f32739 cc15673	Middlesex v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th, 31st August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 165 runs
Points	Middlesex 4 (Bowling 4); Worcestershire 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Dennis, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 28/2 (Radley 5*, Barlow 5*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 185/6 (Humphries 22*, Inchmore 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Fisher b Jones	0
GM Turner	c Fisher b Herkes	42
PA Neale	c Featherstone b Emburey	15
EJO Hemsley	c Fisher b Herkes	17
Younis Ahmed	c Emburey b Herkes	16
DN Patel	b Herkes	26
+DJ Humphries	c and b Jones	20
JD Inchmore	c Gatting b Herkes	21
VA Holder	c Slack b Jones	16
*N Gifford	b Herkes	15
J Cumbes	not out	13
Extras	(10 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 83.4 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-64, 3-68, 4-97, 5-98, 6-129, 7-160, 8-169, 9-194, 10-218 (83.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	22	8	51	0	-	-
Jones	16	1	50	3	-	-
Emburey	21	6	34	1	-	-
Herkes	18.4	2	60	6	-	-
Featherstone	6	4	6	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	run out	6
WN Slack	c and b Holder	5
*CT Radley	b Inchmore	12
GD Barlow	lbw b Inchmore	9
MW Gatting	b Inchmore	42
NG Featherstone	c Hemsley b Gifford	13
JE Emburey	lbw b Gifford	0
MWW Selvey	b Gifford	17
+PB Fisher	c and b Gifford	6
AA Jones	st Humphries b Gifford	9
R Herkes	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 16 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-16, 3-41, 4-47, 5-101, 6-105, 7-106, 8-130, 9-139, 10-145 (58 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	18.4	4	39	1	-	-
Inchmore	21	9	50	3	-	-
Cumbes	6.2	0	18	0	-	-
Gifford	12	8	12	5	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Radley b Emburey	18
GM Turner	b Selvey	87
PA Neale	c Slack b Featherstone	0
EJO Hemsley	c Barlow b Featherstone	8
Younis Ahmed	run out	0
DN Patel	c Barlow b Emburey	28
+DJ Humphries	c Featherstone b Selvey	50
JD Inchmore	c Barlow b Emburey	13
*N Gifford	run out	7
J Cumbes	not out	1
VA Holder	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-58, 3-90, 4-90, 5-146, 6-180, 7-217, 8-227, 9-234 (84.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	18.1	5	45	2	-	-
Jones	5	2	7	0	-	-
Emburey	37	10	83	3	-	-
Herkes	7	0	24	0	-	-
Featherstone	17	2	53	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Inchmore	9
WN Slack	c Humphries b Cumbes	33
*CT Radley	c Hemsley b Inchmore	0
GD Barlow	lbw b Cumbes	1
MW Gatting	lbw b Cumbes	5
NG Featherstone	st Humphries b Gifford	33
JE Emburey	b Gifford	33
MWW Selvey	c Younis Ahmed b Gifford	13
+PB Fisher	c Ormrod b Gifford	0
AA Jones	not out	2
R Herkes	lbw b Patel	0
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-23, 4-33, 5-81, 6-89, 7-132, 8-132, 9-139, 10-142 (52.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	16	3	34	2	-	-
Cumbes	19	8	39	3	-	-
Gifford	17	7	56	4	-	-
Patel	0.1	0	0	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
--> PB Fisher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Herkes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> R Herkes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GM Turner (1) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> N Gifford (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> PB Fisher made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> R Herkes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> R Herkes achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Herkes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Herkes achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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