f31684 cc15269	Lancashire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Trafalgar Road, Southport on 30th July, 1st August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Points	Lancashire 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Somerset 4 (Batting 4)
Umpires	R Julian, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 103/0 (Wood 54*, Lloyd 46*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Lloyd b Lee	17
PW Denning	c Wood b Lee	0
IVA Richards	c Kennedy b Arrowsmith	189
MJ Kitchen	c Lyon b Lee	5
*DB Close	c Wood b Arrowsmith	31
VJ Marks	c Wood b Arrowsmith	31
+DJS Taylor	c Kennedy b Lee	1
D Breakwell	c Kennedy b Arrowsmith	13
CH Dredge	c Lee b Simmons	7
KF Jennings	b Arrowsmith	6
HR Moseley	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-44, 3-63, 4-198, 5-267, 6-275, 7-285, 8-308, 9-308, 10-308 (78 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	12	1	55	0	-	-
Lee	23	4	89	4	-	-
Simmons	14	1	49	1	-	-
Hughes	8	1	43	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	21	4	64	5	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Richards b Moseley	138
*D Lloyd	c Taylor b Moseley	46
H Pilling	lbw b Moseley	4
J Abrahams	c Close b Dredge	63
A Kennedy	c Richards b Dredge	37
DP Hughes	not out	13
CEH Croft	b Jennings	0
J Simmons	not out	0
+J Lyon	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 122 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-103, 2-113, 3-234, 4-295, 5-306, 6-309

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	33	13	56	3	-	-
Dredge	33	6	89	2	-	-
Jennings	28	8	77	1	-	-
Marks	19	3	58	0	-	-
Breakwell	9	4	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Lee	38
PW Denning	c Lyon b Croft	0
IVA Richards	c Wood b Lee	19
MJ Kitchen	c Lloyd b Lee	1
*DB Close	c Wood b Croft	2
VJ Marks	c Lyon b Croft	0
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Lee	0
D Breakwell	c Kennedy b Lee	0
CH Dredge	b Lee	1
KF Jennings	c Lyon b Lee	4
HR Moseley	not out	4
Extras	(14 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 17.4 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-41, 3-44, 4-47, 5-47, 6-59, 7-70, 8-72, 9-76, 10-83 (17.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	9	0	45	3	-	-
Lee	8.4	3	24	7	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	lbw b Moseley	0
*D Lloyd	not out	53
H Pilling	b Moseley	10
J Abrahams	not out	19
A Kennedy	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
R Arrowsmith	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 20 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-36

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	6	1	16	2	-	-
Dredge	5	0	41	0	-	-
Jennings	4	0	13	0	-	-
Marks	4	1	8	0	-	-
Breakwell	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Day 1 Lunch: Somerset (1) ?/? (Richards 117*, [unknown] ?*)
--> BC Rose (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> D Breakwell (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> D Lloyd (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> IVA Richards (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> HR Moseley reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> PG Lee reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> PG Lee reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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