minc7958	Durham v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Park Drive, Hartlepool on 17th, 18th August 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 9 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Staffordshire 0
Umpires	S Levison, D Norton
Scorers	AD Reed (Durham), D Sherratt (Staffordshire)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 188/7 (Thomas 12*, Kippax 10*; 48 overs)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Warner	b Cairns	4	20	18	-	-
NA Hodgkinson	st Mercer b Cairns	27	65	82	2	-
RG Allison	lbw b Johnston	0	5	7	-	-
NA Phillips	b Cairns	13	25	25	1	-
NJ Archer	c Wasim Raja b Greensword	46	80	93	6	1
*DA Hancock	c Romaines b Kippax	8	42	36	-	-
GRS Hall	b Greensword	0	8	9	-	-
+A Griffiths	c Mercer b Kippax	3	30	29	-	-
N Penton	b Cairns	37	49	53	5	-
S Brookes	b Greensword	5	13	20	1	-
RI James	not out	0	19	19	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 200 minutes, 58.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-39, 4-71, 5-98, 6-102, 7-109, 8-119, 9-140, 10-154 (58.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	16.3	6	32	4	-	5
Johnston	9	2	33	1	-	-
Greensword	20	5	48	3	-	-
Kippax	13	4	30	2	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Warner b Brookes	0	2	3	-	-
SR Atkinson	b Brookes	16	26	45	3	-
S Greensword	c Phillips b Brookes	31	85	97	4	-
Wasim Raja	b James	4	8	17	1	-
*NA Riddell	b Penton	63	76	100	7	2
AS Patel	b Phillips	21	35	50	3	-
C Thomas	not out	12	36	50	1	-
BL Cairns	b Phillips	13	11	11	1	-
PJ Kippax	not out	10	18	27	1	-
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 203 minutes, 48 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-44, 4-81, 5-146, 6-152, 7-171

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	18	3	64	3	1	5
James	14	1	42	1	-	1
Phillips	11	0	39	2	-	3
Penton	5	0	25	1	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Warner	c Mercer b Johnston	3	12	14	-	-
NA Hodgkinson	b Cairns	8	12	20	2	-
RG Allison	run out	40	93	110	6	-
NA Phillips	b Cairns	0	1	1	-	-
NJ Archer	c Wasim Raja b Johnston	0	2	4	-	-
*DA Hancock	c Johnston b Greensword	17	54	59	2	-
GRS Hall	c Patel b Wasim Raja	1	28	24	-	-
+A Griffiths	lbw b Wasim Raja	0	28	21	-	-
N Penton	c Thomas b Johnston	55	77	70	8	-
S Brookes	lbw b Cairns	13	43	51	1	-
RI James	not out	0	8	11	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 197 minutes, 59.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-13, 4-14, 5-60, 6-68, 7-71, 8-74, 9-137, 10-143 (59.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	13	0	55	3	-	1
Johnston	9.3	3	18	3	-	-
Greensword	7	3	4	1	-	-
Kippax	17	8	20	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	13	4	40	2	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Hancock b Brookes	0	4	4	-	-
SR Atkinson	not out	77	63	78	12	2
S Greensword	not out	27	55	73	4	-
Wasim Raja	did not bat
*NA Riddell	did not bat
AS Patel	did not bat
C Thomas	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
PJ Kippax	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 78 minutes, 19.3 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Romaines)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	6	1	18	1	-	5
James	5	1	25	0	-	-
Hall	2	0	28	0	-	-
Phillips	3	0	15	0	-	-
Penton	2	0	6	0	-	-
Archer	1	0	10	0	-	-
Warner	0.3	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 145-9
--> RG Allison made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> N Penton made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Riddell (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AS Patel (1) equalled his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt