minc4941	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 27th, 28th June 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	RE Rushworth, J Waddington
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 195/2 (Smith 58*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DM Haynes	run out	6
JS Hall	lbw b Clayforth	47
WR Smith	c Oakes b Clayforth	12
RL Halton	c Oakes b Evans	17
BS Crump	b Clayforth	13
EJ Shaw	c Golightly b Oakes	2
H Boon	not out	99
B Shardlow	c Smith b Robinson	13
EJ Lowell	c Smith b Evans	9
JC Norcup	c Roberts b Oakes	29
+AD Giles	run out	3
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-74, 3-75, 4-98, 5-107, 6-107, 7-136, 8-155, 9-196, 10-262 (81.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clayforth	24	4	63	3	-	-
Golightly	10	5	33	0	-	-
Robinson	11	0	41	1	-	-
Oakes	24	6	55	2	-	-
Evans	12	1	58	2	-	-
Liddell	0.2	0	0	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Smith	lbw b Norcup	70
R Jowsey	c Halton b Crump	29
RG Clough	c Shardlow b Norcup	100
DAK Roberts	c Shaw b Crump	6
JY Oakes	not out	25
*LE Liddell	b Halton	16
WH Golightly	not out	2
+HB Henderson	did not bat
F Clayforth	did not bat
GW Robinson	did not bat
AC Evans	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 73.1 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-195, 3-213, 4-227, 5-260

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lowell	9	0	50	0	-	-
Norcup	26	5	63	2	-	-
Crump	18.1	3	50	2	-	-
Shardlow	7	1	45	0	-	-
Halton	13	1	40	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Hall	c Henderson b Robinson	10
*DM Haynes	not out	7
WR Smith	c Evans b Robinson	6
RL Halton	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
EJ Shaw	did not bat
H Boon	did not bat
B Shardlow	did not bat
EJ Lowell	did not bat
JC Norcup	did not bat
+AD Giles	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 9.4 overs)	23
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-23 (9.4 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clayforth	5	0	14	0	-	-
Robinson	4.4	1	9	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DAK Roberts made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GW Robinson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WH Golightly made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Halton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Hall (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JC Norcup (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Clough (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RG Clough (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches

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