minc7669	Devon v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1978 (Challenge Match)
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 16th, 17th, 18th September 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Devon won on better record in qualifying)
Umpires	PJ Eele, RG Evans
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), BPJ Moylan-Jones (Devon)
Close of play day 1	Devon (1) 10/0 (Matthews 9*, Tolliday 0*; 11 overs)
Close of play day 2	Devon (1) 167/5 (Tolchard 73*, Goulding 21*; 132 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	lbw b Yeabsley	22	45	55	1	-
PW Romaines	lbw b Yeabsley	39	78	105	5	-
S Greensword	c Harriott b Goulding	15	55	69	2	-
NA Riddell	not out	68	69	109	7	3
PJ Kippax	not out	124	150	209	16	-
PC Birtwisle	c Roberts b Benton	18	52	57	2	-
C Thomas	c Wallen b Benton	4	31	28	-	-
+RAD Mercer	c Evans b Benton	2	44	37	-	-
*BR Lander	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 335 minutes, 87.1 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-78, 3-84, 4-147, 5-164, 6-190

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goulding	20.1	3	87	1	1	1
Yeabsley	26	6	63	2	-	-
Roberts	23	3	86	0	-	-
Benton	18	2	56	3	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BL Matthews	c Birtwisle b Wilkinson	27	166	164	1	-
JR Tolliday	lbw b Wilkinson	11	59	78	1	-
G Wallen	lbw b Kippax	7	104	120	-	-
RC Tolchard	c Birtwisle b Wilkinson	100	356	409	9	-
RF Harriott	c Mercer b Birtwisle	9	69	67	1	-
EP Picton	lbw b Greensword	7	56	57	1	-
MJ Goulding	b Wishart	21	110	118	3	-
RK Benton	lbw b Wishart	0	1	1	-	-
IC Roberts	lbw b Kippax	4	26	38	1	-
DI Yeabsley	b Lander	5	49	33	-	-
+GR Evans	not out	5	43	42	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(all out, 574 minutes, 172.2 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-44, 3-56, 4-91, 5-120, 6-171, 7-171, 8-181, 9-203, 10-212 (172.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	43.2	25	54	3	1	3
Wishart	24	14	27	2	-	-
Kippax	41	27	41	2	3	2
Greensword	43	21	52	1	-	-
Lander	18	6	22	1	-	-
Birtwisle	3	3	0	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	b Yeabsley	27	38	51	4	-
SR Atkinson	not out	27	37	69	4	-
NA Riddell	not out	12	15	17	1	-
S Greensword	did not bat
PJ Kippax	did not bat
PC Birtwisle	did not bat
C Thomas	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 69 minutes, 15 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Romaines)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goulding	8	0	44	0	-	-
Yeabsley	7	1	22	1	-	-

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Devon second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BL Matthews	c Atkinson b Kippax	6	78	99	1	-
JR Tolliday	lbw b Wishart	24	17	30	4	-
G Wallen	c Birtwisle b Wishart	0	9	9	-	-
RC Tolchard	b Wilkinson	3	8	8	-	-
RF Harriott	b Wilkinson	2	11	14	-	-
EP Picton	lbw b Greensword	4	31	32	1	-
MJ Goulding	not out	4	25	29	-	-
RK Benton	not out	1	32	26	-	-
IC Roberts	did not bat
DI Yeabsley	did not bat
+GR Evans	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 129 minutes, 35 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-31, 3-34, 4-38, 5-44, 6-44

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	11	6	21	2	-	-
Wishart	9	5	18	2	-	1
Kippax	8	7	2	1	-	-
Greensword	7	5	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> NA Riddell (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 29
--> PJ Kippax (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Kippax (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Kippax (1) 100 in 130 balls, 185 minutes with 12 fours
--> RC Tolchard (1) 100 in 325 balls, 377 minutes with 9 fours
--> MJ Goulding (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RK Benton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 3-60)
--> NA Riddell retired hurt in the Durham first innings having scored 4 (team score 98/3) - he returned when the score was 190/6

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Devon won on better record in qualifying
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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