minc7210	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1974
Venue	Eastwood Gardens, Gateshead on 7th, 8th August 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	B Booth, DB Harrison
Scorers	LW Hancock (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 137/5 (Moore 16*, Marcus 8*; 41 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Green b Boothroyd	0	13	12	-	-
TF Greenshields	c Ikin b Boothroyd	21	78	96	3	-
+T Harland	c Gill b Boothroyd	0	4	1	-	-
S Greensword	b Lowe	14	45	45	1	-
PC Birtwisle	c Gill b Boothroyd	32	76	74	3	-
PJ Crane	c Ikin b Boothroyd	24	48	50	3	-
NA Riddell	c Moore b Lowe	40	63	70	6	-
DR O'Sullivan	c Green b Boothroyd	0	4	4	-	-
*BR Lander	c Hancock b Lowe	10	51	40	1	-
JS Stoker	not out	3	12	16	-	-
RK Stephenson	not out	9	8	8	2	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 210 minutes, 67 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-26, 4-42, 5-82, 6-95, 7-97, 8-139, 9-145

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Timmis	7	3	15	0	-	-
Boothroyd	27	11	57	6	-	-
Lowe	19	5	35	3	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	10	2	32	0	-	-
Ikin	4	2	14	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Harland b Lander	10	12	13	-	-
PN Gill	c Crane b Lander	32	57	71	5	-
TA Pearsall	c Greenshields b Lander	16	19	19	4	-
MJ Ikin	b Lander	7	14	13	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	c Lander b O'Sullivan	32	53	49	5	-
JD Moore	not out	71	113	106	8	1
MP Marcus	c Harland b Stoker	15	52	47	3	-
L Lowe	not out	7	16	32	1	-
+MR Green	did not bat
R Boothroyd	did not bat
PJ Timmis	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 180 minutes, 56 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-41, 3-55, 4-80, 5-116, 6-162

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stoker	12	1	56	1	-	-
Lander	15	2	63	4	-	-
Stephenson	11	3	44	0	-	-
O'Sullivan	10	3	20	1	-	-
Greensword	8	4	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 123-7
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 191-6
--> RK Stephenson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RK Stephenson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MP Marcus (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Boothroyd achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 3-63)
--> R Boothroyd achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings
--> L Lowe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 3-54)
--> BR Lander reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Rain stopped play 3.20pm - 4.25pm (tea taken) on first day and at 11.56pm on second day - no futher play. Match abandoned at 2.00pm.