f27284 cc13529	Lancashire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 4 wickets
Points	Lancashire 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Middlesex 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	A Jepson, C Petrie
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 43/0 (Atkinson 14*, Pullar 28*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 14/0 (Russell 5*, Smith 9*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Shuttleworth b Wood	32
MJ Harris	c Pilling b Wood	81
MJ Smith	lbw b Wood	7
PH Parfitt	b Shuttleworth	5
CT Radley	c Wood b Statham	9
*FJ Titmus	lbw b Wood	40
+JT Murray	not out	46
RW Hooker	c Engineer b Wood	0
AH Latchman	c Engineer b Wood	0
RS Herman	c Engineer b Wood	4
JSE Price	b Higgs	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-57, 3-78, 4-99, 5-172, 6-181, 7-181, 8-181, 9-207, 10-228 (84 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13	2	33	1	-	-
Higgs	16	3	49	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	19	2	59	1	-	-
Wood	19	6	52	7	-	-
Savage	17	7	31	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Russell b Latchman	48
G Pullar	c Russell b Herman	73
H Pilling	c Smith b Herman	77
+FM Engineer	lbw b Titmus	7
*JD Bond	c Parfitt b Hooker	27
D Lloyd	b Hooker	5
B Wood	c Smith b Titmus	18
K Shuttleworth	not out	10
K Higgs	not out	3
JB Statham	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-166, 3-183, 4-239, 5-241, 6-262, 7-262

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	5	1	13	0	-	-
Herman	20	5	45	2	-	-
Hooker	26	4	78	2	-	-
Titmus	36	11	75	2	-	-
Latchman	19	4	53	1	-	-
Parfitt	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	b Higgs	6
MJ Smith	c Atkinson b Statham	11
CT Radley	c Engineer b Statham	68
PH Parfitt	b Shuttleworth	10
*FJ Titmus	c Higgs b Statham	40
RW Hooker	c Wood b Shuttleworth	12
+JT Murray	b Savage	0
AH Latchman	b Statham	2
RS Herman	c Wood b Higgs	20
JSE Price	b Shuttleworth	7
MJ Harris	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-21, 3-48, 4-141, 5-144, 6-145, 7-148, 8-157, 9-185, 10-185 (78.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	19	9	14	4	-	-
Higgs	15	3	46	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	11.4	3	23	3	-	-
Wood	5	2	15	0	-	-
Savage	24	8	59	1	-	-
Lloyd	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FM Engineer	c Hooker b Herman	10
G Pullar	c Radley b Hooker	6
H Pilling	c Smith b Herman	18
G Atkinson	c Smith b Herman	5
B Wood	c sub b Herman	19
*JD Bond	not out	35
D Lloyd	c Smith b Herman	27
K Shuttleworth	not out	5
K Higgs	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 34.1 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-20, 3-32, 4-47, 5-80, 6-126

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	17.1	1	73	5	-	-
Hooker	5	0	16	1	-	-
Titmus	12	1	36	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> B Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> B Wood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings
--> B Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-29)
--> B Wood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings

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