minc7531	Somerset Second XI v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 9th August 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset Second XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset Second XI won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset Second XI 10; Shropshire 3
Umpires	RG Evans, GC Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Gard b Marks	9
JP Dawson	c Clapp b Marks	18
SC Gale	b Marks	4
RL Burton	c Russom b Jennings	46
DNF Slade	lbw b Burgess	5
GR Cass	c Gard b Marks	14
RK Sethi	lbw b Jennings	10
BJ Perry	c Gard b Jennings	9
JW Swinburne	b Marks	9
JA Smith	not out	10
RT Tudor	b Marks	0
Extras		22
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Johnson), 2-31 (Dawson), 3-? (Gale), 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-156 (63 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	10	1	30	0	-	-
Clapp	3	2	4	0	-	-
Jennings	14	2	42	3	-	-
Marks	23	8	45	6	-	-
Burgess	11	10	1	1	-	-
Wagner	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GI Burgess	b Smith	16
M Olive	b Smith	5
PA Slocombe	lbw b Sethi	10
VJ Marks	c Cass b Sethi	15
JW Lloyds	c Slade b Sethi	0
N Russom	b Sethi	6
KF Jennings	c Cass b Sethi	1
AR Wagner	lbw b Sethi	6
T Gard	lbw b Smith	1
DR Gurr	c Slade b Smith	14
RJ Clapp	not out	2
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 30.3 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-83 (30.3 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15.3	6	38	4	-	-
Tudor	4	1	12	0	-	-
Sethi	11	1	26	6	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Slocombe b Lloyds	33
JP Dawson	b Russom	17
SC Gale	lbw b Lloyds	0
RL Burton	not out	55
DNF Slade	b Jennings	12
GR Cass	not out	44
BJ Perry	c Slocombe b Jennings	23
JW Swinburne	c Clapp b Marks	38
RK Sethi	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
RT Tudor	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-232

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	11	1	33	0	-	-
Clapp	14	2	52	0	-	-
Burgess	5	3	11	0	-	-
Marks	12	3	34	1	-	-
Jennings	12	4	26	2	-	-
Russom	4	1	22	1	-	-
Lloyds	11	3	30	2	-	-
Wagner	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GI Burgess	run out	94
M Olive	c Smith b Sethi	93
PA Slocombe	not out	49
VJ Marks	not out	60
JW Lloyds	did not bat
N Russom	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
AR Wagner	did not bat
T Gard	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
RJ Clapp	did not bat
Extras		12
Total	(2 wickets, 82.5 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-12

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18.5	5	65	0	-	-
Tudor	6	1	27	0	-	-
Sethi	16	0	68	1	-	-
Swinburne	14	2	41	0	-	-
Slade	12	2	36	0	-	-
Perry	13	1	56	0	-	-
Dawson	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VJ Marks made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Olive (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 92
--> RK Sethi achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Somerset Second XI first innings (previous best was 6-32)

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