minc7894	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent on 30th June, 1st July 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Durham 3
Umpires	NT Plews, MJ Sheehy
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), D Sherratt (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 177/8 (Hancock 27*; 59.3 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Marshall b Flower	66	127	138	11	1
IM Richards	c Griffiths b Brookes	3	17	22	-	-
PW Romaines	retired hurt	24	56	80	3	1
Wasim Raja	c Warner b Blank	75	65	78	12	1
*NA Riddell	c Gill b Blank	0	12	15	-	-
S Greensword	not out	20	44	51	2	1
BL Cairns	b Phillips	3	5	8	-	-
PJ Crane	not out	9	14	14	-	-
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 206 minutes, 55 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-117, 3-146, 4-187, 5-199

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	8	1	38	1	-	10
Phillips	18	3	36	1	-	-
Blank	19	3	85	2	-	-
Flower	10	3	41	1	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	c Cairns b Greensword	14	47	62	3	-
PN Gill	c Crane b Johnston	0	2	5	-	-
GS Warner	c Romaines b Greensword	12	41	38	2	-
PA Marshall	c Mercer b Johnston	12	32	34	2	-
NA Phillips	c Atkinson b Wasim Raja	47	80	95	8	-
NJ Archer	c Richards b Wasim Raja	35	74	86	6	-
*DA Hancock	not out	27	42	50	4	1
+A Griffiths	c Greensword b Wasim Raja	12	34	30	2	-
S Brookes	lbw b Greensword	2	7	10	-	-
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 208 minutes, 59.3 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-31, 4-53, 5-126, 6-138, 7-168, 8-177 (59.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	13	2	45	0	-	-
Johnston	11	1	34	2	-	1
Greensword	25.3	8	60	3	-	1
Wasim Raja	10	1	22	3	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Griffiths b Flower	56	94	96	8	1
IM Richards	not out	100	146	169	13	-
*NA Riddell	not out	42	70	72	6	2
Wasim Raja	did not bat
S Greensword	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
PJ Crane	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
PW Romaines	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 nb, 6 w)	15
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 169 minutes, 50.5 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-117 (Atkinson)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	7	0	35	0	1	5
Phillips	8	2	29	0	-	-
Blank	9	1	37	0	-	-
Flower	10	3	41	1	-	-
Marshall	16.5	1	56	0	5	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	b Crane	58	131	124	8	1
PN Gill	c Riddell b Wasim Raja	16	63	80	3	-
GS Warner	c Cairns b Greensword	0	2	3	-	-
PA Marshall	c sub (J Sibbring) b Wasim Raja	15	51	58	2	-
NA Phillips	st Mercer b Greensword	34	60	51	1	3
NJ Archer	c Mercer b Greensword	31	49	50	5	1
*DA Hancock	b Johnston	5	20	29	-	-
+A Griffiths	c sub (J Sibbring) b Greensword	0	6	7	-	-
S Brookes	not out	13	42	43	2	-
DC Blank	not out	8	46	39	1	-
RW Flower	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, 246 minutes, 77 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-62, 3-92, 4-102, 5-141, 6-166, 7-168, 8-168

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	7	4	13	0	-	-
Johnston	9	2	20	1	-	2
Wasim Raja	30	7	89	2	-	6
Greensword	19	8	30	4	-	-
Crane	12	2	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 214-5
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 158-6
--> Wasim Raja (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 72
--> IM Richards (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IM Richards (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Greensword reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire second innings
--> PW Romaines retired hurt in the Durham first innings having scored 24 (team score 85/1) (injured hand)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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