minc2168	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1927
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 6th, 7th June 1927 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 34 runs
Points	Northumberland 0; Durham 5
Umpires	S Doughty, W Fletcher
Close of play day 1	Durham (2) 97/3 (Kelsall 16*, R Nichol 10*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LH Weight	b Towler	12
+HC Ferens	run out	1
M Nichol	lbw b Maconachie	45
J Kelsall	b Towler	8
J Carr	c Craig b Towler	12
*H Brooks	b Hetherton	29
H Gibbon	st Craig b Hetherton	5
WHR Alderson	c Craig b Milne	3
AL Howell	c Towler b Hetherton	2
JW Cook	not out	0
R Nichol	b Hetherton	6
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 75.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-48, 3-60, 4-76, 5-81, 6-113, 7-122, 8-124, 9-124, 10-130 (75.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milne	30	18	23	1	-	-
Hetherton	27.5	9	49	4	-	-
Towler	10	1	36	3	-	-
Maconachie	8	2	15	1	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bruce	b Howell	6
WG Mackay	lbw b Cook	24
FT Broadbelt	c M Nichol b Carr	12
CF Stanger-Leathes	b Carr	14
LSS Dyer	c R Nichol b Cook	6
*CG Arkwright	run out	23
JL Towler	b Cook	0
JC Maconachie	b Carr	7
+JK Craig	lbw b Howell	0
W Hetherton	c and b Howell	14
GT Milne	not out	9
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-40, 3-56, 4-69, 5-75, 6-75, 7-84, 8-88, 9-104, 10-128 (34.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	12.1	0	51	3	-	-
Cook	17	6	48	3	-	-
Carr	5	1	16	3	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LH Weight	b Milne	0
+HC Ferens	b Towler	35
J Kelsall	lbw b Hetherton	30
H Gibbon	b Towler	27
R Nichol	c Towler b Hetherton	12
M Nichol	c Milne b Maconachie	33
J Carr	b Milne	9
*H Brooks	c Broadbelt b Milne	43
WHR Alderson	c Towler b Hetherton	15
AL Howell	st Craig b Milne	4
JW Cook	not out	9
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-53, 3-66, 4-112, 5-113, 6-126, 7-177, 8-215, 9-215, 10-228 (85.5 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milne	34.5	8	72	4	-	-
Hetherton	29	14	59	3	-	-
Towler	15	0	67	2	-	-
Maconachie	7	0	19	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Mackay	c Ferens b Carr	34
JB Bruce	c Howell b Carr	43
CF Stanger-Leathes	b Howell	11
*CG Arkwright	c Ferens b Howell	50
FT Broadbelt	c Ferens b Weight	23
LSS Dyer	b Cook	5
JL Towler	c Cook b Howell	3
JC Maconachie	not out	1
+JK Craig	c and b Howell	0
W Hetherton	c Brooks b Howell	0
GT Milne	b Cook	1
Extras	(21 b, 4 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-91, 3-124, 4-176, 5-188, 6-194, 7-195, 8-195, 9-195, 10-196 (67.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	15	2	59	5	-	-
Cook	24.3	10	31	2	-	-
Carr	16	3	49	2	-	-
R Nichol	7	1	15	0	-	-
Weight	5	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LSS Dyer made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Mackay (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 24
--> HC Ferens (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 18
--> AL Howell completed a hat-trick in the Northumberland second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt