minc7494	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Deansfield, Brewood on 18th, 19th July 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 3; Northumberland 1
Umpires	NH Birch, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 116/2 (Warner 14*, Marshall 15*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Pearson	c Warner b Stride	3
J Bradford	lbw b Marshall	18		103
*JM Crawhall	b Marshall	7
PJ Kippax	c Dawson b Marshall	21
ME Younger	c Owen b Lancaster	27
J Thewlis	c Flower b Marshall	11
AA Johnson	b Stride	5
A Brown	c Gill b Stride	9
IW Callen	b Lancaster	15
+WG Robson	not out	29
K Norton	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-51, 4-56, 5-70, 6-85, 7-101, 8-119, 9-141

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stride	25	10	33	3	-
Lancaster	17	7	27	2	-
Marshall	22	4	62	4	-
Downend	9	2	26	0	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	b Johnson	44
PN Gill	b Johnson	37
GS Warner	b Bradford	27
PA Marshall	run out	30
JD Moore	not out	44
RH Downend	not out	1
SJ Dawson	did not bat
R Lancaster	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
+SC Owen	did not bat
KH Stride	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-86, 3-139, 4-171

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	12	0	50	0	-
Johnson	13	3	31	2	-
Brown	16	3	50	0	-
Norton	9	3	14	0	-
Bradford	9	0	38	1	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Pearson	lbw b Flower	25
J Bradford	c Warner b Downend	67
*JM Crawhall	c Hancock b Flower	28
PJ Kippax	c Gill b Flower	1
ME Younger	not out	0
J Thewlis	not out	3
AA Johnson	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
IW Callen	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 64 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-115, 3-129, 4-129

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stride	7	3	6	0	-
Lancaster	5	2	9	0	-
Flower	27	6	58	3	-
Gill	18	4	38	0	-
Downend	7	1	13	1	-

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Notes
--> IW Callen (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Marshall (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Bradford (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Marshall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 0-42)

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