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| Venue | Trentham Road, Stoke-on-Trent on 30th June, 1st July 1981 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Durham won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Staffordshire 1; Durham 3 |
| Umpires | NT Plews, MJ Sheehy |
| Scorers | B Hunt (Durham), D Sherratt (Staffordshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Staffordshire (1) 177/8 (Hancock 27*; 59.3 overs) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c Marshall b Flower | 66 | 127 | 138 | 11 | 1 | |
| IM Richards | c Griffiths b Brookes | 3 | 17 | 22 | - | - | |
| PW Romaines | retired hurt | 24 | 56 | 80 | 3 | 1 | |
| Wasim Raja | c Warner b Blank | 75 | 65 | 78 | 12 | 1 | |
| *NA Riddell | c Gill b Blank | 0 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| S Greensword | not out | 20 | 44 | 51 | 2 | 1 | |
| BL Cairns | b Phillips | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| PJ Crane | not out | 9 | 14 | 14 | - | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 6 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 206 minutes, 55 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-117, 3-146, 4-187, 5-199 | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brookes | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Phillips | 18 | 3 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Blank | 19 | 3 | 85 | 2 | - | - | |
| Flower | 10 | 3 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ND Croft | c Cairns b Greensword | 14 | 47 | 62 | 3 | - | |
| PN Gill | c Crane b Johnston | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| GS Warner | c Romaines b Greensword | 12 | 41 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| PA Marshall | c Mercer b Johnston | 12 | 32 | 34 | 2 | - | |
| NA Phillips | c Atkinson b Wasim Raja | 47 | 80 | 95 | 8 | - | |
| NJ Archer | c Richards b Wasim Raja | 35 | 74 | 86 | 6 | - | |
| *DA Hancock | not out | 27 | 42 | 50 | 4 | 1 | |
| +A Griffiths | c Greensword b Wasim Raja | 12 | 34 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| S Brookes | lbw b Greensword | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| DC Blank | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 11 lb, 1 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 208 minutes, 59.3 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-23, 3-31, 4-53, 5-126, 6-138, 7-168, 8-177 (59.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 13 | 2 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 11 | 1 | 34 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Greensword | 25.3 | 8 | 60 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Wasim Raja | 10 | 1 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c Griffiths b Flower | 56 | 94 | 96 | 8 | 1 | |
| IM Richards | not out | 100 | 146 | 169 | 13 | - | |
| *NA Riddell | not out | 42 | 70 | 72 | 6 | 2 | |
| Wasim Raja | did not bat | ||||||
| S Greensword | did not bat | ||||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Crane | did not bat | ||||||
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Romaines | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 nb, 6 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 169 minutes, 50.5 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-117 (Atkinson) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brookes | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Phillips | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blank | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Flower | 10 | 3 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 16.5 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 5 | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ND Croft | b Crane | 58 | 131 | 124 | 8 | 1 | |
| PN Gill | c Riddell b Wasim Raja | 16 | 63 | 80 | 3 | - | |
| GS Warner | c Cairns b Greensword | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| PA Marshall | c sub (J Sibbring) b Wasim Raja | 15 | 51 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| NA Phillips | st Mercer b Greensword | 34 | 60 | 51 | 1 | 3 | |
| NJ Archer | c Mercer b Greensword | 31 | 49 | 50 | 5 | 1 | |
| *DA Hancock | b Johnston | 5 | 20 | 29 | - | - | |
| +A Griffiths | c sub (J Sibbring) b Greensword | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| S Brookes | not out | 13 | 42 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| DC Blank | not out | 8 | 46 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| RW Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 5 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 246 minutes, 77 overs) | 190 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62, 2-62, 3-92, 4-102, 5-141, 6-166, 7-168, 8-168 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 9 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Wasim Raja | 30 | 7 | 89 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Greensword | 19 | 8 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Crane | 12 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 214-5
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 158-6
--> Wasim Raja (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 72
--> IM Richards (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IM Richards (2) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> S Greensword reached 250 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Staffordshire second innings
--> PW Romaines retired hurt in the Durham first innings having scored 24 (team score 85/1) (injured hand)
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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