misc103796	Shropshire v Free Foresters
	Other matches in England 1897
Venue	Park Hall, Oswestry on 2nd, 3rd August 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Shropshire won by 6 wickets
Close of play day 1

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Free Foresters first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hill	c Vernon b Corfield	9
DTM Jones	c Price b Corfield	14
HJ Stevenson	c Archer b Robinson	16
+J Burrough	c Robinson b Corfield	0
B Atkinson	not out	14
*WEW Collins	run out	2
HES Pocklington	b Robinson	4
JE Bulloch	b Robinson	0
AE Leatham	absent
C Toppin	absent
RE Foster	absent
Extras		9
Total	(all out)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-68

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corfield	?	?	?	3	-	-
Robinson	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Bridgeman	b Toppin	3
AFM Vernon	c Collins b Toppin	9
+AG Archer	c Foster b Collins	53
GE Robinson	st +Bulloch b Toppin	2
FDB Corfield	b Stevenson	26
AH Thursby-Pelham	b Stevenson	1
JP Heywood-Lonsdale	b Stevenson	0
AG Price	c and b Stevenson	8
JH Hanmer-Jones	c and b Stevenson	2
A Swainson	run out	6
AW Corrie	not out	8
Extras		4
Total	(all out)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-122

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Toppin	?	?	?	3	-	-
Collins	?	?	?	1	-	-
Stevenson	?	?	?	5	-	-

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Free Foresters second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hill	not out	25
DTM Jones	b Robinson	33
HJ Stevenson	b Price	3
+J Burrough	absent
B Atkinson	c Heywood-Lonsdale b Price	10
*WEW Collins	b Robinson	27
AE Leatham	b Robinson	32
C Toppin	c Robinson b Corfield	6
RE Foster	c Price b Corfield	18
HES Pocklington	c Heywood-Lonsdale b Corfield	5
JE Bulloch	b Robinson	1
Extras		10
Total	(all out)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-170

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Corfield	?	?	?	3	-	-
Robinson	?	?	?	4	-	-
Price	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Bridgeman	c sub b Collins	18
AFM Vernon	not out	53
+AG Archer	c Foster b Toppin	1
GE Robinson	b Toppin	6
FDB Corfield	c and b Stevenson	15
AH Thursby-Pelham	not out	16
JP Heywood-Lonsdale	did not bat
AG Price	did not bat
JH Hanmer-Jones	did not bat
A Swainson	did not bat
AW Corrie	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(4 wickets)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Free Foresters bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Toppin	?	?	?	2	-	-
Collins	?	?	?	1	-	-
Stevenson	?	?	?	1	-	-

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