minc7974	Shropshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	Audley Avenue, Newport on 26th, 27th August 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 6 wickets
Points	Shropshire 0; Durham 10
Umpires	MV Panting, RT Wilson
Scorers	JA Jones (Shropshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 224/6 (Patel 10*, Cairns 11*; 60 overs)

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Williamson	b Kippax	40	73	80	5	-
JS Johnson	run out	86	170	222	9	-
BJR Jones	st Mercer b Kippax	35	88	73	2	2
DS de Silva	run out	33	51	42	4	-
VA Holder	not out	11	24	24	-	-
JBR Jones	did not bat
CN Boyns	did not bat
BJ Perry	did not bat
*+GR Cass	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
AS Barnard	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 222 minutes, 67.2 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-142, 3-195, 4-220 (67.2 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	10	4	34	0	-	-
Johnston	7	2	25	0	-	-
Greensword	21	5	56	0	-	-
Kippax	18	4	49	2	-	-
Patel	4	0	16	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	5.2	0	17	0	-	2
Romaines	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	run out	56	112	124	7	-
SR Atkinson	lbw b Barnard	34	63	57	7	-
C Thomas	c BJR Jones b Perry	25	51	44	5	-
S Greensword	lbw b Barnard	19	59	49	2	-
Wasim Raja	lbw b Barnard	4	4	5	1	-
*NA Riddell	c Barnard b Holder	47	44	45	8	1
AS Patel	not out	10	25	35	1	-
BL Cairns	not out	11	7	11	2	-
PJ Kippax	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 188 minutes, 60 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-125, 3-140, 4-148, 5-161, 6-206

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	11	2	40	1	-	5
Smith	9	1	40	0	-	-
de Silva	2	0	12	0	-	-
Barnard	19	4	78	3	-	-
Perry	19	7	36	1	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Williamson	lbw b Cairns	0	18	14	-	-
JS Johnson	c Mercer b Cairns	14	37	43	2	-
BJR Jones	b Cairns	0	14	7	-	-
JBR Jones	b Johnston	4	16	76	-	-
DS de Silva	c Mercer b Greensword	22	60	69	5	-
CN Boyns	c Mercer b Wasim Raja	0	12	17	-	-
BJ Perry	c Mercer b Wasim Raja	44	96	105	6	-
*+GR Cass	lbw b Cairns	27	67	69	5	-
VA Holder	b Cairns	3	29	31	-	-
JA Smith	c Atkinson b Wasim Raja	4	7	7	1	-
AS Barnard	not out	4	9	13	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 205 minutes, 59.3 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-25, 4-26, 5-28, 6-69, 7-128, 8-129, 9-134, 10-141 (59.3 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	14.3	8	15	5	-	5
Johnston	11	4	18	1	-	-
Wasim Raja	15	6	24	3	-	3
Greensword	13	3	47	1	-	-
Kippax	6	1	18	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Romaines	c Williamson b Holder	2	7	10	-	-
SR Atkinson	lbw b Holder	13	13	17	3	-
C Thomas	b Holder	2	11	15	-	-
S Greensword	not out	35	76	83	6	-
Wasim Raja	st Cass b de Silva	61	46	53	9	1
*NA Riddell	not out	14	25	20	3	-
AS Patel	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
PJ Kippax	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, 101 minutes, 29.1 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-24, 3-29, 4-113

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	7	1	31	3	-	3
Smith	8	0	25	0	-	-
Barnard	1	0	16	0	-	-
de Silva	7	0	37	1	-	-
Perry	6.1	1	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 174-2
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 201-5
--> VA Holder made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BL Cairns made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JS Johnson (1) passed 6500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 37
--> S Greensword (1) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 6

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt

 

 

 

 

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