minc7985	Shropshire v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1982
Venue	London Road, Shrewsbury on 7th, 8th June 1982 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Shropshire 3; Staffordshire 1
Umpires	MJ Sheehy, C Smith
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Williamson	lbw b Nicholls	9
*JS Johnson	lbw b Blank	53
JBR Jones	st Griffiths b Blank	82			6	2
DS de Silva	b Blank	50			5	-
J Foster	b Blank	7
PL Ranells	b Junkin	7
SC Gale	lbw b Junkin	0
BJ Perry	not out	15
BM Brain	not out	4
+DJ Ashley	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras		13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Williamson), 2-134 (Johnson), 3-197, 4-209, 5-216, 6-220, 7-221

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Junkin	15	1	51	2	-	-
Nicholls	9	0	47	1	-	-
Blank	18	4	49	4	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	9	0	42	0	-	-
Flower	5	0	38	0	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	lbw b de Silva	34
D Cartledge	c Perry b de Silva	25
NJ Archer	c Johnson b de Silva	15
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Gale b Perry	31
+A Griffiths	lbw b Perry	41
PW Junkin	c Williamson b Ranells	0
DG Nicholls	not out	31
DC Blank	lbw b Perry	13
RW Flower	c Williamson b de Silva	11
GS Warner	absent hurt
*PN Gill	absent hurt
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-61, 3-80, 4-140, 5-143, 6-175, 7-197, 8-219 (65.1 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	14	3	38	0	-	-
Smith	13	5	28	0	-	-
de Silva	18.1	2	75	4	-	-
Ranells	6	1	17	1	-	-
Perry	14	2	43	3	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Williamson	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Flower	43
*JS Johnson	c Croft b Flower	36
JBR Jones	st Griffiths b Mushtaq Mohammad	1
DS de Silva	c Archer b Flower	48
J Foster	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
PL Ranells	not out	21
SC Gale	c Griffiths b Mushtaq Mohammad	20
BJ Perry	not out	3
BM Brain	did not bat
+DJ Ashley	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-83, 3-97, 4-98, 5-151, 6-156

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Junkin	12	2	29	0	-	-
Nicholls	10	5	15	0	-	-
Flower	21	6	59	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	19.6	3	69	3	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Croft	c Ashley b Smith	3
D Cartledge	run out	31
NJ Archer	st Ashley b de Silva	19
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Williamson b Smith	21
+A Griffiths	lbw b de Silva	2
PW Junkin	not out	14
DG Nicholls	not out	8
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
GS Warner	did not bat
*PN Gill	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(5 wickets, 34 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-58, 3-62, 4-70, 5-86

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13	5	38	2	-	-
Ranells	4	2	10	0	-	-
de Silva	12	4	34	2	-	-
Perry	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BM Brain made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Ashley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DG Nicholls (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 14
--> DC Blank (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Gale (2) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> Mushtaq Mohammad made his debut for Staffordshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DC Blank achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire first innings (previous best was 2-41)

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Gill and Warner collided when both went for the same catch and neither took any further part in the match.
NJ Archer took over as Staffordshire captain.