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| Venue | Sandwell Park, West Bromwich on 15th, 16th August 1979 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Staffordshire 1; Durham 3 |
| Umpires | AG Dixon, PSG Stevens |
| Scorers | M Orton (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Staffordshire (2) 6/0 (Hancock 0*, Gill 2*; 3 overs) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PW Romaines | c Gill b Timmis | 46 | 61 | 79 | 6 | 2 | |
| SR Atkinson | c Marshall b Brookes | 13 | 35 | 45 | - | - | |
| S Greensword | c Flower b Timmis | 22 | 37 | 35 | 3 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | b Timmis | 23 | 21 | 28 | 4 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | c Warner b Marshall | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| PJ Kippax | c Griffiths b Timmis | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| C Thomas | c Brookes b Marshall | 2 | 9 | 13 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | b Brookes | 32 | 83 | 94 | 2 | - | |
| BL Cairns | lbw b Timmis | 69 | 69 | 80 | 8 | 3 | |
| +RAD Mercer | not out | 0 | 6 | 12 | - | - | |
| SAB Daniels | not out | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 6 nb, 3 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 206 minutes, 55 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46, 2-93, 3-93, 4-94, 5-101, 6-119, 7-119, 8-221, 9-225 | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Timmis | 20 | 4 | 82 | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Brookes | 17 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Marshall | 18 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Greensword b Cairns | 6 | 28 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| PN Gill | run out | 18 | 39 | 49 | 3 | - | |
| GS Warner | c Mercer b Cairns | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| JD Moore | b Cairns | 3 | 22 | 18 | - | - | |
| PA Marshall | st Mercer b Greensword | 8 | 44 | 62 | - | - | |
| MJ Ikin | b Cairns | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| NJ Archer | lbw b Greensword | 36 | 55 | 49 | 4 | 1 | |
| +A Griffiths | c Thomas b Kippax | 18 | 53 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| S Brookes | run out | 8 | 17 | 17 | - | - | |
| RW Flower | not out | 2 | 22 | 27 | - | - | |
| PJ Timmis | c Cairns b Greensword | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 157 minutes, 48 overs) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-22, 3-30, 4-31, 5-31, 6-79, 7-80, 8-90, 9-109, 10-111 (48 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniels | 13 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Cairns | 17 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Greensword | 15 | 8 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kippax | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Mercer b Greensword | 43 | 91 | 99 | 4 | - | |
| PN Gill | b Cairns | 22 | 71 | 78 | 2 | - | |
| GS Warner | lbw b Cairns | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| JD Moore | b Daniels | 49 | 120 | 99 | 9 | - | |
| PA Marshall | b Kippax | 56 | 147 | 135 | 7 | - | |
| MJ Ikin | c Mercer b Cairns | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| NJ Archer | lbw b Kippax | 14 | 54 | 54 | 2 | - | |
| +A Griffiths | not out | 0 | 15 | 16 | - | - | |
| S Brookes | not out | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| RW Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Timmis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 16 nb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 252 minutes, 82.5 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-80, 3-84, 4-167, 5-169, 6-206, 7-211 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniels | 14 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | 9 | |
| Cairns | 21 | 7 | 50 | 3 | - | 7 | |
| Greensword | 21 | 11 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kippax | 17.5 | 7 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | 9 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |