minc9445	Dorset v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1998 (Western Division)
Venue	Dean Park, Bournemouth on 14th, 15th June 1998 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Dorset 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Shropshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Close of play day 1

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JJE Hardy	c Jones b Byram	113
+MG Miller	run out	7
TCZ Lamb	c WO Davies b Asif Din	4
M Swarbrick	c Mason b Byram	65
SWD Rintoul	c Byram b Asif Din	29
DR Miller	c Ralph b Mason	14
MT Chant	c Jones b Mason	9
ET Elliot-Square	lbw b Asif Din	7
VJ Pike	c Slade b Byram	14
SR Walbridge	c Turner b Byram	7
SM Forshaw	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 18 w)	28
Total	(all out, 111.1 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-41, 3-191, 4-225, 5-247, 6-249, 7-265, 8-267, 9-290, 10-298 (111.1 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mason	24	6	78	2	-	-
Asif Din	42	14	86	3	-	-
Slade	12	2	40	0	-	-
Byram	29.1	5	70	4	-	-
Ralph	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JV Anders	b Walbridge	2
*JBR Jones	c MG Miller b Elliot-Square	39
JT Ralph	c Elliot-Square b Forshaw	7
MR Davies	c Hardy b Pike	28
Asif Din	b Elliot-Square	0
MJ Turner	c Lamb b Walbridge	56
GL Home	c Lamb b Pike	0
+WO Davies	st MG Miller b Pike	23
AB Byram	lbw b Forshaw	7
LS Mason	not out	1
ND Slade	b Forshaw	1
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 6 w)	21
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-24, 3-94, 4-94, 5-102, 6-107, 7-157, 8-183, 9-183, 10-185 (72.3 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forshaw	13.3	4	20	3	-	-
Chant	4	1	8	0	-	-
Pike	23	4	73	3	-	-
Walbridge	17	7	27	2	-	-
Lamb	2	0	11	0	-	-
Elliot-Square	13	6	31	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Ralph made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LS Mason made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JJE Hardy (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SM Forshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire first innings (previous best was 0-67)

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