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| Venue | Park Drive, Hartlepool on 17th, 18th August 1981 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Durham won by 9 wickets | 
| Points | Durham 10; Staffordshire 0 | 
| Umpires | S Levison, D Norton | 
| Scorers | AD Reed (Durham), D Sherratt (Staffordshire) | 
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 188/7 (Thomas 12*, Kippax 10*; 48 overs) | 
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Warner | b Cairns | 4 | 20 | 18 | - | - | |
| NA Hodgkinson | st Mercer b Cairns | 27 | 65 | 82 | 2 | - | |
| RG Allison | lbw b Johnston | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| NA Phillips | b Cairns | 13 | 25 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| NJ Archer | c Wasim Raja b Greensword | 46 | 80 | 93 | 6 | 1 | |
| *DA Hancock | c Romaines b Kippax | 8 | 42 | 36 | - | - | |
| GRS Hall | b Greensword | 0 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| +A Griffiths | c Mercer b Kippax | 3 | 30 | 29 | - | - | |
| N Penton | b Cairns | 37 | 49 | 53 | 5 | - | |
| S Brookes | b Greensword | 5 | 13 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| RI James | not out | 0 | 19 | 19 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 5 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 200 minutes, 58.3 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-15, 3-39, 4-71, 5-98, 6-102, 7-109, 8-119, 9-140, 10-154 (58.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 16.3 | 6 | 32 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Johnston | 9 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 20 | 5 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kippax | 13 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Romaines | c Warner b Brookes | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| SR Atkinson | b Brookes | 16 | 26 | 45 | 3 | - | |
| S Greensword | c Phillips b Brookes | 31 | 85 | 97 | 4 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | b James | 4 | 8 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | b Penton | 63 | 76 | 100 | 7 | 2 | |
| AS Patel | b Phillips | 21 | 35 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| C Thomas | not out | 12 | 36 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| BL Cairns | b Phillips | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| PJ Kippax | not out | 10 | 18 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 203 minutes, 48 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-33, 3-44, 4-81, 5-146, 6-152, 7-171 | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brookes | 18 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| James | 14 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Phillips | 11 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Penton | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Warner | c Mercer b Johnston | 3 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| NA Hodgkinson | b Cairns | 8 | 12 | 20 | 2 | - | |
| RG Allison | run out | 40 | 93 | 110 | 6 | - | |
| NA Phillips | b Cairns | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| NJ Archer | c Wasim Raja b Johnston | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| *DA Hancock | c Johnston b Greensword | 17 | 54 | 59 | 2 | - | |
| GRS Hall | c Patel b Wasim Raja | 1 | 28 | 24 | - | - | |
| +A Griffiths | lbw b Wasim Raja | 0 | 28 | 21 | - | - | |
| N Penton | c Thomas b Johnston | 55 | 77 | 70 | 8 | - | |
| S Brookes | lbw b Cairns | 13 | 43 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| RI James | not out | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 197 minutes, 59.3 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-13, 3-13, 4-14, 5-60, 6-68, 7-71, 8-74, 9-137, 10-143 (59.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cairns | 13 | 0 | 55 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Johnston | 9.3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kippax | 17 | 8 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 13 | 4 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Romaines | c Hancock b Brookes | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| SR Atkinson | not out | 77 | 63 | 78 | 12 | 2 | |
| S Greensword | not out | 27 | 55 | 73 | 4 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | did not bat | ||||||
| *NA Riddell | did not bat | ||||||
| AS Patel | did not bat | ||||||
| C Thomas | did not bat | ||||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Kippax | did not bat | ||||||
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 78 minutes, 19.3 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Romaines) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brookes | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| James | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hall | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Penton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Archer | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warner | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 145-9
--> RG Allison made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Penton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AS Patel (1) equalled his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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