minc7580	Shropshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	London Road, Shrewsbury on 26th, 27th June 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Shropshire 1; Staffordshire 3
Umpires	R Burrows, GA Wenman
Close of play day 1

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Meman b Slade	78
PN Gill	c Ranells b Meman	18
TA Pearsall	c and b Ranells	52
Nasim-ul-Ghani	b Smith	33
MR Hill	b Ranells	26
JD Moore	b Smith	2
MJ Ikin	not out	0
+MR Green	not out	3
DG Nicholls	did not bat
BD Gessner	did not bat
R Boothroyd	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-128, 3-186, 4-226, 5-230, 6-230

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	1	48	2	-	-
Ranells	11	1	39	2	-	-
Sethi	3	0	22	0	-	-
Perry	3	0	15	0	-	-
Slade	16	5	38	1	-	-
Meman	15	3	50	1	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DNF Slade	c Moore b Ikin	96
JS Johnson	c Gill b Nasim-ul-Ghani	32
JP Dawson	c Gessner b Nasim-ul-Ghani	8
RL Burton	run out	8
+GR Cass	c Gill b Nasim-ul-Ghani	4
SC Gale	c Nicholls b Ikin	12
RK Sethi	c Gill b Nasim-ul-Ghani	0
BJ Perry	c and b Nasim-ul-Ghani	17
MA Meman	st Green b Ikin	0
JA Smith	run out	0
PL Ranells	not out	8
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-63, 3-87, 4-117, 5-125, 6-159, 7-174, 8-?, 9-?, 10-193 (53.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	5	1	18	0	-	-
Boothroyd	12	1	34	0	-	-
Nicholls	2	0	7	0	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	20	0	75	5	-	-
Ikin	14.1	1	51	3	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Slade b Dawson	46
PN Gill	c Gale b Ranells	8
TA Pearsall	b Slade	14
Nasim-ul-Ghani	b Meman	29
MR Hill	c Cass b Slade	7
JD Moore	b Meman	21
MJ Ikin	c Johnson b Meman	28
+MR Green	not out	22
DG Nicholls	not out	19
BD Gessner	did not bat
R Boothroyd	did not bat
Extras	(17 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 83.2 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-63, 3-87, 4-117, 5-125, 6-159, 7-174

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	6	1	16	0	-	-
Ranells	8.2	3	24	1	-	-
Slade	33	11	60	2	-	-
Meman	22	8	52	3	-	-
Dawson	14	4	42	1	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DNF Slade	b Gessner	1
JS Johnson	c Moore b Nasim-ul-Ghani	32
JP Dawson	c Moore b Ikin	15
RL Burton	c Moore b Nasim-ul-Ghani	18
+GR Cass	not out	27
SC Gale	not out	18
RK Sethi	did not bat
BJ Perry	did not bat
MA Meman	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
PL Ranells	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 54.3 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	7.3	0	31	1	-	-
Boothroyd	6	2	10	0	-	-
Nicholls	6	1	21	0	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	15	9	21	2	-	-
Ikin	17	9	20	1	-	-
Gill	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MR Hill (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MJ Ikin reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Shropshire second innings

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