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3 Contents Cover Feature (Ross Aucott in action)... Front Cover Officers Sub Committees & Capped Players... 6 SCCC List of Members... 7 SCCC Fixtures President s Report... 9 Chairman s Review Secretary s Report Captain s Report Chairman of selectors Bryan Jones looks ahead Ian Roe, Shropshire s Development XI coach, looks forward Shropshire v Worcestershire Friendly Shropshire v Staffordshire Unicorns Trophy Cheshire v Shropshire Unicorns Trophy Shropshire v Wales Unicorns Trophy Herefordshire v Shropshire Unicorns Trophy Wales v Shropshire Unicorns Championship Shropshire v Herefordshire Unicorns Championship Shropshire v Oxfordshire Unicorns Championship Cornwall v Shropshire Unicorns Championship Devon v Shropshire Unicorns Championship Shropshire County Cricket Club v An Invitation XI Shropshire v Wiltshire Unicorns Championship ResourceBank Challenge Event Shropshire v Birmingham Bears T20 Challenge Match Pure Telecom Hospitality Day Shropshire CCC Pure Telecom XI v Invitational XI Pure Telecom XI Spotlight on last year s Pure Telecom Hospitality Day End of an era Colin Barthorpe SCCC Championship Career Averages SCCC Championship Batting Averages SCCC Career Averages SCCC One Day Batting and Bowling Averages SCCC Income and Expenditure SCCC Balance Sheet SCCC Rules Produced by Creative Digital Printing Solutions Shrewsbury

4 President s Report Unbeaten, but a little fortunate! That probably sums up the Championship challenge in 2017, but our convincing win against Wiltshire in the final match will have given Steve Leach tremendous satisfaction. Proof, if he needed it, that we do have the wherewithal to top the Championship very soon. Availability was once again a problem - and many thanks to all the players who made themselves available. I sincerely wish more of the county s top performers would do likewise. Our away fixtures looked very exciting on paper - Wales, Devon and Cornwall - but we had rain on all of these trips - which had a disastrous effect on my retirement fund! Nevertheless, our hardcore supporters had a lot of fun and I thank them for their continued support. In November, we lost two players from our Championship team of 1973, Brian Perry and Eric Marsh, both of whom were personal friends who gave 120 per cent effort for their county. My condolences to their respective families and friends. Meanwhile, your committee continue to plan for next season. I understand that the cricket committee have had one or two professionals offering their services to play for us. Rest assured, your committee will select with due care and attention to what we require. Bill Bromley, President FRONT COVER The front cover picture of this year s handbook is Ross Aucott in action for Shropshire against Birmingham Bears at Bridgnorth last June Photo: Tony Marsh/CricPix 9

5 Shropshire CCC v Worcestershire CCC 2nd XI FRIENDLY Sunday, April 2nd 2017 at Wrekin College Worcestershire CCC 2nd XI won by 104 runs Worcestershire Shropshire G. Rhodes c and b Pennington 22 C. Home b Brown 14 O. Westbury c Mackleworth b Griffiths 5 S. Leach* b Rhodes 18 A. Kervezee c Mackleworth b Aucott 96 R. Clarke b Brown 0 A. Hepburn b Whitney 33 W. Parton lbw b Malik 22 J. Dell c Edwards b Morris 14 R. Aucott c Milton b Hepburn 12 A. Milton+ lbw b Morris 11 D. Pennington c Rhodes b Malik 6 Z. Malik lbw b Griffiths 11 J. Edwards lbw b Malik 6 B. Twohig not out 30 C. Mackleworth+ c Dell b Twohig 5 P. Brown b Home 0 S. Whitney not out 10 M. Davis c Leach b Griffiths 5 C. Morris c and b Malik 22 J. Hammond not out 0 L. Evans Extras 2b 1lb 9w 0nb 0pen 12 Extras 0b 1lb 11w 8nb 0pen 20 Total (9 wickets, 50.0 overs) 239 Total (10 wickets, 38.2 overs) Fall of the Wickets Fall of the Wickets Bowling S. Griffiths P. Brown J. Edwards M. Davis D. Pennington G. Rhodes C. Home A. Hepburn R. Aucott B. Twohig S. Whitney Z. Malik C. Morris Karl Krikken, Shropshire s director of cricket, insisted it had proved to be a good exercise after the county s pre-season friendly with a talented Worcestershire second team ended with the visitors running out 104 run winners in glorious weather at Wrekin College. A Worcestershire side, captained by by George Rhodes, batted first and accumulated 239 from their 50 overs. The experienced Alexei Kervezee led the way with 96, from 94 balls, hitting a dozen fours in the process, while there were also contributions from Alex Hepburn (33) and Ben Twohig (30no). Shrewsbury s Sam Griffiths claimed 3-37 while Charlie Morris also enjoyed some success with the ball, taking England under-19 international Zen Malik then inflicted much of the damage, taking 5-10, and Pat Brown claimed 2-37 as Shropshire were dismissed for 135 inside 39 overs. Will Parton and Morris top scored with 22 apiece and skipper Steve Leach made

It s been a good exercise, said Krikken, whose side were without unavailable professionals David Wainwright and Alex Wyatt. I thought we bowled quite nicely.

6 It s been a good exercise, said Krikken, whose side were without unavailable professionals David Wainwright and Alex Wyatt. I thought we bowled quite nicely. Worcestershire probably got about 30 too many, but ultimately for some of the guys it s their first outing this year having been indoors while some of the Worcester lads have obviously been away and played. It s been a good experience for our lads because it s something to learn from. Shropshire included in the side for the first time Wellington wicketkeeper Charlie Mackelworth and Shrewsbury all-rounder Dillon Pennington. Krikken said: I thought Charlie kept magnificently and I thought Dillon, coming back from injury, the four overs he bowled were superb. Griff bowled nicely and got three wickets and I thought our fielding was outstanding. The batting, we just basically needed a bit more patience. Krikken extended his thanks to Worcestershire s Kevin Sharp, the former Shropshire coach, for bringing his team to Wrekin College. Umpires: A. Harris & M. Moreton Scorers: S. Mears & P. Mellish The scene at Wrekin College as Shropshire faced Worcestershire s second team in a pre-season friendly. 19

7 Jack Edwards, above, keeps the scoreboard ticking over against Birmingham Bears at Bridgnorth and, below, Omar Ali in the field. Pictures: Tony Marsh CricPix. 41

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