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| Venue | Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington on 9th, 10th July 1979 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Shropshire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Durham won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Durham 10; Shropshire 0 |
| Umpires | DB Harrison, GI McLean |
| Scorers | B Hunt (Durham), JA Jones (Shropshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Shropshire (1) 109/8 (Hulme 25*, McCurdy 14*; 58 overs) |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c Cass b McCurdy | 24 | 41 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| PW Romaines | b Barnard | 33 | 91 | 120 | 3 | - | |
| S Greensword | lbw b Ranells | 10 | 30 | 41 | - | - | |
| Wasim Raja | b Perry | 22 | 23 | 28 | 3 | - | |
| NA Riddell | not out | 61 | 76 | 102 | 8 | - | |
| PJ Kippax | c and b Barnard | 6 | 13 | 10 | - | - | |
| BL Cairns | run out | 28 | 35 | 40 | 4 | - | |
| +RAD Mercer | not out | 33 | 24 | 40 | 5 | - | |
| *BR Lander | did not bat | ||||||
| SAB Daniels | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 213 minutes, 55 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-62, 3-94, 4-94, 5-100, 6-158 | |||||||
| Shropshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCurdy | 16 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ranells | 19 | 4 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barnard | 12 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Perry | 8 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shropshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Johnson | c Mercer b Wilkinson | 4 | 20 | 26 | - | - | |
| MR Thornycroft | run out | 9 | 42 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| SJ Mason | b Wilkinson | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| *+GR Cass | c Mercer b Lander | 7 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| SC Gale | c Mercer b Lander | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| MA Meman | c Greensword b Cairns | 15 | 40 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| JA Hulme | not out | 28 | 166 | 170 | 3 | - | |
| PL Ranells | run out | 18 | 39 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| BJ Perry | b Kippax | 3 | 9 | 10 | - | - | |
| RJ McCurdy | lbw b Wilkinson | 14 | 33 | 42 | 2 | - | |
| AS Barnard | c Greensword b Kippax | 9 | 30 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 231 minutes, 67.5 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-13, 3-20, 4-25, 5-26, 6-56, 7-84, 8-87, 9-110, 10-121 (67.5 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 19 | 11 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Daniels | 12 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Lander | 8 | 3 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cairns | 15 | 4 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kippax | 13.5 | 7 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shropshire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Johnson | b Kippax | 54 | 264 | 250 | 4 | - | |
| MR Thornycroft | c Cairns b Wilkinson | 17 | 37 | 41 | 3 | - | |
| SJ Mason | b Wilkinson | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| *+GR Cass | c Mercer b Cairns | 9 | 33 | 34 | 2 | - | |
| SC Gale | lbw b Wilkinson | 39 | 66 | 71 | 5 | - | |
| JA Hulme | lbw b Wilkinson | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| MA Meman | c Mercer b Greensword | 11 | 30 | 29 | - | - | |
| PL Ranells | c Kippax b Cairns | 8 | 30 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| BJ Perry | b Kippax | 10 | 30 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| RJ McCurdy | b Wilkinson | 11 | 25 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| AS Barnard | not out | 1 | 8 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 266 minutes, 88.3 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-33, 3-45, 4-113, 5-113, 6-130, 7-148, 8-163, 9-164, 10-177 (88.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkinson | 18.3 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Daniels | 10 | 4 | 19 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Cairns | 29 | 8 | 83 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Kippax | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lander | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensword | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SR Atkinson | c Cass b McCurdy | 14 | 49 | 60 | 2 | - | |
| PW Romaines | c Cass b McCurdy | 16 | 31 | 39 | 2 | - | |
| Wasim Raja | not out | 27 | 36 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| NA Riddell | c Mason b McCurdy | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| PJ Kippax | not out | 6 | 22 | 24 | 1 | - | |
| S Greensword | did not bat | ||||||
| BL Cairns | did not bat | ||||||
| +RAD Mercer | did not bat | ||||||
| *BR Lander | did not bat | ||||||
| SAB Daniels | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Wilkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 88 minutes, 23.1 overs) | 70 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-50, 3-50 | |||||||
| Shropshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCurdy | 12 | 4 | 29 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Ranells | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barnard | 3.1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Durham score at 55 overs in the first innings was 231-6
--> Shropshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 106-8
--> BL Cairns (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RAD Mercer (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 31
Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
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