minc7489	Durham v Shropshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Park Drive, Hartlepool on 11th, 12th July 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Durham 1; Shropshire 3
Umpires	N Bell, S Levison
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), B Rooker (Shropshire)
Close of play day 1	Shropshire (1) 135/5 (Gough 15*, Mason 12*; 51 overs)

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	c Cass b Smith	2	18	21	-	-
SR Atkinson	c Slade b Breakwell	5	18	27	1	-
+T Harland	b Smith	7	29	27	1	-
M Amarnath	b Sethi	10	36	40	1	-
NA Riddell	lbw b Smith	6	24	39	-	-
RAD Mercer	lbw b Smith	13	26	26	2	-
PJ Crane	c Slade b Perry	19	59	89	1	-
*BR Lander	b Breakwell	14	27	20	1	-
DR O'Sullivan	c Slade b Breakwell	25	40	48	2	-
JS Wilkinson	b Breakwell	1	11	8	-	-
J Johnston	not out	0	2	4	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 179 minutes, 47.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-18, 4-28, 5-38, 6-45, 7-65, 8-105, 9-107, 10-107 (47.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	15	6	19	4	-	4
Smith	17	6	47	4	-	-
Sethi	12	4	34	1	-	-
Perry	3.4	2	2	1	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Atkinson b Amarnath	73	141	158	7	-
JP Dawson	c Atkinson b Wilkinson	12	31	36	-	-
RL Burton	c Greenshields b Amarnath	15	52	60	1	-
*DNF Slade	c Mercer b O'Sullivan	1	9	13	-	-
+GR Cass	c Atkinson b O'Sullivan	4	18	12	-	-
PW Gough	not out	14	37	57	1	-
SJ Mason	not out	12	19	21	2	-
BJ Perry	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
RK Sethi	did not bat
DH Breakwell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 180 minutes, 51 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-81, 3-84, 4-92, 5-116

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	10	2	23	1	-	-
Johnston	6	1	19	0	-	-
Amarnath	19	3	54	2	-	1
O'Sullivan	12	5	20	2	-	-
Lander	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TF Greenshields	c Cass b Smith	3	38	51	-	-
SR Atkinson	c Slade b Sethi	26	62	70	2	-
+T Harland	lbw b Smith	41	95	118	2	-
M Amarnath	not out	67	93	129	10	-
NA Riddell	c Cass b Smith	27	15	20	4	1
RAD Mercer	not out	6	7	7	-	-
PJ Crane	did not bat
*BR Lander	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
J Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 200 minutes, 51 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-38, 3-136, 4-178

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Breakwell	14	5	52	0	-	3
Smith	18	6	68	3	-	-
Sethi	12	5	23	1	-	-
Perry	7	1	27	0	-	1

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Riddell b Wilkinson	49	38	49	6	1
JP Dawson	c Crane b Wilkinson	13	30	31	-	-
SJ Mason	c Mercer b Amarnath	3	13	28	-	-
BJ Perry	c Mercer b Wilkinson	20	36	39	1	-
*DNF Slade	c Harland b Amarnath	11	17	23	1	-
+GR Cass	c Atkinson b Amarnath	9	12	17	-	-
JA Smith	c Mercer b Wilkinson	5	4	6	1	-
PW Gough	c Riddell b Wilkinson	4	7	11	-	-
RL Burton	not out	3	18	20	-	-
RK Sethi	not out	0	11	14	-	-
DH Breakwell	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, 123 minutes, 31 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-69, 3-79, 4-103, 5-108, 6-121, 7-125, 8-128

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	16	2	60	5	-	-
Johnston	4	0	33	0	-	-
Amarnath	10	3	24	3	-	-
O'Sullivan	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PW Gough made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Crane (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 7
--> JS Johnson (1) passed 4000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 73
--> M Amarnath (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 58

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Bad light and persistent drizzle ended play 40 mintes early on first day

 

 

 

 

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