minc7879	Staffordshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-on-Trent on 3rd, 4th June 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Shropshire 3
Umpires	MV Panting, RT Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Williamson	c Mellor b Nicholls	6
JS Johnson	c Marshall b Webster	65
J Foster	c Griffiths b Webster	10
DS de Silva	b Webster	70
VA Holder	b Webster	34
SC Gale	c Phillips b Webster	4
BJ Perry	not out	19
+GR Cass	b Webster	3
JP Dawson	run out	2
PL Ranells	not out	0
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 55 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-147, 4-168, 5-178, 6-202, 7-214, 8-219

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	21	3	82	6	-	-
Nicholls	12	3	41	1	-	-
Phillips	20	1	70	0	-	-
Mellor	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	lbw b Smith	2
PN Gill	b Smith	2
GS Warner	c Johnson b Holder	6
PA Marshall	b de Silva	35
NA Phillips	c and b Ranells	63
NJ Archer	c Perry b Holder	38
*DA Hancock	b Smith	32
DG Nicholls	not out	10
AJ Webster	not out	5
+A Griffiths	did not bat
AJ Mellor	did not bat
Extras		23
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-11, 3-19, 4-109, 5-121, 6-189, 7-203

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	16	6	57	2	-	-
Smith	14	1	39	3	-	-
de Silva	14	1	45	1	-	-
Perry	7	0	24	0	-	-
Ranells	4	0	15	1	-	-
Dawson	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Williamson	c Archer b Marshall	62
JS Johnson	c Mellor b Phillips	108
J Foster	b Nicholls	4
DS de Silva	lbw b Marshall	13
VA Holder	not out	17
SC Gale	not out	37
BJ Perry	did not bat
+GR Cass	did not bat
JP Dawson	did not bat
PL Ranells	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras		21
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-153, 2-161, 3-187, 4-202

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	10	2	26	0	-	-
Phillips	12	2	44	1	-	-
Marshall	20	4	50	2	-	-
Nicholls	16	0	71	1	-	-
Mellor	6	0	50	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	run out	12
PN Gill	lbw b Smith	0
GS Warner	lbw b Smith	4
PA Marshall	c Cass b Holder	10
NA Phillips	b Holder	22
NJ Archer	not out	73
*DA Hancock	c Ranells b de Silva	25
DG Nicholls	not out	2
AJ Webster	did not bat
+A Griffiths	did not bat
AJ Mellor	did not bat
Extras		19
Total	(6 wickets, 54 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-6, 3-25, 4-50, 5-61, 6-128

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	19	4	58	2	-	-
Smith	14	7	28	2	-	-
de Silva	15	4	55	1	-	-
Dawson	6	3	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VA Holder made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Phillips made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Mellor made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DS de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NJ Archer (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 19
--> NJ Archer (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AJ Webster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire first innings (previous best was 1-24)
--> AJ Webster achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire first innings

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