minc3610	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1947
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 26th, 27th May 1947 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Durham 5
Umpires	A Hardy, A Lockett
Scorers	J Appleby (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 49/3 (Townsend 36*, Chatt 3*)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Ranson	b Elsdon	8
HD Bell	b Robson	10
WW Coverdale	c Lough b Robson	6
S Robertson	c Townsend b Barraclough	33
*RB Proud	c Appleby b Lough	27
R Fisher	b Lough	15
+RT Spooner	c and b Lough	65
TK Jackson	lbw b Elsdon	36
JM Watson	lbw b Robson	1
WMM Robson	not out	9
EH Foster	b Elsdon	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-24, 3-25, 4-56, 5-71, 6-118, 7-197, 8-198, 9-213, 10-219 (78.3 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	21.3	4	65	3	-	-
Barraclough	15	3	45	1	-	-
Robson	21	6	47	3	-	-
Lough	12	2	33	3	-	-
Townsend	9	1	23	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Cunningham	b Robson	6
+LL Williams	lbw b Robson	0
LF Townsend	c Bell b Foster	71
GC Slade	lbw b Foster	0
WW Chatt	b Foster	6
DH Burrow	run out	17
*IB Appleby	st Spooner b Foster	19
H Elsdon	st Spooner b Foster	30
H Robson	b Foster	1
F Barraclough	c Jackson b Foster	0
SL Lough	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-26, 3-27, 4-50, 5-79, 6-115, 7-149, 8-168, 9-170, 10-172 (70.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robson	27	14	22	2	-	-
Watson	15	9	25	0	-	-
Foster	28.5	3	103	7	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Ranson	b Elsdon	48
HD Bell	b Elsdon	8
WW Coverdale	b Robson	14
S Robertson	b Elsdon	31
R Fisher	lbw b Robson	1
+RT Spooner	not out	7
TK Jackson	b Robson	7
JM Watson	not out	4
*RB Proud	did not bat
WMM Robson	did not bat
EH Foster	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 52 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-52, 3-106, 4-107, 5-113, 6-124

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	19	7	47	3	-	-
Barraclough	6	2	10	0	-	-
Lough	9	2	18	0	-	-
Robson	18	3	45	3	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Cunningham	c Spooner b Robson	6
WW Chatt	lbw b Jackson	39
LF Townsend	not out	39
+LL Williams	did not bat
GC Slade	did not bat
DH Burrow	did not bat
*IB Appleby	did not bat
H Elsdon	did not bat
H Robson	did not bat
F Barraclough	did not bat
SL Lough	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 33.5 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-90 (33.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robson	14	7	25	1	-	-
Watson	4	2	6	0	-	-
Foster	11	1	46	0	-	-
Jackson	4.5	2	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Ranson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TK Jackson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LL Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GC Slade made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LF Townsend (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> H Elsdon (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Burrow made his debut for Northumberland in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Elsdon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-59)
--> SL Lough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-63)
--> EH Foster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 5-78)
--> H Elsdon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham second innings (previous best was 3-65)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt