minc7614	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 31st July, 1st August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 2; Staffordshire 2
Umpires	DB Harrison, S Levison
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 107/3 (Hancock 66*, Moore 0*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	lbw b Nasim-ul-Ghani	27
K Pearson	b Gessner	0
ME Younger	c Green b James	16
JD Woodford	c Moore b Nasim-ul-Ghani	31
NCD Craig	c Lowe b Brewer	70			8	3
T Waiton	lbw b James	21
+WG Robson	b James	8
PC Graham	not out	3
PH Twizell	b James	12
JW Ward	not out	1
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-29, 3-77, 4-78, 5-168, 6-176, 7-183, 8-199

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	10	3	23	1	-
James	18	1	76	4	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	11	3	44	2	-
Lowe	1	0	9	0	-
Brewer	15	4	37	1	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	not out	66
GRS Hall	c Waiton b Woodford	21
SJ Dawson	b Norton	12
Nasim-ul-Ghani	c Robson b Woodford	6
JD Moore	not out	0
SA Neal	did not bat
L Lowe	did not bat
+MR Green	did not bat
MWD Brewer	did not bat
BD Gessner	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 41 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-87, 3-106

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	8	0	22	0	-	-
Twizell	4	1	10	0	-	-
Woodford	16	4	39	2	-	-
Norton	13	5	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JW Ward made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GRS Hall made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NCD Craig (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RI James achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 3-16)

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The start of play was delayed by more than an hour due to overnight rain and then bad light ended play 15 minutes early

 

 

 

 

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