minc7137	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1973
Venue	Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street on 26th, 27th August 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 7 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Northumberland 3
Umpires	S Levison, TG Wilson
Scorers	AD Reed (Durham), T Ward (Northumberland)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 93/3 (March 13*, Cole 4*; 28 overs)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	b Wilkinson	0	1	1	-	-
K Pearson	b Storey	21	60	66	2	-
DJ Semmence	lbw b Lander	20	46	59	3	-
*JM Crawhall	b McLaren	53	136	128	6	-
J Thewlis	c Greensword b Lander	9	28	33	1	-
JR Jeffreys	b Greensword	10	34	30	1	-
A Brown	run out	1	11	13	-	-
J van Geloven	not out	43	98	90	6	1
DJ Halfyard	b McLaren	8	24	19	-	-
JM Douglas	b McLaren	2	8	6	-	-
+WG Robson	not out	10	16	18	2	-
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 236 minutes, 77 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-45, 3-45, 4-70, 5-98, 6-103, 7-128, 8-142, 9-150

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	13	4	22	1	-	-
Storey	14	5	38	1	-	-
Lander	14	3	38	2	-	-
Greensword	25	5	35	1	-	-
McLaren	11	1	44	3	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	b Brown	27	32	29	3	-
SR Atkinson	lbw b Brown	38	53	69	2	-
JG March	c Douglas b Brown	64	109	97	9	-
TF Greenshields	b Brown	0	4	2	-	-
+R Cole	b Halfyard	17	39	56	2	-
S Greensword	not out	0	6	11	-	-
RL Thomas	b Halfyard	0	1	1	-	-
*BR Lander	not out	8	6	6	-	1
CJ Storey	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
HB McLaren	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 139 minutes, 41.3 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-76, 3-76, 4-157, 5-158, 6-158

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	7	0	29	0	-	-
Halfyard	12.3	3	60	2	-	-
Brown	15	4	40	4	-	1
Semmence	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	c McLaren b March	32	90	87	1	-
K Pearson	c March b Lander	14	30	37	1	-
DJ Semmence	not out	104	185	159	13	-
*JM Crawhall	c Cole b McLaren	10	40	24	1	-
J Thewlis	c Thomas b March	11	45	27	2	-
JR Jeffreys	not out	50	78	56	7	1
A Brown	did not bat
J van Geloven	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
JM Douglas	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 197 minutes, 78 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-71, 3-98, 4-128

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	9	2	25	0	-	-
Storey	6	1	14	0	-	-
Lander	12	1	42	1	-	-
March	23	7	65	2	-	-
McLaren	18	4	51	1	1	-
Greensword	10	1	24	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Inglis	c Jeffreys b Halfyard	8	22	28	1	-
SR Atkinson	b Halfyard	90	121	138	9	-
S Greensword	c Semmence b Brown	116	149	139	13	1
TF Greenshields	not out	12	15	33	-	-
JG March	not out	9	3	3	2	-
RL Thomas	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
CJ Storey	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
HB McLaren	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(3 wickets, 162 minutes, 51.2 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-169, 3-239

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van Geloven	13	0	52	0	-	-
Halfyard	18.2	2	75	2	-	-
Brown	12	2	68	1	-	-
Semmence	8	0	40	0	-	1

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Notes
--> J van Geloven made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Inglis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Thomas made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CJ Storey made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HB McLaren made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J van Geloven (1) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 35
--> R Cole (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Youll (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> DJ Semmence (2) 100 in 157 minutes with 13 fours
--> DJ Semmence (2) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Greensword (2) 100 in 133 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Halfyard reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt