minc6576	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1968
Venue	Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter on 14th, 15th August 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Northumberland 1
Umpires	CS Hainsworth, AM Pullinger
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 24/2 (Hancock 6*, Nasim-ul-Ghani 1*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PD Brodrick	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	4
I Bell	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	9
S Greensword	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	6
JM Crawhall	b Timmis	0
J van Geloven	b Timmis	7
J Bradford	run out	2
ME Latham	c Hancock b Nasim-ul-Ghani	41
*MJK Robson	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	0
AA Johnson	c Timmis b Nasim-ul-Ghani	9
RT McNab	c Swanwick b Nasim-ul-Ghani	32
+HB Henderson	not out	3
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-16, 4-28, 5-28, 6-33, 7-39, 8-49, 9-109, 10-118 (48.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Timmis	20	5	49	2	-	-
Downend	6	2	14	0	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	20.2	6	47	7	-	-
Henson	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Gill	c van Geloven b Johnson	3
DA Hancock	lbw b van Geloven	8
RH Downend	c Crawhall b Johnson	14
Nasim-ul-Ghani	not out	96
JD Moore	b Latham	21
MJ Ikin	lbw b Latham	10
JT Ikin	b Johnson	8
RT de Ville	c Johnson b Latham	0
+PM Swanwick	not out	4
*DH Henson	did not bat
PJ Timmis	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-46, 4-108, 5-126, 6-147, 7-152

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	12	3	51	3	-	-
van Geloven	18	7	42	1	-	-
Brodrick	2	0	17	0	-	-
Latham	10	1	54	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RT McNab (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> Nasim-ul-Ghani (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> Nasim-ul-Ghani achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 1-24)
--> Nasim-ul-Ghani achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings

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