minc7651	Shropshire v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	The Burway, Ludlow on 19th, 20th August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Shropshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Shropshire 10; Dorset 0
Umpires	R Burrows, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RV Lewis	run out	0
TJ Murrills	c Cass b Ranells	1
VB Lewis	c Johnson b Smith	11
ME Beale	lbw b Smith	2
*DR Hayward	c Meman b Ranells	13
CA Graham	b Smith	8
+MR Wiseman	b Barnard	32
RS Herman	c Stephan b Sethi	4
CW Allen	c and b Barnard	19
WA Kempton	b Barnard	2
A Evans	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 33.3 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-4, 4-28, 5-33, 6-42, 7-53, 8-91, 9-98, 10-102 (33.3 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14	1	39	3	-	-
Ranells	11	1	33	2	-	-
Sethi	4	2	10	1	-	-
Barnard	4.3	1	12	3	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Herman b Allen	51
MR Thornycroft	c Allen b Herman	82
SC Gale	lbw b Kempton	26
*+GR Cass	c Allen b Graham	38
MA Meman	st Wiseman b Allen	5
JA Smith	lbw b Allen	7
JP Dawson	lbw b Allen	0
RK Sethi	not out	17
PL Ranells	c Evans b Allen	4
CJ Stephan	did not bat
AS Barnard	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 92.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-140, 3-208, 4-217, 5-219, 6-223, 7-236, 8-250 (92.4 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	29	7	79	1	-	-
Evans	15	6	30	0	-	-
Allen	35.4	14	76	5	-	-
Kempton	9	2	28	1	-	-
RV Lewis	1	1	0	0	-	-
Hayward	1	0	10	0	-	-
Graham	2	0	7	1	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RV Lewis	c Cass b Meman	91
TJ Murrills	c Cass b Smith	13
VB Lewis	c Johnson b Smith	67
ME Beale	c Meman b Barnard	5
*DR Hayward	c Cass b Meman	9
CA Graham	c Johnson b Meman	8
+MR Wiseman	lbw b Smith	36
RS Herman	c Stephan b Smith	57
CW Allen	b Barnard	1
WA Kempton	not out	5
A Evans	b Smith	8
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-168, 3-181, 4-190, 5-197, 6-214, 7-261, 8-262, 9-300, 10-308 (84.5 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	21.5	4	85	5	-	-
Ranells	11	2	47	0	-	-
Sethi	5	1	19	0	-	-
Barnard	25	10	41	2	-	-
Meman	22	3	108	3	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Wiseman b Herman	53
JP Dawson	b Herman	57
MA Meman	lbw b Herman	15
*+GR Cass	c Beale b Allen	3
RK Sethi	not out	16
JA Smith	not out	9
MR Thornycroft	did not bat
SC Gale	did not bat
PL Ranells	did not bat
CJ Stephan	did not bat
AS Barnard	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 37.3 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-118, 3-129, 4-147

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	19	3	69	3	-	-
Evans	3	1	26	0	-	-
Allen	15.3	1	58	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DR Hayward (1) passed 3500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> MR Thornycroft (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RV Lewis (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 37
--> MR Wiseman (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RS Herman (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CW Allen reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Shropshire second innings

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