minc7063	Northumberland v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1973
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 9th, 10th July 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Lancashire Second XI 1
Umpires	T Drinkwater, R Griffiths
Close of play day 1	Lancashire Second XI (1) 171/3 (Ratcliffe 20*, Reidy 0*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Semmence	c Lyon b Savage	31
K Pearson	b Savage	51
*JM Crawhall	c Savage b Reidy	7
AS Thompson	b Savage	5
J Thewlis	c Ratcliffe b Savage	45
DJ Halfyard	b Ratcliffe	10
A Brown	b Savage	3
J van Geloven	not out	16
M Rutherford	c Lyon b Reidy	4
+WG Robson	c Ratcliffe b Savage	13
A Meldrum	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-81, 3-91, 4-112, 5-128, 6-147, 7-162, 8-166, 9-185

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Good	5	0	29	0	-	1
Holden	7	2	9	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	11	3	23	1	-	1
Hughes	22	9	44	0	-	-
Savage	19	5	59	6	-	1
Reidy	8	3	21	2	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Abrahams	b Halfyard	43
G Fowler	c Halfyard b Brown	23
DP Hughes	c Thompson b Halfyard	67
RM Ratcliffe	not out	21
BW Reidy	b Halfyard	12
JD Bond	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
D Holden	did not bat
*E Slinger	did not bat
AJ Good	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 53.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-86, 3-171, 4-187 (53.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	13	4	31	0	1	-
Rutherford	5	1	16	0	-	-
Halfyard	16.2	4	53	3	-	-
Brown	14	7	38	1	-	4
Meldrum	5	0	28	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Semmence	c Abrahams b Holden	14
K Pearson	lbw b Ratcliffe	10
*JM Crawhall	c Bond b Hughes	44
AS Thompson	lbw b Ratcliffe	1
J Thewlis	c Lyon b Hughes	73			12	-
A Brown	b Savage	8
J van Geloven	b Hughes	0
M Rutherford	lbw b Hughes	15
DJ Halfyard	c Lyon b Holden	5
+WG Robson	c and b Savage	1
A Meldrum	not out	2
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-27, 3-40, 4-153, 5-164, 6-164, 7-184, 8-184, 9-185, 10-192 (64.3 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Good	4	0	14	0	-	2
Holden	9.3	2	20	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	12	6	35	2	-	2
Hughes	14	5	41	4	-	-
Savage	21	6	45	2	-	-
Reidy	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Abrahams	c Crawhall b Brown	22
G Fowler	lbw b Halfyard	1
DP Hughes	run out	22
RM Ratcliffe	c Robson b Halfyard	6
BW Reidy	c Rutherford b Halfyard	74			5	2
JD Bond	lbw b Halfyard	0
+J Lyon	b van Geloven	3
*E Slinger	b Brown	3
JS Savage	b Halfyard	4
D Holden	not out	0
AJ Good	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, 41 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-46, 3-55, 4-55, 5-67, 6-134, 7-136, 8-141, 9-141

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	11	1	47	1	-	-
Halfyard	20	10	36	5	-	-
Brown	8	6	24	2	-	-
Thewlis	2	0	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Northumberland score at 55 overs in the first innings was 129-5
--> G Fowler made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Meldrum made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Robson (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DP Hughes (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Thewlis (2) 50 in 57 minutes
--> M Rutherford (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BW Reidy (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RM Ratcliffe reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northumberland first innings

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