minc7884	Durham v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Ashbrooke, Sunderland on 15th, 16th June 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Durham won by 9 wickets
Points	Durham 10; Shropshire 0
Umpires	S Levison, GI McLean
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), JA Jones (Shropshire)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 143/4 (Richards 54*, Kippax 4*; 55 overs)

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Greensword b Patel	84	202	197	8	-
D Williamson	b Greensword	2	40	40	-	-
BJR Jones	st Mercer b Kippax	19	77	70	2	-
DS de Silva	c Patel b Greensword	38	66	50	4	-
SC Gale	c Riddell b Patel	12	35	28	-	-
VA Holder	st Mercer b Cairns	31	30	32	4	2
*+GR Cass	c Greensword b Crane	4	9	7	1	-
PL Ranells	c Patel b Johnston	25	13	15	2	2
JP Dawson	not out	0	0	2	-	-
BJ Perry	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 224 minutes, 78.3 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-68, 3-126, 4-153, 5-159, 6-171, 7-218, 8-218 (78.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	6.3	2	18	1	-	-
Johnston	13	3	32	1	-	-
Greensword	17	5	28	2	-	-
Kippax	17	6	27	1	-	-
Wasim Raja	10	1	35	0	-	1
Patel	9	1	53	2	-	-
Crane	6	1	22	1	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	lbw b Holder	3	28	35	-	-
IM Richards	c Cass b Holder	55	181	182	8	-
S Greensword	c Perry b de Silva	25	52	48	1	-
Wasim Raja	c Johnson b Perry	7	10	9	1	-
*NA Riddell	b de Silva	23	52	55	3	-
PJ Kippax	c Cass b de Silva	18	51	49	1	-
AS Patel	b Holder	21	39	46	2	-
PJ Crane	lbw b Holder	3	9	9	-	-
BL Cairns	c Ranells b Holder	82	55	64	7	6
+RAD Mercer	c Williamson b Holder	20	33	53	2	-
J Johnston	not out	1	3	7	-	-
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 16 nb)	36
Total	(all out, 283 minutes, 82.3 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-61, 3-71, 4-121, 5-147, 6-170, 7-182, 8-207, 9-277, 10-294 (82.3 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	21.3	4	74	6	-	15
Smith	15	3	52	0	-	3
Perry	11	1	40	1	-	-
de Silva	26	9	76	3	-	-
Dawson	9	4	16	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Mercer b Kippax	7	31	38	1	-
D Williamson	c Crane b Greensword	8	69	66	1	-
BJR Jones	c and b Greensword	1	16	13	-	-
DS de Silva	b Johnston	11	29	26	2	-
SC Gale	c Greensword b Patel	8	109	114	-	-
*+GR Cass	c Riddell b Greensword	10	82	61	1	-
VA Holder	b Greensword	0	7	7	-	-
PL Ranells	c Cairns b Johnston	8	34	27	1	-
JP Dawson	lbw b Johnston	9	24	35	-	-
BJ Perry	c Richards b Greensword	4	8	10	1	-
JA Smith	not out	10	26	21	1	-
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 214 minutes, 72.3 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-18, 3-27, 4-29, 5-45, 6-45, 7-57, 8-57, 9-69, 10-86 (72.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnston	16.3	4	33	3	-	-
Greensword	29	21	23	5	-	-
Kippax	15	12	7	1	-	-
Wasim Raja	5	2	5	0	1	-
Crane	2	1	1	0	-	-
Patel	5	3	7	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	handled the ball	0	2	2	-	-
IM Richards	not out	0	2	9	-	-
+RAD Mercer	not out	8	7	6	2	-
S Greensword	did not bat
Wasim Raja	did not bat
*NA Riddell	did not bat
PJ Kippax	did not bat
AS Patel	did not bat
PJ Crane	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 9 minutes, 1.3 overs)	11
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Atkinson)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	1	0	4	0	-	2
Smith	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 123-2
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 143-4
--> BJR Jones made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> IM Richards made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AS Patel made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PL Ranells (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Cairns (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 27
--> VA Holder achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings (previous best was 2-57)
--> VA Holder achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Durham first innings

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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