Younger	b Ikin	47
J Thewlis	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	2
NCD Craig	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	7
RD Dodds	st Green b Nasim-ul-Ghani	7
PH Twizell	lbw b Ikin	1
A Brown	not out	16
+WG Robson	not out	26
PC Graham	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-129, 3-136, 4-144, 5-149, 6-154, 7-156

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	12	4	19	1
Lancaster	8	2	18	0
Nicholls	7	1	21	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani	23	1	71	3
Ikin	19	5	47	3

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	not out	84
PN Gill	b Norton	37
TA Pearsall	not out	64
Nasim-ul-Ghani	did not bat
MR Hill	did not bat
SA Neal	did not bat
MJ Ikin	did not bat
DG Nicholls	did not bat
+MR Green	did not bat
R Lancaster	did not bat
BD Gessner	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 60.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-81 (Gill)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	1	33	0	-
Twizell	6	0	20	0	-
Norton	24	3	65	1	-
Brown	17	4	49	0	-
Younger	2.2	0	18	0	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	run out	0
K Pearson	c Green b Lancaster	5
NCD Craig	b Nicholls	44
ME Younger	lbw b Ikin	63
J Thewlis	not out	28
RD Dodds	c Nasim-ul-Ghani b Nicholls	6
A Brown	not out	20
PH Twizell	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-101, 4-130, 5-143

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	14	3	26	0	-
Lancaster	9	4	15	1	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	16	2	51	0	-
Ikin	28	9	47	1	-
Nicholls	12	4	19	2	-
Gill	1	0	8	0	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Youll b Brown	21
PN Gill	b Graham	63
TA Pearsall	not out	65
Nasim-ul-Ghani	run out	9
MR Hill	run out	0
SA Neal	b Graham	0
MJ Ikin	not out	13
DG Nicholls	did not bat
+MR Green	did not bat
R Lancaster	did not bat
BD Gessner	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 37.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-116, 3-153, 4-153, 5-153

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	0	50	2	-
Twizell	7.4	0	38	0	-
Norton	11	1	45	0	-
Brown	8	0	38	1	-

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Notes
--> MR Hill made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NCD Craig (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PN Gill (2) passed 4500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 22
--> Nasim-ul-Ghani (2) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5

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