minc7931	Shropshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1981
Venue	London Road, Shrewsbury on 2nd, 3rd August 1981 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Shropshire won by 137 runs
Points	Shropshire 10; Bedfordshire 0
Umpires	JE Lawton, RT Wilson
Scorers	JA Jones (Shropshire), AJ Pearce (Bedfordshire)
Close of play day 1	Shropshire (2) 32/0 (Johnson 15*, Williamson 17*; 12 overs)

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Jones b Abeynaike	42		122	5	-
D Williamson	b McFarlane	0		2	-	-
CN Boyns	c Morgan b Jones	4		6	1	-
DS de Silva	c Morgan b McFarlane	95		192	13	1
JBR Jones	b McFarlane	2		35	-	-
*+GR Cass	lbw b McFarlane	0		1	-	-
BJ Perry	c Abeynaike b McFarlane	0		5	-	-
SC Gale	c Abeynaike b Blott	0		23	-	-
VA Holder	not out	9		10	-	1
AS Barnard	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 16 lb, 3 nb, 13 w)	39
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 55.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Williamson), 2-7 (Boyns), 3-107 (Johnson), 4-141 (Jones), 5-141 (Cass), 6-147 (Perry), 7-176 (Gale), 8-191 (de Silva, 55.4 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McFarlane	13.4	4	33	5	12	2
Jones	14	5	32	1	1	-
Blott	20	2	59	1	-	-
Morgan	2	0	15	0	-	-
Abeynaike	6	2	13	1	-	1

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Pearson	c Barnard b Smith	11		20	2	-
MG Stedman	lbw b Holder	10		25	2	-
*DM Daniels	c Perry b Holder	13		42	2	-
ME Gear	b Barnard	12		44	-	-
RG Abeynaike	c Cass b Barnard	26		35	5	-
M Morgan	c Perry b Barnard	8		7	2	-
J Kettleborough	retired hurt	10		55	-	-
KV Jones	c de Silva b Holder	26		65	-	1
+PGM August	lbw b Holder	1		7	-	-
LL McFarlane	lbw b Holder	0		2	-	-
SE Blott	not out	1		7	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Pearson), 2-28 (Stedman), 3-62 (Gear), 4-74 (Morgan), 5-85 (Abeynaike), 6-119 (Daniels), 7-122 (August), 8-123 (McFarlane), 9-128 (Jones, 39.2 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	10.2	3	25	5	-	5
Smith	6	0	21	1	2	-
de Silva	9	1	34	0	-	1
Barnard	9	0	27	3	-	-
Boyns	5	1	11	0	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	lbw b McFarlane	68		174	8	-
D Williamson	b McFarlane	23		74	3	-
CN Boyns	lbw b Blott	0		20	-	-
DS de Silva	not out	89		109	12	1
JBR Jones	b Abeynaike	8		16	2	-
VA Holder	lbw b McFarlane	4		2	1	-
BJ Perry	not out	8		10	1	-
*+GR Cass	did not bat
SC Gale	did not bat
AS Barnard	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Williamson), 2-64 (Boyns), 3-164 (Johnson), 4-183 (Jones), 5-188 (Holder)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McFarlane	22	2	94	3	-	-
Jones	17	10	23	0	-	-
Pearson	1	0	1	0	-	-
Blott	11	1	52	1	-	-
Abeynaike	6	0	30	1	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Pearson	lbw b Holder	4		3	1	-
MG Stedman	c Boyns b Smith	5		17	1	-
ME Gear	b Holder	14		50	2	-
RG Abeynaike	b Smith	0		7	-	-
M Morgan	b Holder	15		43	3	-
J Kettleborough	lbw b Holder	0		5	-	-
KV Jones	c Johnson b de Silva	41		42	4	3
+PGM August	b Smith	30		58	6	-
LL McFarlane	b Smith	6		11	-	1
SE Blott	not out	4		6	1	-
*DM Daniels	absent hurt
Extras	(7 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Pearson), 2-13 (Stedman), 3-14 (Abeynaike), 4-38 (Gear), 5-39 (Kettleborough), 6-44 (Morgan), 7-120 (Jones), 8-124 (August), 9-136 (McFarlane, 36.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	13	7	27	4	-	6
Smith	11.4	4	35	4	2	-
Barnard	3	0	12	0	-	-
de Silva	9	2	45	1	-	2

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Notes
--> ME Gear scored 1 five in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> Shropshire first innings: 50 in 15 overs, 55 minutes
--> Shropshire first innings: 100 in 32 overs, 111 minutes
--> Shropshire first innings: 150 in 48.4 overs, 174 minutes
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 188-7
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 50 in 14.4 overs, 56 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 29.5 overs
--> Shropshire second innings: 50 in 21.3 overs, 80 minutes
--> Shropshire second innings: 100 in 36.4 overs, 131 minutes
--> Shropshire second innings: 150 in 44 overs, 158 minutes
--> Shropshire second innings: 200 in 55.4 overs, 199 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 50 in 19.3 overs, 78 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 100 in 29 overs, 109 minutes
--> DS de Silva (1) 50 in 115 minutes
--> DS de Silva (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DS de Silva (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 74
--> JS Johnson (2) 50 in 128 minutes
--> DS de Silva (2) 50 in 61 minutes
--> PGM August (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DM Daniels retired hurt in the Bedfordshire first innings having scored 11 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned at the fall of the 5th wicket
--> J Kettleborough retired hurt in the Bedfordshire first innings having scored 10 (team had lost 5 wickets)

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