minc7859	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1980
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 18th, 19th August 1980 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	JH Lowery, D Norton
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (2) 10/0 (Hancock 4*, Gill 5*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Thewlis b Graham	53
PN Gill	b Graham	7
GS Warner	st Robson b Mushtaq Mohammad	105
PA Marshall	lbw b Graham	9
FD Stephenson	st Robson b Mushtaq Mohammad	1
NJ Archer	not out	17
NA Hodgkinson	not out	1
+A Griffiths	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
R Boothroyd	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-137, 3-162, 4-163, 5-200

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	21	4	62	3
Twizell	8	1	25	0
Purvis	8	1	27	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	12	3	55	2
Younger	6	0	24	0

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	b Flower	37
K Pearson	lbw b Flower	19
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Warner b Boothroyd	18
AS Thompson	c Warner b James	39
ME Younger	not out	64		81
J Thewlis	c Gill b Stephenson	6
JS Charleton	not out	0
JR Purvis	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
+WG Robson	did not bat
PH Twizell	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-84, 3-92, 4-163, 5-199

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	16	3	56	1
James	10	2	26	1
Boothroyd	17	3	58	1
Flower	12	3	43	2

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Younger b Graham	5
PN Gill	b Mushtaq Mohammad	64
GS Warner	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	37
PA Marshall	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	4
FD Stephenson	c Thompson b Younger	2
NJ Archer	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	4
NA Hodgkinson	b Mushtaq Mohammad	52
+A Griffiths	lbw b Twizell	15
RW Flower	c Thompson b Mushtaq Mohammad	6
RI James	c and b Mushtaq Mohammad	8
R Boothroyd	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-100, 3-108, 4-113, 5-126, 6-141, 7-184, 8-190, 9-201, 10-210 (79.2 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	3	28	1	-
Twizell	10	3	20	1	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	32.2	5	102	7	-
Younger	26	8	47	1	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	c Griffiths b Stephenson	3
K Pearson	b Stephenson	3
AS Thompson	c and b Stephenson	85			14	-
J Thewlis	c Griffiths b Stephenson	57			6	1
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Boothroyd b James	1
ME Younger	b Stephenson	11
JS Charleton	not out	10
JR Purvis	b James	4
+WG Robson	not out	13
PC Graham	did not bat
PH Twizell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 48 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-133, 4-134, 5-165, 6-168, 7-191

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	19	3	79	5
James	13	1	48	2
Boothroyd	9	1	27	0
Flower	7	1	33	0

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Notes
--> GS Warner (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 34
--> NA Hodgkinson (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WG Robson (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> Mushtaq Mohammad achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 6-33)
--> FD Stephenson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> FD Stephenson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings

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On the final day, With four overs remaining in the match, drizzle turned to heavy rain which stopped play