f27332 cc13569	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Somerset 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	TW Spencer, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 136/3 (Lloyd 42*, Bond 1*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 24/1 (Kitchen 13*, Chappell 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Wood	42
MJ Kitchen	c Engineer b Statham	8
GS Chappell	b Higgs	1
LML Barnwell	b Wood	12
WE Alley	b Wood	2
KE Palmer	lbw b Statham	10
*RC Kerslake	c Higgs b Wood	6
GI Burgess	c Sullivan b Wood	5
BA Langford	c Statham b Wood	5
+RA Brooks	not out	15
FE Rumsey	b Higgs	1
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-30, 3-56, 4-60, 5-80, 6-80, 7-95, 8-98, 9-101, 10-120 (62.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	17	9	20	2	-	-
Higgs	16.3	3	48	2	-	-
Savage	6	3	7	0	-	-
Wood	21	9	30	6	-	-
Hughes	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Palmer	63
+FM Engineer	b Langford	70
H Pilling	c Brooks b Alley	2
B Wood	b Rumsey	3
*JD Bond	c Burgess b Alley	23
KL Snellgrove	c Kerslake b Burgess	82
J Sullivan	lbw b Burgess	26
DP Hughes	b Burgess	8
K Higgs	not out	6
JS Savage	not out	5
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 20 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	31
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 106 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-130, 3-134, 4-180, 5-196, 6-287, 7-296, 8-314

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	19	2	62	1	-	-
Burgess	11	4	28	3	-	-
Palmer	25	6	65	1	-	-
Alley	31	7	70	2	-	-
Langford	17	6	45	1	-	-
Chappell	3	1	18	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Wood b Statham	1
MJ Kitchen	not out	102
GS Chappell	not out	22
LML Barnwell	did not bat
WE Alley	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
*RC Kerslake	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 70 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Virgin)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12	3	40	1	-	-
Higgs	12	4	26	0	-	-
Savage	18	11	16	0	-	-
Wood	6	5	1	0	-	-
Hughes	14	8	28	0	-	-
Lloyd	8	1	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Lloyd (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> FM Engineer (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in County Championship matches
--> B Wood (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 99
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> JB Statham reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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