minc7878	Northumberland v Lincolnshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 31st May, 1st June 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northumberland 1; Lincolnshire 3
Umpires	S Levison, JH Lowery
Close of play day 1	Lincolnshire (1) 78/1 (Pougher 24*, Johnson 13*)

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	b Cope	41
K Pearson	c Pougher b Marshall	48
AS Thompson	c Draper b Marshall	9
TR Etwaroo	c Draper b Cope	1
ME Younger	c Draper b Burton	52		47	6	1
PJ Pickworth	c Nicholls b Burton	16
SR Gillespie	not out	0
A Hardy	b Cope	3
+WG Robson	did not bat
PH Twizell	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 61.2 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-97, 3-98, 4-102, 5-172, 6-173, 7-176 (61.2 ov)

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	11	4	25	0	-	-
Burton	17	2	46	2	-	-
Marshall	17	3	63	2	-	-
Cope	16.2	6	36	3	-	-

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Lincolnshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Robinson	c Robson b Twizell	37
H Pougher	c Robson b Younger	46
PD Johnson	b Graham	13
C Wicks	b Twizell	1
MJ Birmingham	b Younger	12
JC Munton	b Younger	7
TF Nicholls	not out	16
D Marshall	not out	12
GA Cope	did not bat
+RG Draper	did not bat
RL Burton	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 49.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-79, 3-86, 4-111, 5-119, 6-136

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	18	1	44	1	-	-
Gillespie	4	0	21	0	-	-
Twizell	12	2	29	2	-	-
Younger	8.3	2	23	3	-	-
Hardy	7	2	27	0	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Youll	b Cope	5
K Pearson	run out	38
AS Thompson	c Munton b Robinson	14
TR Etwaroo	c Munton b Robinson	9
ME Younger	c Cope b Robinson	8
PJ Pickworth	b Robinson	29
SR Gillespie	not out	69			7	5
A Hardy	not out	17
+WG Robson	did not bat
PH Twizell	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-50, 3-69, 4-72, 5-80, 6-143

Lincolnshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholls	5	2	6	0	-	-
Burton	5	4	2	0	-	-
Marshall	18	5	59	0	-	-
Cope	9	6	5	1	-	-
Robinson	17	2	57	4	-	-
Pougher	9	0	60	0	-	-

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Lincolnshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Robinson	lbw b Graham	0
H Pougher	c Youll b Younger	55
PD Johnson	b Twizell	0
C Wicks	lbw b Hardy	9
MJ Birmingham	c Pearson b Graham	16
JC Munton	not out	0
GA Cope	not out	16
TF Nicholls	did not bat
D Marshall	did not bat
+RG Draper	did not bat
RL Burton	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(5 wickets, 47 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-26, 4-70, 5-84

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	6	10	2	-	-
Gillespie	5	3	12	0	-	-
Twizell	8	1	23	1	-	-
Younger	9	2	20	1	-	-
Hardy	14	6	31	1	-	-

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Notes
--> TR Etwaroo made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Pickworth made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Gillespie made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Pougher (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 37
--> ME Younger achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Lincolnshire first innings (previous best was 3-68)
--> G Robinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Northumberland second innings (previous best was 2-23)

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On the first day rain stopped play for 132 minutes when Lincolnshire were 41/1 and again with 32 minutes to play