minc7175	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1974
Venue	Swynnerton Park, Stone on 17th, 18th July 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Staffordshire won by 2 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 10; Northumberland 0
Umpires	T Drinkwater, BA Meakins
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (2) 67/2 (Semmence 23*, Smalley 9*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Semmence	run out	9
K Pearson	c Downend b Stroudley	13
*JM Crawhall	c Ikin b Nasim-ul-Ghani	13
WJ Smalley	c Green b Stroudley	0
J Thewlis	c Green b Downend	6
RD Dodds	c Ikin b Nasim-ul-Ghani	0
A Brown	c Green b Downend	1
J Bradford	c Moore b Nasim-ul-Ghani	5
AA Johnson	c Stroudley b Nasim-ul-Ghani	11
+WG Robson	c Gill b Nasim-ul-Ghani	1
K Norton	not out	4
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 41.2 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-22, 3-22, 4-39, 5-41, 6-42, 7-50, 8-51, 9-63, 10-67 (41.2 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stride	13	4	18	0	-	-
Stroudley	15	6	20	2	-	-
Downend	8	2	21	2	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	5.2	2	4	5	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Thewlis b Johnson	0
PN Gill	lbw b Semmence	4
TA Pearsall	b Johnson	17
MP Marcus	c Robson b Johnson	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani	run out	1
JD Moore	b Johnson	7
MJ Ikin	not out	23
RH Downend	b Johnson	0
+MR Green	c Norton b Johnson	4
NJ Stroudley	c and b Johnson	0
KH Stride	b Johnson	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-15, 4-24, 5-37, 6-40, 7-40, 8-64, 9-64, 10-68 (32.1 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	16.1	10	26	8	-	-
Semmence	4	2	8	1	-	-
Brown	12	5	22	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Semmence	run out	46
K Pearson	c Green b Stroudley	1
*JM Crawhall	c Ikin b Nasim-ul-Ghani	18
WJ Smalley	lbw b Nasim-ul-Ghani	33
J Thewlis	c Hancock b Nasim-ul-Ghani	12
RD Dodds	c Green b Stride	18
A Brown	not out	12
J Bradford	b Stride	0
AA Johnson	c Pearsall b Nasim-ul-Ghani	7
+WG Robson	c Gill b Stroudley	12
K Norton	not out	0
Extras		24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-47, 3-102, 4-114, 5-137, 6-145, 7-145, 8-164, 9-181

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stride	9	5	16	2	-	-
Stroudley	10	1	22	2	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	39	14	64	4	-	-
Downend	16	9	15	0	-	-
Ikin	16	8	30	0	-	-
Gill	6	0	12	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Johnson b Semmence	14
PN Gill	lbw b Johnson	16
TA Pearsall	c Norton b Brown	48
MP Marcus	c Crawhall b Brown	10
Nasim-ul-Ghani	b Norton	0
JD Moore	c Robson b Johnson	20
MJ Ikin	c Robson b Brown	8
RH Downend	c Johnson b Norton	39
+MR Green	not out	11
NJ Stroudley	not out	4
KH Stride	did not bat
Extras		16
Total	(8 wickets, 53.3 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-42, 3-77, 4-77, 5-124, 6-126, 7-141, 8-180

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	19	2	69	2	-	-
Semmence	10	4	27	1	-	-
Brown	16	6	48	3	-	-
Norton	8.3	4	26	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MP Marcus made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MR Green made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NJ Stroudley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Ikin (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 15
--> AA Johnson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings (previous best was 7-48)

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