f31582 cc15184	Worcestershire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Lancashire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DGL Evans, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 33/4 (Hayes 19*, Abrahams 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 35/2 (Neale 11*, Patel 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	c Kennedy b Croft	4
JA Ormrod	c Lyon b Lee	11
PA Neale	b Croft	0
EJO Hemsley	not out	176
GM Turner	c Simmons b Lee	89
DN Patel	b Simmons	0
+DJ Humphries	b Simmons	2
JD Inchmore	c Abrahams b Croft	8
*N Gifford	not out	1
VA Holder	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-39, 4-252, 5-253, 6-285, 7-296

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	21	3	78	3	-	-
Lee	20	5	71	2	-	-
Arrowsmith	24	9	61	0	-	-
Simmons	25	5	69	2	-	-
Wood	10	3	12	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Gifford b Inchmore	1
*D Lloyd	c Neale b Holder	5
H Pilling	c Neale b Holder	7
FC Hayes	c Hemsley b Holder	33
+J Lyon	c Jones b Holder	1
J Abrahams	c Humphries b Inchmore	12
A Kennedy	c Humphries b Inchmore	14
J Simmons	b Gifford	16
CEH Croft	not out	27
PG Lee	c Neale b Cumbes	0
R Arrowsmith	c Turner b Gifford	4
Extras	(7 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-9, 3-23, 4-35, 5-60, 6-66, 7-82, 8-118, 9-123, 10-131 (47.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	18	4	48	4	-	-
Inchmore	17	3	49	3	-	-
Gifford	6.4	2	10	2	-	-
Cumbes	6	1	13	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Holder	23
*D Lloyd	c Humphries b Holder	8
H Pilling	b Inchmore	0
FC Hayes	b Patel	48
J Abrahams	c Humphries b Holder	21
A Kennedy	b Gifford	9
J Simmons	c Turner b Gifford	27
+J Lyon	b Holder	3
CEH Croft	not out	46
PG Lee	c Patel b Cumbes	1
R Arrowsmith	c Inchmore b Gifford	8
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-23, 3-40, 4-101, 5-118, 6-124, 7-132, 8-185, 9-188, 10-219 (73.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	16	5	31	4	-	-
Inchmore	10	1	45	1	-	-
Gifford	28.4	10	61	3	-	-
Cumbes	14	3	38	1	-	-
Patel	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	b Simmons	18
PA Neale	c Wood b Simmons	13
EJO Hemsley	c Kennedy b Lee	5
DN Patel	c Lloyd b Simmons	1
GM Turner	not out	0
+DJ Humphries	not out	4
JA Ormrod	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 19.2 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-34, 3-37, 4-37

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	5	1	16	0	-	-
Lee	4	1	13	1	-	-
Arrowsmith	4	2	2	0	-	-
Simmons	6.2	4	10	3	-	-

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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
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in County Championship matches
--> EJO Hemsley (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in First-Class matches
--> CEH Croft (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> CEH Croft (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> D Lloyd (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> CEH Croft (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> CEH Croft (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> VA Holder reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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