minc3598	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1946
Venue	Collins Hill, Lichfield on 26th, 27th August 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 121 runs
Points	Staffordshire 6; Durham 0
Umpires	TA Broome, TH King
Close of play day 1	Durham (2) 12/2 (Townsend 4*, Close 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Close b Proud	146
FR Bailey	c Grigor b Close	16
MC Harvatt	c and b Grigor	1
E Broderick	st Spooner b Grigor	19
*RH Plant	st Spooner b Elsdon	16
B Shardlow	c Fisher b Grigor	32
S Crump	lbw b Townsend	40
PHC Charnock	st Spooner b Grigor	12
SJ Norcup	c Townsend b Grigor	2
F Taylor	b Grigor	0
+C Lovatt	not out	8
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-26, 3-64, 4-85, 5-136, 6-232, 7-265, 8-273, 9-274, 10-296 (94.1 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Close	13	1	36	1	-	-
Coverdale	5	0	21	0	-	-
Grigor	32	5	86	6	-	-
Elsdon	31	2	101	1	-	-
Collin	7	0	26	0	-	-
Townsend	5	1	19	1	-	-
Proud	1.1	0	3	1	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DCH Townsend	lbw b Taylor	7
H Thompson	c Bailey b Taylor	15
WW Coverdale	c Lovatt b Norcup	0
RB Proud	b Norcup	2
S Robertson	c Lovatt b Norcup	0
R Fisher	c Crump b Norcup	0
+RT Spooner	c Crump b Taylor	2
T Collin	b Norcup	0
JA Close	not out	7
J Grigor	c Lovatt b Taylor	1
A Elsdon	b Norcup	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 21.2 overs)	39
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-20, 4-20, 5-24, 6-26, 7-26, 8-26, 9-38, 10-39 (21.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	11	6	18	4	-	-
Norcup	10.2	4	16	6	-	-

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Durham second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DCH Townsend	b Norcup	11
H Thompson	b Taylor	0
+RT Spooner	b Taylor	4
JA Close	b Crump	16
WW Coverdale	lbw b Shardlow	42
RB Proud	lbw b Crump	20
S Robertson	c Crump b Shardlow	5
R Fisher	c Norcup b Crump	4
T Collin	c Shardlow b Crump	12
J Grigor	not out	11
A Elsdon	b Crump	4
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-11, 3-27, 4-42, 5-78, 6-85, 7-100, 8-116, 9-122, 10-136 (72.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	12	3	26	1	-	-
Taylor	24	11	31	2	-	-
Crump	24.2	5	54	5	-	-
Shardlow	12	5	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 126 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Thompson (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJ Norcup achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 5-10)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt