minc7691	Durham v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 9th, 10th July 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 7 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Shropshire 0
Umpires	DB Harrison, GI McLean
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), JA Jones (Shropshire)
Close of play day 1	Shropshire (1) 109/8 (Hulme 25*, McCurdy 14*; 58 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Cass b McCurdy	24	41	39	1	-
PW Romaines	b Barnard	33	91	120	3	-
S Greensword	lbw b Ranells	10	30	41	-	-
Wasim Raja	b Perry	22	23	28	3	-
NA Riddell	not out	61	76	102	8	-
PJ Kippax	c and b Barnard	6	13	10	-	-
BL Cairns	run out	28	35	40	4	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	33	24	40	5	-
*BR Lander	did not bat
SAB Daniels	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 213 minutes, 55 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-62, 3-94, 4-94, 5-100, 6-158

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCurdy	16	3	68	1	2	2
Ranells	19	4	83	1	-	-
Barnard	12	3	40	2	-	-
Perry	8	2	26	1	-	1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Mercer b Wilkinson	4	20	26	-	-
MR Thornycroft	run out	9	42	49	1	-
SJ Mason	b Wilkinson	0	4	5	-	-
*+GR Cass	c Mercer b Lander	7	19	27	1	-
SC Gale	c Mercer b Lander	4	5	4	1	-
MA Meman	c Greensword b Cairns	15	40	56	1	-
JA Hulme	not out	28	166	170	3	-
PL Ranells	run out	18	39	35	1	-
BJ Perry	b Kippax	3	9	10	-	-
RJ McCurdy	lbw b Wilkinson	14	33	42	2	-
AS Barnard	c Greensword b Kippax	9	30	30	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 231 minutes, 67.5 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-13, 3-20, 4-25, 5-26, 6-56, 7-84, 8-87, 9-110, 10-121 (67.5 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	19	11	26	3	-	-
Daniels	12	4	27	0	1	-
Lander	8	3	14	2	-	-
Cairns	15	4	28	1	-	-
Kippax	13.5	7	16	2	-	-

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Shropshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Kippax	54	264	250	4	-
MR Thornycroft	c Cairns b Wilkinson	17	37	41	3	-
SJ Mason	b Wilkinson	0	4	2	-	-
*+GR Cass	c Mercer b Cairns	9	33	34	2	-
SC Gale	lbw b Wilkinson	39	66	71	5	-
JA Hulme	lbw b Wilkinson	0	6	9	-	-
MA Meman	c Mercer b Greensword	11	30	29	-	-
PL Ranells	c Kippax b Cairns	8	30	25	2	-
BJ Perry	b Kippax	10	30	22	1	-
RJ McCurdy	b Wilkinson	11	25	26	2	-
AS Barnard	not out	1	8	15	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 266 minutes, 88.3 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-33, 3-45, 4-113, 5-113, 6-130, 7-148, 8-163, 9-164, 10-177 (88.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	18.3	5	37	5	1	-
Daniels	10	4	19	0	-	1
Cairns	29	8	83	2	-	1
Kippax	15	12	9	2	-	-
Lander	6	3	6	0	-	-
Greensword	10	7	6	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Cass b McCurdy	14	49	60	2	-
PW Romaines	c Cass b McCurdy	16	31	39	2	-
Wasim Raja	not out	27	36	48	3	-
NA Riddell	c Mason b McCurdy	0	2	2	-	-
PJ Kippax	not out	6	22	24	1	-
S Greensword	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
SAB Daniels	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 88 minutes, 23.1 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-50, 3-50

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCurdy	12	4	29	3	-	1
Ranells	8	2	17	0	-	-
Barnard	3.1	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 231-6
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 106-8
--> BL Cairns (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RAD Mercer (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 31

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt