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| Venue | Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 25th, 26th May 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northumberland 3; Durham 1 |
| Umpires | A Hardy, HC Turner |
| Scorers | AE Jackson (Northumberland), AC Lowerson (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northumberland (1) 180/6 (Liddell 14*, Watson 9*) |
| Northumberland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Walton | c Fox b Clode | 46 | |||||
| KG Davidson | c Archbold b Coxon | 67 | |||||
| CL Routledge | c Coxon b Aspinall | 24 | |||||
| N Graham | run out | 4 | |||||
| CRM Atkinson | lbw b Coxon | 0 | |||||
| *LE Liddell | c Aspinall b Clode | 56 | |||||
| R Jowsey | b Coxon | 2 | |||||
| JM Watson | c Crawford b Clode | 15 | |||||
| +HB Henderson | not out | 36 | |||||
| H Elsdon | c Archbold b Tate | 0 | |||||
| KJ Earl | c Archbold b Coxon | 47 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 98.5 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-85, 2-142, 3-153, 4-153, 5-157, 6-160, 7-229, 8-229, 9-233, 10-311 (98.5 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Coxon | 29.5 | 9 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Aspinall | 19 | 3 | 81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Crawford | 8 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clode | 31 | 9 | 102 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tate | 10 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Archbold | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HD Bell | lbw b Elsdon | 0 | |||||
| RW Wheatley | c Henderson b Earl | 6 | |||||
| *A Coxon | b Earl | 87 | |||||
| F Robson | b Watson | 42 | |||||
| JH Clarke | c Henderson b Earl | 3 | |||||
| GM Crawford | c Liddell b Watson | 0 | |||||
| H Archbold | b Earl | 0 | |||||
| R Aspinall | c Henderson b Elsdon | 9 | |||||
| MJ Tate | lbw b Watson | 13 | |||||
| +JG Fox | c Watson b Atkinson | 4 | |||||
| HP Clode | not out | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 104.2 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-6, 3-93, 4-96, 5-97, 6-98, 7-135, 8-175, 9-175, 10-195 (104.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northumberland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Elsdon | 19 | 9 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Earl | 22 | 7 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Watson | 40 | 19 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 23.2 | 6 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |