minc7914	Cheshire v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	The Oval, Wallasey on 26th, 27th July 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Cheshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Cheshire 10; Shropshire 3
Umpires	JE Lawton, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	lbw b Gemmell	16
D Williamson	b Gemmell	14
CN Boyns	c Cooke b TJ Taylor	31
SC Gale	c Cooke b Iqbal Qasim	7
GR Cass	c Cowap b Iqbal Qasim	2
JBR Jones	b TJ Taylor	44
VA Holder	st Pickup b TJ Taylor	1
BJ Perry	c Harris b TJ Taylor	6
JP Dawson	c Gemmell b TJ Taylor	7
JA Smith	c Iqbal Qasim b Lawrence	44
AS Barnard	not out	0
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-39, 3-73, 4-79, 5-79, 6-86, 7-92, 8-102, 9-167, 10-181 (77.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	14	2	36	2	-	-
O'Brien	10	3	22	0	-	-
TJ Taylor	21.3	9	30	5	-	-
Iqbal Qasim	23	13	31	2	-	-
Lawrence	7	0	39	1	-	-
Sutton	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Lawrence	c Perry b Boyns	18
JA Sutton	b Holder	30
RMO Cooke	b Holder	32
NT O'Brien	c Johnson b Barnard	2
GM Taylor	not out	48
I Cowap	c Smith b Dawson	11
KR Harris	c Williamson b Holder	1
Iqbal Qasim	b Dawson	6
IJ Gemmell	not out	6
TJ Taylor	did not bat
JK Pickup	did not bat
Extras		17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-69, 3-72, 4-105, 5-127, 6-135, 7-146

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	19	8	42	3	-	-
Smith	6	1	27	0	-	-
Dawson	16	3	45	2	-	-
Boyns	9	4	13	1	-	-
Barnard	16	3	25	1	-	-
Perry	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Iqbal Qasim b Gemmell	5
D Williamson	b O'Brien	3
CN Boyns	c Pickup b Gemmell	8
SC Gale	c GM Taylor b Iqbal Qasim	4
GR Cass	c GM Taylor b Sutton	8
JBR Jones	b Gemmell	44
VA Holder	c GM Taylor b TJ Taylor	0
BJ Perry	c Cowap b TJ Taylor	22
JP Dawson	c Lawrence b TJ Taylor	14
JA Smith	lbw b Sutton	0
AS Barnard	not out	1
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 53.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-16, 3-17, 4-38, 5-53, 6-96, 7-96, 8-104, 9-104, 10-119 (53.5 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	11	4	24	3	-	-
O'Brien	7	5	3	1	-	-
TJ Taylor	14.5	1	40	3	-	-
Iqbal Qasim	13	7	29	1	-	-
Sutton	8	3	13	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Lawrence	c Cass b Boyns	9
JA Sutton	not out	45
RMO Cooke	not out	67
NT O'Brien	did not bat
GM Taylor	did not bat
I Cowap	did not bat
KR Harris	did not bat
Iqbal Qasim	did not bat
IJ Gemmell	did not bat
TJ Taylor	did not bat
JK Pickup	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(1 wicket, 34.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Lawrence)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	11	3	35	0	-	-
Smith	7	0	29	0	-	-
Dawson	5	1	20	0	-	-
Boyns	5	2	8	1	-	-
Barnard	2	1	6	0	-	-
Perry	3	0	12	0	-	-
Jones	1.5	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Harris made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Smith (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 4
--> GM Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JBR Jones (2) equalled his previous highest score of 44 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> TJ Taylor reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Shropshire second innings

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