minc7504	Northumberland v Lancashire Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 25th, 26th July 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Lancashire Second XI 3
Umpires	B Booth, JH Lowery
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 125/5 (Hardy 9*, Thewlis 12*)

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Lancashire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Kennedy	c and b Graham	107			16	1
G Fisher	c Corby b Greensword	46
G Fowler	not out	27
PA Tipton	b Graham	0
RM Ratcliffe	c Graham b Callen	14
JH Mountjoy	b Norton	0
GE Trim	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
+CJ Scott	did not bat
SJH Adams	did not bat
DJ Parsons	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-176, 3-181, 4-204, 5-209 (62 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	10	2	39	1	1	-
Graham	12	1	56	2	-	-
Woodford	8	2	23	0	-	-
Greensword	15	2	47	1	-	-
Norton	14	7	25	1	-	-
Hardy	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	b Ratcliffe	41
JD Woodford	c Fisher b Parsons	16
S Greensword	b Arrowsmith	33
*JM Crawhall	c Kennedy b Arrowsmith	5
ME Younger	c Kennedy b Ratcliffe	5
J Thewlis	c Scott b Parsons	14
A Hardy	c Scott b Parsons	20
IW Callen	b Ratcliffe	42
PC Graham	c Parsons b Ratcliffe	5
+K Corby	not out	0
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-92, 3-92, 4-102, 5-102, 6-134, 7-147, 8-185, 9-186 (79 ov)

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratcliffe	30	10	70	4	-	-
Parsons	21	8	50	3	-	2
Adams	8	3	24	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	15	8	21	2	-	-
Mountjoy	5	2	16	0	-	-

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Lancashire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Kennedy	c Thewlis b Callen	17
G Fisher	b Graham	8
G Fowler	c and b Norton	56
GE Trim	b Callen	21
PA Tipton	b Callen	4
RM Ratcliffe	c Crawhall b Graham	1
JH Mountjoy	run out	19
+CJ Scott	b Norton	3
DJ Parsons	not out	0
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
SJH Adams	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-31, 3-64, 4-74, 5-82, 6-129, 7-149, 8-149 (61 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	17	4	28	3	1	1
Graham	14	3	40	2	-	1
Greensword	4	1	12	0	-	-
Hardy	15	6	29	0	-	-
Norton	11	6	20	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Youll	not out	3		10
JD Woodford	not out	10		10
S Greensword	did not bat
*JM Crawhall	did not bat
ME Younger	did not bat
J Thewlis	did not bat
A Hardy	did not bat
IW Callen	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
+K Corby	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, 10 minutes, 2.4 overs)	16

Lancashire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ratcliffe	1.4	0	8	0	1	-
Parsons	1	0	5	0	1	-

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Notes
--> K Corby made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JH Mountjoy made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IW Callen (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Fowler (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Parsons achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland first innings (previous best was 2-39)

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On the second day rain stopped play for 43 minutes in the afternoon and then brought an early end to the match