minc7483	Shropshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Audley Avenue, Newport on 4th, 5th July 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Shropshire 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	MJ Sheehy, GA Wenman
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Ikin	22
JP Dawson	run out	72
BJ Perry	c Warner b Flower	5
RL Burton	c Collis b Gill	20
+GR Cass	c and b Ikin	7
*DNF Slade	b Dodd	37
SJ Mason	b Flower	19
MA Meman	c Dawson b Dodd	1
JA Smith	not out	16
AS Barnard	not out	0
DH Breakwell	did not bat
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 89.1 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-80, 3-112, 4-131, 5-138, 6-182, 7-195, 8-206

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dodd	7	0	20	2	-	-
Bagley	5	0	22	0	-	-
Flower	32	13	65	2	-	-
Ikin	36	11	56	2	-	-
Gill	6	3	14	1	-	-
Nicholls	3.1	0	22	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Cass b Meman	19
PN Gill	lbw b Slade	34
MJ Ikin	c Johnson b Meman	5
GS Warner	c Johnson b Slade	13
SJ Dawson	b Meman	4
PG Collis	run out	13
+MR Green	b Meman	5
DG Nicholls	st Cass b Meman	0
RW Flower	b Barnard	28
B Dodd	c Slade b Breakwell	14
PR Bagley	not out	4
Extras	(17 b)	17
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-43, 3-65, 4-70, 5-86, 6-102, 7-102, 8-107, 9-146, 10-156 (94 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	10	2	25	1	-	-
Smith	4	2	10	0	-	-
Meman	36	16	57	5	-	-
Slade	37	20	37	2	-	-
Dawson	2	1	1	0	-	-
Barnard	5	1	9	1	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Ikin	50
JP Dawson	c Green b Nicholls	37
BJ Perry	c Ikin b Nicholls	13
RL Burton	c Green b Dodd	1
+GR Cass	c Green b Nicholls	0
*DNF Slade	lbw b Ikin	4
SJ Mason	c Green b Dodd	5
MA Meman	not out	4
JA Smith	b Ikin	6
AS Barnard	not out	2
DH Breakwell	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 46.4 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-84, 3-88, 4-107, 5-108, 6-117, 7-120, 8-120

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dodd	7.4	2	22	2	-	-
Bagley	5	1	19	0	-	-
Nicholls	16	2	50	3	-	-
Ikin	18	4	31	3	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	lbw b Barnard	36
PN Gill	c and b Breakwell	5
MJ Ikin	not out	1
GS Warner	c Smith b Barnard	10
SJ Dawson	lbw b Meman	18
PG Collis	b Meman	1
+MR Green	lbw b Smith	4
DG Nicholls	c Breakwell b Smith	0
RW Flower	b Smith	0
B Dodd	not out	0
PR Bagley	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 48.5 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-53, 3-55, 4-72, 5-81, 6-86, 7-86, 8-86

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	11.5	4	29	1	-	-
Smith	10	7	10	3	-	-
Meman	17	10	16	2	-	-
Slade	5	3	2	0	-	-
Barnard	5	2	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Meman made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PG Collis made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Burton (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
--> B Dodd (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MA Meman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire first innings
--> JA Smith reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Staffordshire second innings

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