Cornwall v Shropshire Championship (2)
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NCCA Championship Western Division 2
Cornwall v Shropshire at St Austell CC on Sunday 24 July - 3 Days
Shropshire won the toss and elected to bat
St Austell – Shropshire 286-7d (79) GG Wagg 143, BJ Lees 46, X Clarke 41; BA Ellis 2-63, TJ Dinnis 2-70)
& 209 (GG Wagg 63, J Stanley 58, X Clarke 35; CBF Purchase 3-47, TJ Dinnis 3-56),
Cornwall 225 (CBF Purchase 67, BA Ellis 56; BJ Roberts 4-48)
& 271-9 (CBF Purchase 111, AW Bone 40, CD Lello 33; BJ Roberts 4-78, J Stanley 3-73).
Cornwall (19) beat Shropshire (5) by one wicket. Both sides deducted 2pts for slow over rates.
The only previous time Cornwall’s last pair got over the line in a 2/3 day match was 1925! Cornwall were 98-7 in reply to Shropshire’s first innings of 286-7dec with former professional Graham Wagg making 143. Christian Purchase hit 67 and Ben Ellis 56 to get up to 225. After being set 271 in the last two sessions at 86-6 the game looked to have gone. However, Purchase hit a superb 111, supported by Dan Lello (33) and Ben Ellis (29) before it came down to the last pair of Tom Dinnis and Ellis Whiteford to add a crucial 25 runs.
Scorecard at NCCA (play-cricket.com)
It was the ninth meeting at the venue with 3 wins each and two draws previously. Overall Shropshire has won 5 and drawn 1 in recent times with Cornwall's last success in 2011!
Day 2 was the 40th anniversary to the day of the first Minor Counties Championship match to be staged at Wheal Eliza - 25/26 July 1982 v Dorset - Match Drawn with current Club President Eric Willcock making 130no in the second innings.
Day 1 Lunch Shropshire 109-4 (33)
Rain stopped play at 2.50pm Shropshire 155-4 (44.1)
Play abandoned for the day at 5.45pm
Day 2 A shower just before the earlier start time of 10.30am saw a 30 minute delay.
Lunch Shropshire 270-6 (76) Graham Wagg 132no
Shropshire 286-7 dec (79) Graham Wagg 143 - lead of 61
Tea Cornwall 124-7 (29) Christian Purchase 34no
Cornwall 225 (47.5) Christian Purchase 67, Ben Ellis 56
Close Shropshire 63-3 (15) - lead of 124
Day 3 started at 10.30 am
Shropshire 209 ao - Cornwall require 271 to win.
Lunch Cornwall 8-1 (2.5)
Tea Cornwall 192-7 (37) - Target 271
Christian Purchase 91no
Close 17:39 Cornwall 271-9 (52.5) - Cornwall win by one wicket with 20 overs remaining.
Purchase (111) & Lello (33) added 104 for the 7th wicket.
(Ellis 29) and Purchase 52 for the 8th wicket.
Dinnis (17no) and Whiteford (7no) won the game with 25 for the tenth wicket
Official Scorebook
