minc7141	Northumberland v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1974
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 15th, 16th May 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Northumberland won by 26 runs
Points	Northumberland 10; Lancashire Second XI 0
Umpires	R Griffiths, S Levison
Scorer	JW Dodds (Northumberland)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire Second XI (1) 164/6 (Reidy 25*, Slinger 1*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	c Ratcliffe b Simmons	49
DJ Semmence	b Beirne	0
T Waiton	b Beirne	2
*JM Crawhall	b Dodds	18
J Thewlis	not out	17
RD Dodds	c Kennedy b Ratcliffe	51
A Brown	c and b Ratcliffe	10
AA Johnson	c Trim b Sullivan	79			8	5
+WG Robson	did not bat
HC Hanover	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 77.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-7, 3-58, 4-93, 5-132, 6-213, 7-246 (77.5 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratcliffe	22	8	38	2	-	3
Beirne	6	1	13	2	-	2
Sullivan	8.5	3	46	1	-	-
Simmons	20	6	44	1	-	-
Dodds	6	2	15	1	-	2
Reidy	11	3	33	0	-	-
Trim	4	0	37	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KL Snellgrove	c Robson b Brown	61
A Kennedy	c Youll b Johnson	16
J Sullivan	c Robson b Semmence	29
J Simmons	b Semmence	3
RM Ratcliffe	lbw b Johnson	4
BW Reidy	not out	52
GE Trim	lbw b Brown	18
*E Slinger	c Crawhall b Semmence	3
+K Goodwin	b Johnson	0
GJ Dodds	lbw b Johnson	0
F Beirne	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-106, 3-110, 4-117, 5-117, 6-162, 7-173, 8-173, 9-173

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	16	4	60	4	-	3
Hanover	7	0	29	0	-	-
Norton	5	1	23	0	-	-
Brown	9	4	21	2	-	2
Dodds	3	0	24	0	-	-
Semmence	13	4	30	3	-	1

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	b Simmons	31
DJ Semmence	lbw b Simmons	83
T Waiton	b Simmons	0
*JM Crawhall	c Sullivan b Beirne	32
J Thewlis	c Reidy b Beirne	8
RD Dodds	b Simmons	14
AA Johnson	not out	10
A Brown	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
HC Hanover	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 61.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-60, 3-133, 4-155, 5-169, 6-183 (61.1 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratcliffe	8	4	11	0	-	2
Beirne	10	2	36	2	-	1
Sullivan	10	3	21	0	-	-
Simmons	22.1	6	73	4	-	-
Reidy	1	0	6	0	-	-
Dodds	10	3	31	0	-	1

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KL Snellgrove	c Robson b Norton	56
A Kennedy	lbw b Hanover	0
J Sullivan	b Norton	39
RM Ratcliffe	b Johnson	41
J Simmons	c and b Brown	29
BW Reidy	c Hanover b Johnson	10
*E Slinger	b Johnson	9
+K Goodwin	c Robson b Brown	4
GE Trim	b Johnson	1
GJ Dodds	lbw b Brown	8
F Beirne	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-75, 3-118, 4-173, 5-185, 6-185, 7-193, 8-198, 9-199, 10-207 (48 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	12	2	38	4	-	1
Hanover	4	1	21	1	-	-
Semmence	7	3	21	0	-	4
Norton	12	3	45	2	-	-
Brown	13	1	72	3	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Trim made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GJ Dodds made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> F Beirne made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RD Dodds (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AA Johnson (1) 50 in 30 minutes
--> DJ Semmence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lancashire Second XI first innings (previous best was 2-5)

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Joe Thewlis was unable to continue batting after lunch on the first day but returned later