f27242 cc13498	Lancashire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 48 runs
Points	Lancashire 5 (Bowling 5); Worcestershire 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	A Gaskell, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 45/1 (Atkinson 14*, Pilling 4*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 93/3 (Ormrod 43*, Gifford 2*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Lever b Savage	38
CD Fearnley	st Engineer b Savage	64
JA Ormrod	lbw b Higgs	6
*TW Graveney	run out	19
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Lever	4
EJO Hemsley	lbw b Statham	8
+R Booth	lbw b Higgs	5
N Gifford	not out	4
VA Holder	b Statham	0
BM Brain	b Statham	0
LJ Coldwell	c Engineer b Statham	4
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-92, 3-120, 4-135, 5-137, 6-148, 7-148, 8-148, 9-152, 10-156 (84.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	17.4	7	25	4	-	-
Higgs	16	4	28	2	-	-
Savage	26	9	50	2	-	-
Lever	14	5	24	1	-	-
Hughes	11	3	25	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Headley b Holder	20
G Pullar	c Booth b Brain	26
H Pilling	lbw b Coldwell	14
+FM Engineer	c Graveney b Brain	28
B Wood	b Coldwell	0
*JD Bond	c Headley b Brain	12
DP Hughes	c D'Oliveira b Gifford	1
P Lever	b Brain	26
K Higgs	c Fearnley b Coldwell	9
JB Statham	b Coldwell	4
JS Savage	not out	8
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-55, 3-79, 4-79, 5-96, 6-103, 7-105, 8-141, 9-145, 10-154 (72 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	29	12	40	4	-	-
Holder	14	0	37	1	-	-
Brain	22	1	58	4	-	-
Gifford	7	2	13	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	run out	35
CD Fearnley	c Wood b Higgs	4
JA Ormrod	c Engineer b Savage	51
*TW Graveney	c Lever b Savage	5
N Gifford	b Higgs	2
BL D'Oliveira	lbw b Higgs	4
EJO Hemsley	c Bond b Statham	61
+R Booth	c Wood b Lever	3
VA Holder	c Engineer b Higgs	20
BM Brain	c Savage b Higgs	4
LJ Coldwell	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-67, 3-91, 4-93, 5-99, 6-128, 7-133, 8-188, 9-194, 10-196 (83.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	19	2	62	1	-	-
Higgs	19.3	9	28	5	-	-
Savage	19	8	34	2	-	-
Lever	17	2	51	1	-	-
Hughes	9	4	14	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c D'Oliveira b Holder	0
G Pullar	c D'Oliveira b Gifford	43
H Pilling	b Brain	57
+FM Engineer	b Holder	24
B Wood	b Holder	5
*JD Bond	c Holder b Gifford	4
DP Hughes	b Holder	0
P Lever	c D'Oliveira b Holder	4
K Higgs	c Booth b Gifford	7
JB Statham	c Booth b Holder	0
JS Savage	not out	3
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 46.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-99, 3-111, 4-129, 5-130, 6-131, 7-139, 8-139, 9-143, 10-150 (46.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	10	1	31	0	-	-
Holder	14	2	39	6	-	-
Brain	9	0	50	1	-	-
Gifford	13.1	3	27	3	-	-

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Notes
--> EJO Hemsley (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> EJO Hemsley (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> R Booth (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> P Lever reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> VA Holder achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> VA Holder achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings
--> VA Holder achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> VA Holder achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings

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