minc8001	Shropshire v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1982
Venue	Orleton Park, Wellington on 7th, 8th July 1982 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Shropshire 3; Cheshire 1
Umpires	D Fawkner-Corbett, JE Lawton
Close of play day 1

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	b Gemmell	24
J Foster	c Pickup b Gemmell	11
BJR Jones	run out	67
DS de Silva	c Gemmell b O'Brien	109
SP Henderson	st Pickup b O'Brien	18
SC Gale	not out	4
BJ Perry	did not bat
PL Ranells	did not bat
JP Dawson	did not bat
DJ Ashley	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras		26
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 50.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-53, 3-214, 4-254, 5-259 (50.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	22	4	86	2	-	-
Wundke	9	3	27	0	-	-
Watkinson	8	0	34	0	-	-
Hitchmough	2	0	15	0	-	-
Rodger	8	2	27	0	-	-
O'Brien	1.4	1	44	2	-	-

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Varey	c Ashley b de Silva	32
PA Tipton	c Johnson b de Silva	13
RMO Cooke	c and b Dawson	29
SC Wundke	st Ashley b de Silva	10
NT O'Brien	st Ashley b de Silva	19
JS Hitchmough	b de Silva	6
KR Harris	c Jones b de Silva	9
M Watkinson	c Jones b Dawson	4
RG Rodger	lbw b de Silva	4
IJ Gemmell	c Ranells b de Silva	3
JK Pickup	not out	2
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-54, 3-76, 4-90, 5-101, 6-124, 7-129, 8-133, 9-133, 10-142 (65.2 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	8	3	11	0	-	-
Ranells	4	0	22	0	-	-
Perry	11	3	19	0	-	-
de Silva	26.2	13	41	8	-	-
Dawson	16	5	38	2	-	-

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Cheshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Varey	c and b Dawson	30
PA Tipton	b Smith	18
RMO Cooke	c Dawson b de Silva	13
SC Wundke	st Ashley b Dawson	9
NT O'Brien	lbw b de Silva	56
JS Hitchmough	lbw b Perry	27
KR Harris	lbw b Perry	13
M Watkinson	lbw b Dawson	31
RG Rodger	c Ashley b de Silva	7
IJ Gemmell	b Dawson	0
JK Pickup	not out	0
Extras		34
Total	(all out, 110.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-65, 3-74, 4-79, 5-116, 6-175, 7-209, 8-232, 9-238, 10-238 (110.1 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14	5	26	1	-	-
Ranells	5	0	20	0	-	-
Perry	20	13	14	2	-	-
de Silva	34.1	12	72	3	-	-
Dawson	35	14	67	4	-	-
Jones	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	run out	13
J Foster	not out	4
BJR Jones	run out	3
DS de Silva	b Gemmell	4
SP Henderson	run out	6
SC Gale	lbw b Gemmell	9
BJ Perry	not out	2
PL Ranells	c Wundke b Cooke	2
JP Dawson	did not bat
DJ Ashley	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(6 wickets, 17 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-22, 3-29, 4-32, 5-41, 6-42

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gemmell	5	0	22	2	-	-
Rodger	2	1	1	0	-	-
O'Brien	4	0	14	0	-	-
Cooke	3	2	4	1	-	-
Tipton	2	2	0	0	-	-
Harris	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SP Henderson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DW Varey made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SC Wundke made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DS de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DS de Silva (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DS de Silva (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 66
--> RG Rodger (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DS de Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Cheshire first innings (previous best was 7-62)
--> DS de Silva reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Cheshire first innings

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