minc5104	Northumberland v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1957
Venue	Osborne Avenue, Jesmond on 24th, 25th June 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northumberland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Staffordshire won by an innings and 19 runs
Points	Northumberland 0; Staffordshire 10
Umpires	JB Bowes, J Waddington
Close of play day 1	Northumberland (1) 85/3 (Shaw 53*, Clough 0*)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Butler	c Clough b Oakes	47
FR Bailey	c Shaw b Clayforth	120
DR Bean	lbw b Oakes	99
TA Whittaker	st Henderson b Clough	3
H Boon	not out	108
BS Crump	c Oakes b Clayforth	44
WR Smith	did not bat
*B Shardlow	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
CB Hayward	did not bat
+AD Giles	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	429
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-247, 3-253, 4-304, 5-429 (106 ov)

Northumberland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carr	15	3	62	0	-	-
Clayforth	24	5	105	2	-	-
Evans	25	6	80	0	-	-
Oakes	23	5	86	2	-	-
Pearson	10	1	43	0	-	-
Clough	3	0	13	1	-	-
Smith	6	0	32	0	-	-

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Northumberland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Shaw	run out	106
KD Smith	lbw b Higgs	13
JY Oakes	b Crump	4
R Jowsey	c and b Crump	12
*RG Clough	c Giles b Higgs	5
GK Knox	c Smith b Higgs	4
C Pearson	c Whittaker b Shardlow	37
+HB Henderson	c Smith b Shardlow	9
AC Evans	c Smith b Whittaker	0
DR Carr	not out	4
F Clayforth	run out	18
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-58, 3-78, 4-91, 5-121, 6-181, 7-199, 8-201, 9-201, 10-223 (70 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	20	5	59	3	-	-
Hayward	17	4	35	0	-	-
Crump	18	0	71	2	-	-
Whittaker	7	2	25	1	-	-
Shardlow	8	0	22	2	-	-

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Northumberland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PH Shaw	c Giles b Higgs	61
KD Smith	c Boon b Higgs	10
JY Oakes	c Smith b Higgs	24
R Jowsey	c Giles b Hayward	17
*RG Clough	c Higgs b Shardlow	35
GK Knox	b Hayward	0
C Pearson	c Boon b Higgs	16
+HB Henderson	c Smith b Higgs	11
AC Evans	c Giles b Shardlow	4
DR Carr	c Shardlow b Higgs	0
F Clayforth	not out	0
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-67, 3-92, 4-141, 5-141, 6-160, 7-182, 8-183, 9-187, 10-187 (62.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	23.1	3	58	6	-	-
Hayward	16	6	53	2	-	-
Crump	11	5	31	0	-	-
Whittaker	1	0	9	0	-	-
Shardlow	11	2	27	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DR Carr made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AC Evans made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DR Carr made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DR Bean (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Boon (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> H Boon (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> C Pearson (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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Staffordshire won off the first ball of the final over