minc6273	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1966
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 22nd, 23rd June 1966 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	C Petrie, K Wilson
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 1/0 (Smithson 1*, Douglas 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DA Hancock	b van Geloven	20
VR Babb	c Brown b Pearson	40
P Tunnicliffe	run out	27
M Perkins	b Pearson	17
*JT Ikin	b van Geloven	56
PM Shardlow	b Pearson	1
NGW Banks	c Henderson b van Geloven	8
+LJ Rolinson	c van Geloven b Douglas	20
CV Lindo	c Robson b Brown	20
PR Harvey	c Smithson b Dyson	4
J Young	not out	10
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-82, 3-91, 4-131, 5-134, 6-143, 7-181, 8-216, 9-218, 10-232 (71 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dyson	11	2	33	1
van Geloven	25	5	48	3
Brown	12	1	70	1
Pearson	16	3	47	3
Douglas	7	1	25	1

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Smithson	b Harvey	4
R Jowsey	c Rolinson b Young	12
J Thewlis	c Shardlow b Young	16
J van Geloven	b Young	8
C Pearson	c Banks b Young	4
ME Robson	b Lindo	14
*RG Clough	lbw b Young	0
A Brown	b Young	0
JM Douglas	not out	14
+HB Henderson	b Lindo	0
HM Dyson	b Harvey	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-32, 3-33, 4-39, 5-48, 6-48, 7-48, 8-58, 9-58, 10-72 (30.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harvey	8.2	2	23	2	-	-
Young	14	6	21	6	-	-
Lindo	8	1	28	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Smithson	not out	1
JM Douglas	not out	0
R Jowsey	did not bat
J Thewlis	did not bat
J van Geloven	did not bat
C Pearson	did not bat
ME Robson	did not bat
*RG Clough	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
+HB Henderson	did not bat
HM Dyson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 6 overs)	1

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harvey	3	2	1	0	-	-
Young	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HM Dyson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> VR Babb (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> C Pearson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 2-32)
--> J Young achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 3-35)
--> J Young achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings

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