minc8492	Norfolk v Staffordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1987 (Eastern Division)
Venue	County Ground, Lakenham on 3rd, 4th August 1987 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Norfolk won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Staffordshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Norfolk 0; Staffordshire 10
Umpires	P Adams, NP Atkins
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire (1) 156/4 (Oliver 37*, Archer 8*; 50 overs)
Player of the Match	JE Benjamin

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Norfolk first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SG Plumb	b Webster	5
+DE Mattocks	st Griffiths b Flower	96
J Whitehead	c Griffiths b Blank	25
DJ Williams	st Griffiths b Flower	37
KP Cooper	not out	5
RA Bunting	did not bat
JS Tate	did not bat
R Kingshott	did not bat
GM Roff	did not bat
DG Savage	did not bat
SN Waymouth	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-70, 3-175, 4-183 (70 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benjamin	12	2	40	0	-	-
Webster	17	2	50	1	-	-
Blank	16	4	44	1	-	-
Flower	25	6	41	2	-	-

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Dean	b Tate	29
D Cartledge	c Mattocks b Kingshott	64	81		4	2
JP Addison	b Bunting	5
DA Banks	lbw b Roff	3
PR Oliver	not out	37
NJ Archer	not out	8
JE Benjamin	did not bat
AJ Webster	did not bat
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
+A Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-100, 3-107, 4-137

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bunting	16	4	57	1	-	-
Tate	18	5	36	1	-	-
Kingshott	9	1	37	1	-	-
Roff	6	2	14	1	-	-
Plumb	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Norfolk second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SG Plumb	hit wkt b Benjamin	21
+DE Mattocks	c Cartledge b Webster	4
J Whitehead	c Griffiths b Benjamin	3
KP Cooper	c Griffiths b Benjamin	0
DG Savage	c Griffiths b Benjamin	0
SN Waymouth	b Webster	0
R Kingshott	not out	14
GM Roff	b Webster	0
RA Bunting	c Griffiths b Benjamin	14
JS Tate	lbw b Webster	5
DJ Williams	absent hurt
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 33.1 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-19, 4-20, 5-33, 6-33, 7-33, 8-54, 9-71 (33.1 ov)

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Benjamin	17	9	24	5	-	-
Webster	16.1	2	42	4	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Dean	b Tate	5
D Cartledge	c Savage b Bunting	8
JP Addison	b Roff	44
DA Banks	b Roff	23
PR Oliver	c Mattocks b Cooper	3
NJ Archer	not out	0
+A Griffiths	not out	12
JE Benjamin	did not bat
AJ Webster	did not bat
DC Blank	did not bat
RW Flower	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 30.3 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-31, 3-78, 4-85, 5-87

Norfolk bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bunting	10	3	36	1	-	-
Tate	7	1	19	1	-	-
Roff	8	4	21	2	-	-
Cooper	5.3	1	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Norfolk score at 55 overs in the first innings was 151-3
--> DG Savage made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DJ Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> D Cartledge (1) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 49
--> JE Benjamin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk second innings (previous best was 4-20)
--> JE Benjamin achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Norfolk second innings

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Man of the Match Adjudicator: BGW Stevens