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| Venue | Morda Road, Oswestry on 18th, 19th August 1976 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Shropshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Shropshire 1; Durham 3 |
| Umpires | R Bull, RT Wilson |
| Scorers | AD Reed (Durham), S Turner (Shropshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 136/4 (Olaman 7*, Stoker 0*; 48 overs) |
| Shropshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GR Cass | lbw b Stoker | 2 | 19 | 21 | - | - | |
| JP Dawson | c Olaman b Stoker | 15 | 29 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| RL Burton | run out | 134 | 246 | 245 | 21 | 2 | |
| SC Gale | c Riddell b O'Sullivan | 13 | 57 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| DNF Slade | c Harland b O'Sullivan | 10 | 42 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| BJ Perry | lbw b O'Sullivan | 10 | 26 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| RK Sethi | b Johnston | 27 | 63 | 80 | 3 | - | |
| JW Swinburne | b Johnston | 4 | 10 | 14 | - | - | |
| JA Smith | run out | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - | |
| AS Barnard | not out | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| *GV Othen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 11 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 267 minutes, 83.3 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-21, 3-59, 4-93, 5-108, 6-216, 7-230, 8-237, 9-240 (83.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stoker | 19 | 5 | 58 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Johnston | 13 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lander | 11.3 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 26 | 11 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Old | 14 | 4 | 33 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TF Greenshields | b Smith | 52 | 121 | 125 | 7 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | lbw b Smith | 14 | 27 | 32 | 3 | - | |
| +T Harland | c Gale b Swinburne | 39 | 100 | 86 | 1 | - | |
| NA Riddell | c Perry b Swinburne | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | |
| DG Olaman | c and b Othen | 33 | 58 | 65 | 5 | - | |
| JS Stoker | b Othen | 19 | 68 | 71 | - | - | |
| RAD Mercer | lbw b Barnard | 0 | 8 | 5 | - | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | run out | 11 | 20 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| AGB Old | c Swinburne b Barnard | 26 | 33 | 36 | 2 | 1 | |
| *BR Lander | not out | 20 | 17 | 17 | 4 | - | |
| J Johnston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 18 lb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 238 minutes, 77.1 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-117, 3-121, 4-129, 5-180, 6-181, 7-181, 8-209, 9-242 (77.1 ov) | |||||||
| Shropshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnard | 20.1 | 3 | 59 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 23 | 7 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Othen | 10 | 3 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Swinburne | 13 | 1 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Slade | 11 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shropshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GR Cass | c Atkinson b Stoker | 0 | 32 | 36 | - | - | |
| JP Dawson | lbw b O'Sullivan | 21 | 44 | 39 | 3 | - | |
| RL Burton | c Atkinson b Lander | 74 | 144 | 120 | 13 | 1 | |
| SC Gale | b O'Sullivan | 5 | 40 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| DNF Slade | run out | 34 | 68 | 79 | 3 | - | |
| BJ Perry | not out | 24 | 37 | 28 | 3 | - | |
| JW Swinburne | c Johnston b O'Sullivan | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| JA Smith | not out | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| RK Sethi | did not bat | ||||||
| AS Barnard | did not bat | ||||||
| *GV Othen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 185 minutes, 64 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-22, 3-54, 4-141, 5-145, 6-151 | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stoker | 17 | 8 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Sullivan | 28 | 7 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Old | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Lander | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TF Greenshields | c Cass b Barnard | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| SR Atkinson | c and b Barnard | 35 | 50 | 58 | 2 | 1 | |
| NA Riddell | c Dawson b Barnard | 17 | 18 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| DG Olaman | b Smith | 9 | 12 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| RAD Mercer | not out | 36 | 62 | 78 | 5 | - | |
| DR O'Sullivan | run out | 26 | 32 | 31 | 3 | - | |
| AGB Old | st Cass b Smith | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| *BR Lander | c Barnard b Slade | 5 | 17 | 14 | - | - | |
| +T Harland | c Perry b Swinburne | 0 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| JS Stoker | c Slade b Swinburne | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| J Johnston | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 126 minutes, 35 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-35, 3-61, 4-69, 5-121, 6-123, 7-134, 8-138, 9-138 | |||||||
| Shropshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnard | 10 | 0 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 14 | 1 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Swinburne | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Slade | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 137-5
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 156-4
--> AS Barnard made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RL Burton (1) 100 in 200 minutes with 17 fours and 1 six
--> RL Burton (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Stoker (1) equalled his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RAD Mercer (2) equalled his previous highest score of 36 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DR O'Sullivan (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 1
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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