minc3887	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1949
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 22nd, 23rd June 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 5; Staffordshire 3
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 212/6

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Routledge b Earl	12
+ED Dennis	c Oswald b Earl	2
FR Bailey	b Earl	16
PHS Wadham	lbw b Worthington	15
RL Halton	c Earl b Worthington	15
PHC Charnock	b Worthington	4
H Boon	b Earl	53
*DM Haynes	b Elsdon	7
B Shardlow	b Earl	38
SJ Norcup	b Earl	4
V Burgess	not out	0
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-27, 3-34, 4-51, 5-59, 6-72, 7-89, 8-155, 9-163, 10-169 (54.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	20.1	6	35	6
Elsdon	17	2	59	1
Worthington	9	0	38	3
Golightly	2	0	16	0
Oswald	6	2	18	0

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Routledge	b Burgess	53
TS Worthington	b Norcup	27
G Walton	b Norcup	8
JN Grover	c Norcup b Shardlow	45
AD Cunningham	c Haynes b Halton	27
*LE Liddell	c Boon b Shardlow	41
JS Oswald	b Halton	11
+HB Henderson	not out	32
WH Golightly	b Shardlow	11
H Elsdon	b Shardlow	0
KJ Earl	b Norcup	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-51, 3-138, 4-138, 5-181, 6-212, 7-223, 8-261, 9-261, 10-262 (94 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	31	5	83	3
Halton	28	10	66	2
Shardlow	19	5	82	4
Burgess	16	3	24	1

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	c Henderson b Elsdon	14
+ED Dennis	b Earl	5
FR Bailey	c Earl b Oswald	138
PHS Wadham	c Worthington b Earl	51
RL Halton	b Worthington	0
PHC Charnock	b Golightly	40
H Boon	not out	22
*DM Haynes	not out	10
B Shardlow	did not bat
SJ Norcup	did not bat
V Burgess	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-49, 3-193, 4-193, 5-223, 6-270

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Earl	21	0	104	2
Elsdon	18	2	64	1
Worthington	11	3	46	1
Golightly	6	1	23	1
Oswald	11	3	43	1

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Routledge	c Dennis b Norcup	24
TS Worthington	c Boon b Halton	14
G Walton	not out	35
JN Grover	c Charnock b Norcup	0
AD Cunningham	c and b Halton	5
*LE Liddell	c Charnock b Norcup	0
JS Oswald	c Charnock b Norcup	11
+HB Henderson	c Charnock b Norcup	0
WH Golightly	not out	4
H Elsdon	did not bat
KJ Earl	did not bat
Extras		17
Total	(7 wickets, 43 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-53, 3-55, 4-55, 5-74, 6-89, 7-93

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	17	8	31	5
Halton	13	2	44	2
Shardlow	5	0	13	0
Burgess	8	6	5	0

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Notes
--> PHS Wadham made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FR Bailey (2) passed his previous highest score of 105 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PHS Wadham (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PHC Charnock (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Walton (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KJ Earl achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 5-53)
--> TS Worthington achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 1-38)

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