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| Venue | Gorway, Walsall on 8th, 9th June 1977 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Staffordshire won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Staffordshire 10; Shropshire 3 |
| Umpires | [unknown], R Bull |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Shropshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Johnson | st Green b Flower | 50 | |||||
| MR Thornycroft | lbw b Ikin | 48 | |||||
| RL Burton | c Gill b Flower | 0 | |||||
| GR Cass | c Dawson b Flower | 21 | |||||
| SJ Mason | run out | 3 | |||||
| SC Gale | lbw b Nicholls | 24 | |||||
| BJ Perry | b Ikin | 4 | |||||
| JW Swinburne | c Collis b Nicholls | 24 | |||||
| JA Smith | c Gill b Nicholls | 0 | |||||
| RT Tudor | not out | 9 | |||||
| DH Breakwell | b Nicholls | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 70.5 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-84, 2-84, 3-109, 4-120, 5-142, 6-148, 7-171, 8-171, 9-186, 10-189 (70.5 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dodd | 7 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bagley | 10 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nicholls | 12.5 | 2 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Flower | 25 | 8 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ikin | 16 | 6 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Tudor b Breakwell | 31 | |||||
| PN Gill | c Perry b Breakwell | 14 | |||||
| MJ Ikin | b Breakwell | 9 | |||||
| GS Warner | not out | 40 | |||||
| SJ Dawson | c Burton b Swinburne | 0 | |||||
| PG Collis | c Mason b Swinburne | 3 | |||||
| +MR Green | c Johnson b Swinburne | 0 | |||||
| DG Nicholls | c Cass b Smith | 8 | |||||
| RW Flower | c Swinburne b Smith | 0 | |||||
| B Dodd | b Breakwell | 4 | |||||
| PR Bagley | b Breakwell | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 45 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-50, 3-55, 4-60, 5-69, 6-69, 7-91, 8-91, 9-117, 10-123 (45 ov) | |||||||
| Shropshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Breakwell | 16 | 1 | 53 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 11 | 3 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Swinburne | 18 | 8 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shropshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Johnson | c Green b Bagley | 9 | |||||
| MR Thornycroft | c Dawson b Dodd | 0 | |||||
| RL Burton | c Flower b Bagley | 4 | |||||
| GR Cass | c Collis b Nicholls | 25 | |||||
| SJ Mason | c Dawson b Bagley | 13 | |||||
| SC Gale | c Green b Dodd | 2 | |||||
| BJ Perry | c Dodd b Nicholls | 9 | |||||
| JA Smith | c Flower b Nicholls | 8 | |||||
| RT Tudor | c Dodd b Nicholls | 0 | |||||
| DH Breakwell | not out | 0 | |||||
| JW Swinburne | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 32.1 overs) | 76 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-10, 3-15, 4-39, 5-42, 6-61, 7-72, 8-76, 9-76 (32.1 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dodd | 13 | 3 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bagley | 16 | 8 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nicholls | 3.1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DA Hancock | c Burton b Smith | 42 | |||||
| PN Gill | c sub b Tudor | 44 | |||||
| MJ Ikin | c and b Breakwell | 5 | |||||
| GS Warner | c Thornycroft b Breakwell | 1 | |||||
| SJ Dawson | c Smith b Breakwell | 14 | |||||
| PG Collis | lbw b Smith | 26 | |||||
| +MR Green | not out | 5 | |||||
| DG Nicholls | not out | 0 | |||||
| RW Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| B Dodd | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Bagley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 53.1 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-81, 2-97, 3-100, 4-102, 5-141, 6-141 | |||||||
| Shropshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Breakwell | 20 | 5 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 16.1 | 6 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tudor | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Perry | 10 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> SJ Dawson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PR Bagley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MR Thornycroft (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GR Cass (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 21
--> DG Nicholls achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire first innings (previous best was 3-3)
--> DG Nicholls achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Shropshire second innings (previous best was 4-31)
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