f27347 cc13581	Lancashire v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Trafalgar Road, Southport on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 56 runs
Points	Lancashire 5 (Bowling 5); Nottinghamshire 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	C Petrie, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 100/7 (Shuttleworth 13*, Higgs 12*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 92/1 (White 33*, Frost 25*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	7
RA White	c Higgs b Wood	19
G Frost	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	0
MJ Smedley	c Bond b Shuttleworth	7
*GS Sobers	b Wood	3
HI Moore	b Higgs	16
+DL Murray	lbw b Statham	20
JM Parkin	b Statham	4
MNS Taylor	lbw b Higgs	0
C Forbes	b Higgs	0
DJ Halfyard	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-37, 4-41, 5-44, 6-77, 7-92, 8-93, 9-93, 10-93 (44.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12.2	3	30	2	-	-
Higgs	14	5	15	3	-	-
Shuttleworth	10	6	10	3	-	-
Wood	8	2	21	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	lbw b Taylor	28
+FM Engineer	lbw b Sobers	5
H Pilling	b Sobers	18
B Wood	c Murray b Taylor	9
*JD Bond	b Sobers	1
KL Snellgrove	lbw b Halfyard	5
J Sullivan	c Bolus b Taylor	4
K Shuttleworth	c Parkin b Taylor	29
K Higgs	lbw b Taylor	20
JB Statham	not out	4
JS Savage	c Moore b Taylor	2
Extras	(2 lb, 14 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-44, 3-59, 4-60, 5-70, 6-72, 7-75, 8-133, 9-135, 10-141 (77.4 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	23	6	38	3	-	-
Forbes	22	6	37	0	-	-
Taylor	22.4	4	36	6	-	-
Halfyard	10	4	14	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	lbw b Shuttleworth	35
RA White	c Wood b Higgs	40
G Frost	c Sullivan b Higgs	35
HI Moore	c Engineer b Statham	0
MJ Smedley	not out	58
*GS Sobers	not out	77
+DL Murray	did not bat
JM Parkin	did not bat
MNS Taylor	did not bat
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-113, 3-114, 4-115

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	15	3	27	1	-	-
Higgs	16	7	37	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	16	1	62	1	-	-
Wood	12	1	40	0	-	-
Savage	21	3	63	0	-	-
Lloyd	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	st Murray b White	10
+FM Engineer	st Murray b Sobers	42
H Pilling	c Sobers b White	6
B Wood	c Sobers b Halfyard	46
*JD Bond	c Murray b Halfyard	11
KL Snellgrove	c Smedley b White	6
J Sullivan	st Murray b Halfyard	14
K Shuttleworth	not out	7
K Higgs	b Halfyard	0
JB Statham	run out	5
JS Savage	c Frost b Halfyard	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-59, 3-65, 4-94, 5-115, 6-144, 7-145, 8-145, 9-156, 10-156 (72.2 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	15	7	39	1	-	-
Forbes	3	0	19	0	-	-
Taylor	1	0	3	0	-	-
Halfyard	24.2	10	39	5	-	-
White	29	12	47	3	-	-

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Notes
--> FM Engineer (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> K Higgs reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> MNS Taylor reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> MNS Taylor reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> K Higgs reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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