minc7472	Staffordshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Gorway, Walsall on 8th, 9th June 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Staffordshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Staffordshire 10; Shropshire 3
Umpires	[unknown], R Bull
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	st Green b Flower	50
MR Thornycroft	lbw b Ikin	48
RL Burton	c Gill b Flower	0
GR Cass	c Dawson b Flower	21
SJ Mason	run out	3
SC Gale	lbw b Nicholls	24
BJ Perry	b Ikin	4
JW Swinburne	c Collis b Nicholls	24
JA Smith	c Gill b Nicholls	0
RT Tudor	not out	9
DH Breakwell	b Nicholls	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-84, 3-109, 4-120, 5-142, 6-148, 7-171, 8-171, 9-186, 10-189 (70.5 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dodd	7	2	25	0	-	-
Bagley	10	2	43	0	-	-
Nicholls	12.5	2	31	4	-	-
Flower	25	8	55	3	-	-
Ikin	16	6	29	2	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Tudor b Breakwell	31
PN Gill	c Perry b Breakwell	14
MJ Ikin	b Breakwell	9
GS Warner	not out	40
SJ Dawson	c Burton b Swinburne	0
PG Collis	c Mason b Swinburne	3
+MR Green	c Johnson b Swinburne	0
DG Nicholls	c Cass b Smith	8
RW Flower	c Swinburne b Smith	0
B Dodd	b Breakwell	4
PR Bagley	b Breakwell	4
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-50, 3-55, 4-60, 5-69, 6-69, 7-91, 8-91, 9-117, 10-123 (45 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	16	1	53	5	-	-
Smith	11	3	26	2	-	-
Swinburne	18	8	34	3	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Green b Bagley	9
MR Thornycroft	c Dawson b Dodd	0
RL Burton	c Flower b Bagley	4
GR Cass	c Collis b Nicholls	25
SJ Mason	c Dawson b Bagley	13
SC Gale	c Green b Dodd	2
BJ Perry	c Dodd b Nicholls	9
JA Smith	c Flower b Nicholls	8
RT Tudor	c Dodd b Nicholls	0
DH Breakwell	not out	0
JW Swinburne	absent hurt
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-15, 4-39, 5-42, 6-61, 7-72, 8-76, 9-76 (32.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dodd	13	3	34	2	-	-
Bagley	16	8	24	3	-	-
Nicholls	3.1	0	12	4	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Burton b Smith	42
PN Gill	c sub b Tudor	44
MJ Ikin	c and b Breakwell	5
GS Warner	c Thornycroft b Breakwell	1
SJ Dawson	c Smith b Breakwell	14
PG Collis	lbw b Smith	26
+MR Green	not out	5
DG Nicholls	not out	0
RW Flower	did not bat
B Dodd	did not bat
PR Bagley	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(6 wickets, 53.1 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-97, 3-100, 4-102, 5-141, 6-141

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	20	5	55	3	-	-
Smith	16.1	6	40	2	-	-
Tudor	7	2	20	1	-	-
Perry	10	2	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Dawson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PR Bagley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MR Thornycroft (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Cass (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> DG Nicholls achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire first innings (previous best was 3-3)
--> DG Nicholls achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire second innings (previous best was 4-31)

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