misc103795	Shropshire v Gentlemen of Cheshire
	Other matches in England 1897
Venue	The County Ground, Frankwell, Shrewsbury on 26th, 27th July 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Gentlemen of Cheshire won by 7 wickets
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Bridgeman	c Needham b Brelsford	14
JP Heywood-Lonsdale	b Brelsford	30
CLS Elwell	not out	23
HD Corbet	b Smith	37
AH Thursby-Pelham	b Brelsford	5
WH Griffiths	c Headlam b Brelsford	0
H Thursby	c Roberts b Needham	21
JH Hanmer-Jones	c Toler b Needham	17
CJ Hyslop	lbw b Brelsford	0
WD Durant	c and b Brelsford	3
RAS Eyton	b Needham	1
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-51, 3-93, 4-98, 5-98, 6-139, 7-159, 8-159, 9-163, 10-164 (76.4 ov)

Gentlemen of Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23	6	50	1	-	-
Wright	9	3	16	0	-	-
Needham	16.4	6	42	3	-	-
Brelsford	28	14	43	6	-	-

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Gentlemen of Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RL Crankshaw	b Griffiths	9
J Wright	c Eyton b Griffiths	0
RA Roberts	c Hyslop b Griffiths	27
A Smith	lbw b Durant	15
HR Headlam	c Eyton b Griffiths	6
E Needham	c Thursby b Griffiths	111
FW Toler	c Corbet b Thursby	4
J Brelsford	b Heywood-Lonsdale	24
R Page	b Bridgeman	14
JR Armitstead	not out	30
RH Percival	b Griffiths	0
Extras	(16 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-41, 4-67, 5-67, 6-79, 7-126, 8-151, 9-259, 10-259 (81.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	33.4	8	67	6	-	-
Corbet	14	2	52	0	-	-
Hyslop	10	3	27	0	-	-
Bridgeman	5	0	23	1	-	-
Elwell	4	0	14	0	-	-
Durant	4	1	11	1	-	-
Thursby	4	1	17	1	-	-
Heywood-Lonsdale	6	0	21	1	-	-
Thursby-Pelham	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Bridgeman	c Needham b Roberts	13
JP Heywood-Lonsdale	b Smith	1
CLS Elwell	c Smith b Brelsford	41
HD Corbet	c Roberts b Brelsford	31
AH Thursby-Pelham	lbw b Roberts	5
WH Griffiths	b Roberts	0
H Thursby	b Roberts	0
JH Hanmer-Jones	b Brelsford	25
CJ Hyslop	b Brelsford	0
WD Durant	b Smith	7
RAS Eyton	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-56, 3-75, 4-81, 5-81, 6-81, 7-115, 8-121, 9-134, 10-136 (59.3 ov)

Gentlemen of Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	7	20	2	-	-
Wright	4	0	18	0	-	-
Needham	12	4	17	0	-	-
Brelsford	18.3	3	57	4	-	-
Roberts	7	4	7	4	-	-
Page	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Roberts	c Hyslop b Griffiths	11
JR Armitstead	b Corbet	13
HR Headlam	c and b Griffiths	5
RL Crankshaw	not out	4
A Smith	not out	10
J Wright	did not bat
E Needham	did not bat
FW Toler	did not bat
J Brelsford	did not bat
R Page	did not bat
RH Percival	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 17.1 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-29, 3-31

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	9	3	26	2	-	-
Corbet	8.1	2	17	1	-	-

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