minc8288	Staffordshire v Northumberland
	Minor Counties Championship 1985 (Eastern Division)
Venue	Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 10th, 11th July 1985 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northumberland won by 5 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 0; Northumberland 10
Umpires	JE Lawton, C Smith
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 172/6

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Cartledge	b Arrowsmith	44
PA Marshall	c Storey b Arrowsmith	9
*NJ Archer	not out	41
SJ Dean	b Graham	0
JA Waterhouse	c Storey b Graham	6
+A Griffiths	c Storey b Graham	15
MJ Ikin	b Graham	0
AJ Webster	b Younger	44
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
MEW Brooker	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-61, 3-62, 4-70, 5-100, 6-100, 7-169 (63 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	11	4	16	0
Darling	10	4	29	0
Graham	18	4	39	4
Arrowsmith	21	6	60	2
Younger	3	1	18	1

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Halliday	c Griffiths b Brooker	6
K Pearson	b Flower	42
PG Ingham	c Griffiths b Webster	7
GR Morris	lbw b Ikin	41
KC Williams	not out	57
*ME Younger	b Ikin	0
PG Cormack	lbw b Ikin	0
+B Storey	not out	10
PC Graham	did not bat
IW Darling	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-24, 3-105, 4-105, 5-121, 6-125

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	13	4	28	1
Brooker	10	3	19	1
Blank	10	0	42	0
Flower	15	4	55	1
Ikin	9	3	22	3

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Cartledge	b Arrowsmith	29
PA Marshall	st Storey b Halliday	23
*NJ Archer	not out	50
SJ Dean	c Morris b Graham	31
JA Waterhouse	not out	25
+A Griffiths	did not bat
MJ Ikin	did not bat
AJ Webster	did not bat
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
MEW Brooker	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb)	15
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-69, 3-136

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	7	4	3	0	-	-
Graham	19	5	50	1	-	-
Darling	7	0	23	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	18	4	50	1	-	-
Halliday	8	2	32	1	-	-

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Northumberland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Halliday	run out	54
K Pearson	c Waterhouse b Webster	4
PG Ingham	lbw b Flower	16
GR Morris	c Griffiths b Blank	41
KC Williams	not out	24
*ME Younger	c Cartledge b Webster	3
R Arrowsmith	not out	2
PG Cormack	did not bat
+B Storey	did not bat
PC Graham	did not bat
IW Darling	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	27
Total	(5 wickets, 43.4 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-59, 3-114, 4-156, 5-169

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	11.4	1	40	2
Brooker	7	2	16	0
Blank	13	4	46	1
Flower	9	3	33	1
Ikin	3	0	19	0

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Notes
--> JA Waterhouse made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> B Storey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Webster (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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On the second day rain stopped play for 75 minutes in the afternoon