minc7829	Shropshire v Bedfordshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1980
Venue	Morda Road, Oswestry on 3rd, 4th August 1980 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Shropshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Bedfordshire won by 4 runs
Points	Shropshire 3; Bedfordshire 10
Umpires	WA Cooke, TG Wilson
Scorers	A Jones (Shropshire), AJ Pearce (Bedfordshire)
Close of play day 1	Shropshire (1) 147/4 (Thornycroft 49*, Mason 10*; 54 overs)

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Kettleborough	b Smith	10		30	2	-
SJ Lines	b de Silva	14		86	1	-
ME Gear	b Perry	13		45	1	-
E Benjamin	not out	59		142	7	-
M Morgan	b Perry	38		75	3	1
AJ Durose	b Perry	27		44	2	1
*KV Jones	b Smith	3		11	-	-
AD Curtis	did not bat
+PGM August	did not bat
SE Blott	did not bat
PD Walker	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 70.4 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Kettleborough), 2-38 (Gear), 3-40 (Lines), 4-127 (Morgan), 5-167 (Durose), 6-176 (Jones, 70.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22.4	4	47	2	-	-
Perry	29	10	57	3	-	-
de Silva	13	2	43	1	-	-
Meman	6	0	17	0	-	-

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Shropshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	c Kettleborough b Durose	19		65	1	1
MR Thornycroft	not out	49		170	5	-
J Foster	c Benjamin b Jones	34		54	6	-
MA Meman	b Benjamin	1		11	-	-
DS de Silva	st August b Benjamin	26		22	1	2
SJ Mason	not out	10		14	1	-
BJ Perry	did not bat
*+GR Cass	did not bat
SC Gale	did not bat
JP Dawson	did not bat
JA Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Johnson), 2-95 (Foster), 3-96 (Meman), 4-132 (de Silva)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	11	4	19	0	-	-
Durose	18	3	49	1	-	1
Jones	11	2	35	1	-	-
Blott	5	0	16	0	-	-
Benjamin	9	2	20	2	-	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Kettleborough	c and b de Silva	18		77	2	-
SJ Lines	c Meman b de Silva	37		83	5	-
ME Gear	c Perry b Dawson	26		64	4	-
E Benjamin	c and b de Silva	0		2	-	-
M Morgan	b Dawson	52		68	6	2
AD Curtis	b Dawson	23		20	-	3
*KV Jones	c Foster b de Silva	0		10	-	-
AJ Durose	c and b Dawson	0		1	-	-
PD Walker	b Dawson	0		7	-	-
SE Blott	c Thornycroft b de Silva	1		13	-	-
+PGM August	not out	0		7	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 61.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Kettleborough), 2-58 (Lines), 3-58 (Benjamin), 4-118 (Gear), 5-143 (Morgan), 6-158 (Curtis), 7-158 (Durose), 8-158 (Jones), 9-158 (Walker), 10-160 (Blott, 61.4 ov)

Shropshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	5	1	9	0	-	-
Perry	5	2	15	0	-	-
Meman	16	4	40	0	-	-
de Silva	25.4	7	71	5	-	-
Dawson	10	4	22	5	-	-

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Shropshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Johnson	run out	36		99	5	-
JP Dawson	b Blott	43		110	4	1
J Foster	c Jones b Walker	12		22	2	-
*+GR Cass	c Gear b Walker	25		53	1	1
DS de Silva	run out	1		12	-	-
MA Meman	c Morgan b Blott	39		50	2	2
BJ Perry	c August b Blott	0		4	-	-
SJ Mason	c August b Blott	7		9	1	-
SC Gale	not out	3		18	-	-
JA Smith	b Blott	5		9	-	-
MR Thornycroft	run out	2		2	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-84 (Johnson), 2-86 (Dawson), 3-98 (Foster), 4-111 (de Silva), 5-149 (Cass), 6-151 (Perry), 7-168 (Mason), 8-171 (Meman), 9-182 (Smith), 10-185 (Thornycroft, 59.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	19.2	2	61	2	-	-
Durose	10	3	28	0	-	-
Benjamin	12	6	26	0	-	-
Jones	3	0	11	0	-	-
Blott	15	2	47	5	-	-

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Notes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 50 in 30.5 overs, 93 minutes
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 100 in 45.4 overs, 135 minutes
--> Bedfordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 132-4
--> Bedfordshire first innings: 150 in 63.3 overs, 197 minutes
--> Shropshire first innings: 50 in 24.1 overs, 84 minutes
--> Shropshire first innings: 100 in 44.2 overs, 141 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 50 in 25.1 overs, 72 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 100 in 45.2 overs, 129 minutes
--> Bedfordshire second innings: 150 in 55.4 overs, 161 minutes
--> Shropshire second innings: 50 in 24.1 overs, 71 minutes
--> Shropshire second innings: 100 in 40.1 overs, 125 minutes
--> Shropshire second innings: 150 in 51.2 overs, 165 minutes
--> E Benjamin (1) 50 in 110 minutes
--> JS Johnson (1) passed 5500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 16
--> J Foster (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> SJ Lines (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Morgan (2) 50 in 68 minutes
--> JA Smith reached 150 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed J Kettleborough, his 1st wicket in the Bedfordshire first innings
--> JP Dawson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed AD Curtis in the Bedfordshire second innings (previous best was 2-20)
--> JP Dawson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Bedfordshire second innings

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