minc7769	Durham v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	Green Lane, Durham on 26th, 27th August 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 1; Northumberland 3
Umpires	S Levison, D Norton
Scorers	JH Jude (Northumberland), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 105/2 (Thompson 7*, Watson 0*; 39 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	lbw b Brown	22	46	49	4	-
SR Atkinson	b Doshi	30	103	110	3	1
S Greensword	c Youll b Brown	11	46	38	1	-
Wasim Raja	not out	69	77	85	4	3
*NA Riddell	b Graham	24	52	48	1	1
BL Cairns	st Robson b Doshi	15	6	5	-	2
PC Birtwisle	not out	2	3	8	-	-
PJ Crane	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
SAB Daniels	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 174 minutes, 55 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-56, 3-78, 4-155, 5-170

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	10	0	51	1	-	3
Brown	23	10	27	2	-	-
Doshi	22	6	95	2	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Mercer b Wishart	40	103	128	4	-
K Pearson	c Mercer b Wishart	54	97	96	10	-
AS Thompson	b Cairns	27	44	60	4	-
PW Watson	b Cairns	6	38	33	-	-
JS Charleton	lbw b Cairns	16	19	23	1	-
DR Doshi	b Daniels	8	7	5	-	1
JR Purvis	not out	16	18	25	-	-
A Brown	not out	7	8	12	-	-
+WG Robson	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 194 minutes, 55 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-104, 3-133, 4-136, 5-147, 6-167

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniels	19	0	76	1	-	2
Cairns	22	5	66	3	-	2
Wishart	14	6	32	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Robson b Graham	0	3	4	-	-
SR Atkinson	b Doshi	63	84	73	9	1
S Greensword	c Youll b Doshi	12	33	45	1	-
Wasim Raja	st Robson b Doshi	26	68	63	1	1
*NA Riddell	b Norton	16	69	72	1	-
PC Birtwisle	c Pearson b Doshi	0	2	7	-	-
PJ Crane	not out	29	64	66	3	-
BL Cairns	c Doshi b Norton	8	4	2	2	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	35	44	39	2	2
SAB Daniels	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 189 minutes, 60.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-59, 3-86, 4-123, 5-125, 6-137, 7-145

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	6	0	18	1	-	3
Brown	10	3	48	0	-	-
Doshi	24.5	5	68	4	-	3
Norton	20	4	55	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Crane b Wasim Raja	39	97	100	6	-
K Pearson	run out	24	121	117	2	-
AS Thompson	c Mercer b Birtwisle	8	17	21	2	-
PW Watson	not out	0	22	26	-	-
JS Charleton	c Greensword b Birtwisle	0	2	1	-	-
JR Purvis	not out	21	24	19	3	1
DR Doshi	did not bat
A Brown	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
K Norton	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 149 minutes, 47 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-72, 3-74, 4-74

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniels	6	0	17	0	-	-
Cairns	8	2	15	0	-	-
Wishart	5	2	6	0	-	-
Greensword	13	8	8	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	9	0	39	1	-	-
Crane	2	1	1	0	-	-
Birtwisle	3	2	5	2	-	-
Atkinson	1	0	1	0	1	1

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Notes
--> PW Watson made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DR Doshi made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> A Brown made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (2) passed 3000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DR Doshi reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Durham second innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Start delayed on the first day until 1.05pm owing to a wet ground.