minc4327	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1951
Venue	Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 22nd, 23rd August 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 134 runs
Points	Staffordshire 10; Northumberland 0
Umpires	GE Hart, HC Turner
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 64/1 (Smith 19*, Edwards 33*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Bailey	c Phillipson b Elsdon	0
R Smith	run out	21
JDB Edwards	b Elsdon	0
*DM Haynes	c Liddell b Watson	0
S Crump	b Atkinson	16
H Boon	lbw b Atkinson	9
+DSG Swift	c Phillipson b Atkinson	58
B Shardlow	b Golightly	17
WT Jolley	st Henderson b Atkinson	15
SJ Norcup	b Atkinson	13
W Boon	not out	22
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-7, 4-31, 5-42, 6-59, 7-94, 8-116, 9-137, 10-178 (69.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	16	5	27	2	-
Phillipson	3	1	3	0	-
Watson	17	3	48	1	-
Atkinson	28.4	6	90	5	-
Golightly	5	2	3	1	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	b Shardlow	18
WE Phillipson	run out	21
CL Routledge	c Swift b Shardlow	10
N Graham	lbw b Shardlow	2
CRM Atkinson	c W Boon b Crump	0
KG Davidson	c Bailey b Shardlow	17
*LE Liddell	c Bailey b Shardlow	12
WH Golightly	b Crump	13
+HB Henderson	c H Boon b Shardlow	8
H Elsdon	c Bailey b Shardlow	6
JM Watson	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-48, 3-52, 4-53, 5-63, 6-86, 7-94, 8-105, 9-116, 10-126 (50 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	12	5	19	0	-
Jolley	3	1	10	0	-
Shardlow	22	6	60	7	-
Crump	13	3	26	2	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Smith	run out	46
FR Bailey	c Henderson b Elsdon	7
JDB Edwards	c Phillipson b Atkinson	62
*DM Haynes	b Watson	18
S Crump	lbw b Phillipson	33
H Boon	c Graham b Golightly	0
+DSG Swift	c Phillipson b Golightly	10
SJ Norcup	c Atkinson b Phillipson	33
W Boon	not out	18
B Shardlow	not out	2
WT Jolley	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-107, 3-132, 4-152, 5-157, 6-178, 7-218, 8-240

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elsdon	14	0	51	1	-
Phillipson	10	1	36	2	-
Atkinson	18	5	78	1	-
Watson	19	5	45	1	-
Golightly	9	3	19	2	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Walton	c Crump b Shardlow	41
WE Phillipson	c H Boon b Norcup	3
CL Routledge	b Jolley	3
N Graham	c H Boon b Shardlow	26
CRM Atkinson	not out	35
KG Davidson	c Jolley b W Boon	27
*LE Liddell	c Jolley b Shardlow	13
WH Golightly	b Jolley	0
+HB Henderson	c Norcup b Jolley	0
H Elsdon	b Jolley	0
JM Watson	b Jolley	13
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-23, 3-77, 4-80, 5-117, 6-132, 7-162, 8-168, 9-168, 10-168 (43.4 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Norcup	11	2	36	1
Jolley	9.4	1	29	5
Crump	7	0	34	0
Shardlow	12	1	55	3
W Boon	4	1	7	1

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Notes
--> JDB Edwards made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 5
--> DSG Swift (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> W Boon (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JDB Edwards (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Walton (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16

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