minc7244	Northumberland v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1974
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 25th, 26th August 1974 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 3; Durham 1
Umpires	JE Lawton, S Levison
Scorers	AD Reed (Durham), R Ward (Northumberland)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 66/1 (Youll 24*, Crawhall 40*; 27 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	lbw b Norton	13	53	58	1	-
TF Greenshields	c Crawhall b Semmence	7	9	24	1	-
PC Birtwisle	c Crawhall b Semmence	15	29	36	3	-
PJ Crane	c Semmence b Francis	20	66	69	4	-
NA Riddell	b Semmence	61	111	104	5	3
TJ Hughes	c Youll b Semmence	5	28	42	-	-
TJ Haggie	b Francis	0	12	13	-	-
*BR Lander	not out	8	16	17	-	-
JS Stoker	c Crawhall b Semmence	5	6	9	-	-
DW Hodgson	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 192 minutes, 54.2 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-39, 3-39, 4-84, 5-124, 6-125, 7-130, 8-140 (54.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	18	5	47	2	-	-
Semmence	16.2	1	35	5	-	5
Norton	12	7	23	1	-	-
Brown	8	3	29	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	c Atkinson b Stoker	41	113	145	4	-
K Pearson	c Atkinson b Stoker	1	11	10	-	-
*JM Crawhall	b Stoker	60	145	124	8	-
AS Thompson	not out	18	29	42	4	-
WJ Smalley	c Birtwisle b Stoker	12	10	12	2	-
ME Younger	c Riddell b Lander	9	10	6	1	-
DJ Semmence	not out	0	6	12	-	-
A Brown	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
AH Francis	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 178 minutes, 54 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-104, 3-107, 4-123, 5-132

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stoker	24	4	70	4	-	-
Lander	20	4	46	1	-	-
Hughes	6	0	13	0	-	-
Hodgson	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	not out	6	21	28	-	-
SR Atkinson	not out	12	25	28	1	-
PC Birtwisle	did not bat
PJ Crane	did not bat
NA Riddell	did not bat
TJ Hughes	did not bat
TJ Haggie	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
JS Stoker	did not bat
DW Hodgson	did not bat
+R Cole	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 28 minutes, 7.1 overs)	21

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	3	0	9	0	-	-
Semmence	3	0	9	0	-	3
Norton	1	1	0	0	-	-
Brown	0.1	0	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Hodgson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> R Cole made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> AS Thompson (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16
--> JS Stoker reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northumberland first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Start delayed on the first day until 2.30pm. Rain stopped play again at 1.55pm on the second day, no further play - match abandoned at 3.00pm.