minc7730	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	Lichfield Road, Stone on 6th, 7th August 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Northumberland 1
Umpires	WA Cooke, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 248/7 (Ikin 78*, Mellor 17*; 63 overs)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	b Ikin	87
K Pearson	c and b Ikin	67
ME Younger	c Flower b Brookes	21			1	2
DR Doshi	c Ikin b Brookes	0
JD Woodford	c Croft b Ikin	22
J Thewlis	lbw b Ikin	1
PW Watson	not out	8
A Brown	not out	1
+WG Robson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
GJ Dodds	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-128, 2-173, 3-176, 4-198, 5-204, 6-209

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Timmis	14	3	47	0
Brookes	23	5	81	2
Ikin	15	1	50	4
Flower	6	1	29	0

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Thewlis b Brown	36
ND Croft	run out	39
PN Gill	b Brown	2
GS Warner	b Doshi	14
JD Moore	c Thewlis b Brown	3
MJ Ikin	not out	78
NJ Archer	c Robson b Norton	28
S Brookes	run out	2
+BR Mellor	not out	17
RW Flower	did not bat
PJ Timmis	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 13 lb)	29
Total	(7 wickets, 63 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-80, 3-82, 4-94, 5-122, 6-196, 7-205

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dodds	16	0	51	0	-	-
Woodford	6	1	22	0	-	-
Doshi	20	2	64	1	-	-
Brown	16	3	50	3	-	-
Norton	5	1	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> M Youll (1) passed 5000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 42

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