minc7383	Durham v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1976
Venue	Grangefield Road, Stockton-on-Tees on 12th, 13th July 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 9 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Shropshire 0
Umpires	S Levison, GD Newport
Scorers	WA Brownley (Shropshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 189/3 (Riddell 48, Turnbull 23; 45 overs)

Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Harland b Wilkinson	59	126	136	3	-
E Marsh	b Wilkinson	13	40	59	1	-
+GR Cass	run out	41	88	92	5	-
BJ Perry	b O'Sullivan	7	18	20	-	-
PW Gough	run out	7	14	19	1	-
RL Burton	c O'Sullivan b Wilkinson	4	26	23	1	-
SC Gale	c Wilkinson b O'Sullivan	10	52	58	-	-
JP Dawson	lbw b O'Connor	18	40	35	1	-
JA Smith	c Amarnath b O'Sullivan	15	21	23	3	-
DH Breakwell	not out	13	6	9	1	1
*GV Othen	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 241 minutes, 71.3 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-116, 3-124, 4-129, 5-140, 6-141, 7-169, 8-173, 9-200 (71.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	20	3	36	3	-	-
Cook	14	2	60	0	-	2
O'Connor	15	3	42	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	22.3	7	49	3	-	-

Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	c Marsh b Dawson	62	104	131	9	-
SR Atkinson	lbw b Othen	27	41	51	3	-
M Amarnath	c Cass b Breakwell	22	26	26	3	-
*NA Riddell	c Johnson b Breakwell	61	111	134	7	1
KB Turnbull	c Othen b Smith	37	58	78	6	-
RAD Mercer	not out	16	16	24	3	-
DR O'Sullivan	b Breakwell	0	3	1	-	-
+T Harland	not out	10	17	20	1	-
RT O'Connor	did not bat
R Cook	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 235 minutes, 62 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-78, 3-140, 4-214, 5-218, 6-219

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	22	2	76	3	-	4
Smith	18	4	75	1	-	-
Othen	12	1	42	1	-	-
Dawson	7	1	28	1	-	-
Perry	3	1	14	0	-	-

Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Mercer b Wilkinson	0	1	1	-	-
E Marsh	c and b Cook	2	12	15	-	-
+GR Cass	c Harland b Wilkinson	25	60	51	3	-
PW Gough	c Harland b O'Connor	29	81	94	2	-
RL Burton	c Amarnath b O'Sullivan	0	14	10	-	-
SC Gale	not out	19	78	87	1	-
BJ Perry	c Cook b O'Sullivan	3	3	4	-	-
JP Dawson	b O'Connor	3	14	10	-	-
JA Smith	lbw b Cook	4	23	25	1	-
*GV Othen	c Harland b Cook	4	5	6	1	-
DH Breakwell	c O'Connor b Cook	0	4	2	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 162 minutes, 49 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-41, 4-42, 5-61, 6-64, 7-70, 8-86, 9-92, 10-92 (49 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	15	6	33	2	-	-
Cook	8	3	21	4	-	1
O'Sullivan	16	8	14	2	1	-
O'Connor	10	3	21	2	-	-

Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	c Cass b Breakwell	6	11	18	1	-
SR Atkinson	not out	20	42	48	1	-
M Amarnath	not out	14	25	29	-	1
*NA Riddell	did not bat
KB Turnbull	did not bat
RAD Mercer	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
+T Harland	did not bat
RT O'Connor	did not bat
R Cook	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 48 minutes, 12.5 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Greenshields)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	6.5	0	32	1	-	1
Smith	6	3	8	0	-	-

Notes
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 146-6
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 210-3
--> RT O'Connor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> E Marsh made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DH Breakwell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 13 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SR Atkinson (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> R Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire second innings (previous best was 3-33)

Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt