f32048 cc15343	Middlesex v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 24th, 25th, 26th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Points	Middlesex 19 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Lancashire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 242 all out
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 77/2 (Pilling 40*, Lyon 2*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Gould b Selvey	3
H Pilling	lbw b Selvey	1
*FC Hayes	lbw b Daniel	3
CH Lloyd	c Butcher b Daniel	2
J Abrahams	c Featherstone b Emburey	22
DP Hughes	lbw b Gatting	36
J Simmons	not out	90
+J Lyon	b Emburey	2
RM Ratcliffe	c Selvey b Emburey	48
CEH Croft	c sub b Jones	2
W Hogg	b Emburey	19
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 91.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-10, 4-17, 5-69, 6-71, 7-77, 8-170, 9-172, 10-242 (91.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	6	1	12	2	-	-
Selvey	25	9	57	2	-	-
Jones	22	4	67	1	-	-
Emburey	28.5	9	56	4	-	-
Gatting	6	1	25	1	-	-
Featherstone	4	0	11	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c Lyon b Croft	55
WN Slack	c Hayes b Croft	14
MW Gatting	b Hughes	27
GD Barlow	not out	73
NG Featherstone	b Hughes	7
RO Butcher	c Hayes b Croft	15
+IJ Gould	b Simmons	9
JE Emburey	c Hughes b Croft	1
MWW Selvey	c D Lloyd b Hughes	14
WW Daniel	c Lyon b Ratcliffe	17
AA Jones	b Ratcliffe	1
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 10 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-111, 3-111, 4-120, 5-142, 6-152, 7-170, 8-212, 9-248, 10-252 (84 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	21	2	66	4	-	-
Hogg	11	2	43	0	-	-
Ratcliffe	17	5	51	2	-	-
Simmons	23	10	35	1	-	-
Hughes	12	2	38	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c Gould b Emburey	22
H Pilling	c Emburey b Selvey	49
*FC Hayes	run out	12
CH Lloyd	c Slack b Selvey	19
J Abrahams	c Gatting b Selvey	2
DP Hughes	c Slack b Emburey	6
J Simmons	b Selvey	35
+J Lyon	b Emburey	11
RM Ratcliffe	run out	12
CEH Croft	c Gould b Selvey	1
W Hogg	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-76, 3-95, 4-99, 5-101, 6-124, 7-124, 8-137, 9-163, 10-175 (67 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	28	11	75	5	-	-
Jones	9	2	31	0	-	-
Emburey	29	9	62	3	-	-
Featherstone	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Smith	c Hughes b Croft	15
WN Slack	c Abrahams b Croft	12
MW Gatting	c Abrahams b Hogg	88
GD Barlow	c Hayes b Hogg	4
NG Featherstone	st Lyon b Hughes	15
RO Butcher	c sub b Croft	4
+IJ Gould	hit wkt b Croft	4
JE Emburey	not out	11
MWW Selvey	b Simmons	5
WW Daniel	b Simmons	0
AA Jones	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 10 nb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, 51.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-35, 3-39, 4-107, 5-123, 6-128, 7-153, 8-165, 9-165

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	19.3	5	72	4	-	-
Hogg	11	1	42	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	3	0	11	0	-	-
Simmons	6	2	18	2	-	-
Hughes	12	5	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RM Ratcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> RM Ratcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> W Hogg (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> W Hogg (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> GD Barlow (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> GD Barlow (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> MW Gatting (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> JE Emburey did not score for 60 minutes when 0 in the Middlesex second innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> RM Ratcliffe reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CEH Croft reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CEH Croft reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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